Experience

Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tiruvarur

• India
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• PHD Researcher

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. in the Department of Physics at CUTN, under the supervision of Professor P. Ravindran. My research focuses on conducting first-principles investigations on high-capacity Li-rich cathode materials for Li-ion batteries.

• Project Assistant

  • Jul 2015 - Jul 2018

  As a Project Assistant for a DST Nano Mission project titled "Nanoscale Modeling of Energy Storage Materials," I gained experience studying the structural, electronic, and electrochemical properties of lithium-ion battery cathodes through the use of density functional theory calculation

• Predicting Superhard materials based on Ab-initio calculations

  • Nov 2014 - May 2015

  Conducted MSc project on predicting superhard materials based on ab-initio calculations, with a focus on W site substituted cubic WC Published research article in the Journal of Condensed Matter Physics Conducted various computational approaches for determining material hardness Conducted MSc project on predicting superhard materials based on ab-initio calculations, with a focus on W site substituted cubic WC Published research article in the Journal of Condensed Matter Physics Conducted various computational approaches for determining material hardness