PERSONAL DETAILS
Name: Debabrata Pradhan Sex: Male Native Place: Village-Mendhakhai, Po-Udala, Dist-Mayurbhaj, Orissa, INDIA EDUCATIONS Ph.D.
Institute: Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Bombay [LINK] Thesis Title: Synthesis of carbon nano-materials and their applications Advisor: Prof. Maheshwar Sharon POST GRADUATION (1997), Master of Science
Institute: Utkal University, Bhubaneswar Subject: Chemistry, Advanced Physical Chemistry (Specialization) Division: First GRADUATION (1995), Bachelor of Science
Institute: Utkal University, Bhubaneswar Subject: Chemistry (Major), Physics, Mathematics, Electronics Division: First HSE (1992), Higher Secondary
College: Udala College, Udala Subject: Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology Division: First HSC (1990), High School
College: Udala High School, Udala Subject: Oriya, English, Mathematics, Science, History, Geography Division: First SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS/HONORS
[1]-First rank in M.Sc. in the College (M. P. C. College, Baripada), 6th rank in Univ. [2]-Graduate Aptitude Test for Engg. (GATE) qualified in 1998, conducted by IIT [3]-Junior Research Fellowship (1998-1999) Awarded by Ministry of Defense, India [4]-Teaching Assistantship (2000-2003) Awarded by IIT-Bombay, India [5]-“Adani Award” for Excellence in Teaching for the Course-CH101 (Physical Chemistry, B.Tech. Ist year, IIT-Bombay) in the year 2001-2002. TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Teaching Assistantship in Dept. of Chemistry, IIT-Bombay (2000-2003). Teaching Physical Chemistry to B. Tech. 1st year students. RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Aug 2006- till date Post-doctoral Research Fellow Name of organization: Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada Relevant Experience: ............ Sept 2004-July 2006 Post-doctoral Research Fellow Name of organization: Department of Physics, Tamkang University, Tamsui, Taipei, Taiwan Relevant Experience: Nanocystalline and ultra nanocrystalline diamond thin films. Electron field emission May 2003-Sept 2004 Post-doctoral Research Associate/Electron Microscopist Name of organization: Sophisticated Analytical Instruments Facility (SAIF), IIT-B Relevant Experience: Training (mostly to graduate and post graduate students) and operation of trasmission electron microscope (PHILIPS CM 200 and FEI TECNAI G2 12). Jan 2000-April 2003 Post: Teaching Assistant, PhD scholar Name of organization: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) Relevant Experience: Physical chemistry, Condensed matter physics, materials science and electron microscopy 1998-Dec. 1999 Post: Junior Research Fellow Name of organization: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (IIT-B) Relevant Experience: Worked for a DMSRDE (Defense Materials Stores Research and Development) project entitled “Synthesis of carbon materials for microwave absorption”. ANALYTICAL AND INSTRUMENTAL SKILLS
[1]-High temperature furnaces and vapor phase reactor (Indigenously fabricated) . [2]-Diffused Reflectance and UV-VIS Spectrophotometer (Shimadzu) [3]-Electrochemical measurement (Cyclic Voltametry, Impedance Spectroscopy, Chronopotentiometry etc.) [4]-Fourier Transforms Infra Red Spectrophotometer (FT-IR, Nicolet) [5]-Scanning Electron Microscope (ZEOL and FEI QUANTA 200) [6]-Transmission Electron Microscope (CM 200 Philips, 200 kV) [7]-Transmission Electron Microscope (FEI TECNAI G2 12, 120 kV) [8]-Also have knowledge of using Vector Network Analyzer (VNA) for microwave absorption, Electron Spin Resonance (ESR) Spectrometer, X-ray Diffraction (Philips), Energy Dispersive X-ray Analysis (EDAX), X-ray Fluorescence Spectrometry, Thermo Gravimetric and Differential Thermal Analysis (TG-DTA), Micro-Raman Spectrometry, X-ray Photoelectron Spectrometry.
