Freelance Researcher & Science Communicator | Expert in Material Physics
Currently a science communicator focused on breaking down complex material physics concepts for inexperienced audiences. A freelance researcher, developing software tools for advanced analysis of atom probe and field ion microscopes data. Doing research focused on simulations of metal and alloy surfaces under high electric fields using density functional theory. With extensive background in experimental research using various characterization methods and a keen interest in the development of simulation and analysis methods for atom probe tomography and field ion microscopy. My research also encompasses the application of machine learning and data mining techniques in material science.
Freelance
June 2025 - Present
Working on various projects related to material science and science communication.
Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials
Computational Materials Design Department
June 2021 - May 2025
Researching on simulating high electric field phenomena through first principles.
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Institute of Nano Technology
Nov 2019 - May 2021
Lead a team in synthesizing and characterizing functional materials.
Max Planck Institute for Iron Research
Material Physics and Alloy Design Department
Oct 2018 - Oct 2019
Worked on characterization of Ni based superalloys.
Max Planck Institute for Iron Research
Material Physics and Alloy Design Department
Oct 2015 - Oct 2018
Doctoral thesis titled "On Chemically sensitive atomic scale imaging".
Rajiv Gandhi University of Knowledge Technologies
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department
Aug 2014 - Aug 2015
Taught undergraduate students. Conducted exams and labs.
IIT Madras
Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Department
Aug 2012 - June 2014
Assisted in organizing laboratory classes and examinations for Scanning electron microscopy and electron back scatter diffraction.
Explore the various projects showcasing research in material science, simulations, and science communication.
Advanced imaging techniques combining APT and FIM.
Of alloy surfaces under electric field.
Research on metallic glasses and nanocomposites.
For Atom Probe Tomography and Field Ion Microscopy.
Investigation of advanced alloy systems.
Ni-based superalloys characterization and development.
Various other interesting side projects.
Breaking down complex physics for everyone.
"Electric field induced formation of a two-dimensional adatom gas on cryogenic Li surfaces"
Physical Review B • Sept 2025
"Understanding atom probe's analytical performance for iron oxides using correlation histograms and ab initio calculations"
New Journal of Physics • Mar 2024
"A machine learning framework for quantifying chemical segregation and microstructural features in atom probe tomography data"
Microsc. Microanal. • Sep 2023
"Accurate computation of chemical contrast in field ion microscopy"
Physical Review B • June 2023
"Ab initio vacancy formation energies and kinetics at metal surfaces under high electric field"
Physical Review B • Jan 2023
"A new class of cluster-matrix nanocomposite Made of fully miscible components"
Advanced Materials • Nov 2022
"Dislocation exhaustion and ultra-hardening of nanograined metals by phase transformation at grain boundaries"
Nature Communications • Sept 2022
"Energetically deposited cluster assembly of metallic glasses"
Acta Materialia • Sept 2022
"Chemical redistribution and change in crystal lattice parameters during stress relaxation annealing of the AD730TM superalloy"
Acta Materialia • Sept 2022
"Grain boundary segregation induced precipitation in a non equiatomic nanocrystalline CoCuFeMnNi compositionally complex alloy"
Acta Materialia • Nov 2021
"Revealing atomic-scale vacancy-solute interaction in nickel"
Scripta Materialia • Oct 2021
"Three-Dimensional Atomically Resolved Analytical Imaging with a Field Ion Microscope"
Microscopy and Microanalysis • Aug 2021