Dhananjay Nandi Associate Professor |
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Research Interest:
Current: Low energy electron-molecule collision dynamics using novel velocity map imaging spectroscopic technique. Future: (i) Photo-electron/photo-ion imaging spectroscopy using femtosecond lasers. (ii) Energy-, time- and angle-resolved photo-electron spectroscopy from surfaces and interfaces using femtosecond lasers.
Academic Background:
- PhD (Science) (Molecular Physics), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (University of Mumbai), 2004
- MSc (Physics), Science College (University of Calcutta), 1998, Ranked Third
- BSc (Physics (Hons)), Ramakrishna Mission Residential College (University of Calcutta), 1996
Positions:
- Associate Professor, IISER Kolkata ( - )
- Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (2009 - 2015)
- Research Associate, Laboratory Francis PERRIN, CEA Saclay, France (2009 - 2009)
- Research Professor, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (2008 - 2009)
- Guest Scientist, Free University, Berlin, Germany (2006 - 2007)
- Post-Doc, Max-Planck-Institut für Kernphysik (2004 - 2005)
Awards and Honors:
- INSA Medal for Young Scientist from Indian National Science Academy (2010)
- Best Thesis from Indian Society of Atomic and Molecular Physics (2004)
- Junior Research Fellowship from Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) (1998)
- Silver Medal from Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, Narendrapur (1996)
Selected Publications:
- Jana, Irina and Nandi, Dhananjay. 2018. "Kinematic study of O- ion formation from dissociative electron attachment to SO2." Physical Review A, 97, 042706
- Chakraborty, Dipayan; Nag, Pamir and Nandi, Dhananjay. 2018. "A new time of flight mass spectrometer for absolute dissociative electron attachment cross-section measurements in gas phase." Review of Scientific Instruments, 89, 025115
- Nag, Pamir and Nandi, Dhananjay. 2018. "Study of electron beam induced ion-pair dissociation dynamics of O2 using velocity slice imaging spectrometer." The European Physical Journal D, 72, 25 (8 pp)
- Nag, Pamir and Nandi, Dhananjay. 2017. "Dissociative electron attachment to CO molecule probed by velocity slice imaging technique." Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 875, 012021
- Chakraborty, Dipayan; Nag, Pamir and Nandi, Dhananjay. 2016. "Dipolar dissociation dynamics in electron collisions with carbon monoxide." Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 18, 32973