Education

 Degree

• Doctor of Philosophy, Rensselaer (USA)(2000).
• Master of Science in Theoretical Physics and Mathematics, University of Cambridge (UK) (1995).
• Master of Science in Physics, University of Calcutta (INDIA) (1993).
• Bachelor of Science in Physics (Honours), University of Calcutta (INDIA) (1990).

 Postdoctoral Experience

• TRIUMF (University of British Columbia), Canada (2000-2002).
• Center for Computational Sciences, University of Kentucky, USA (2002-2004).
• Department of Physics, University of Kentucky, USA (2004-2005).
• Jefferson National Laboratory, USA (2005-2007).

 Academic honour

• First Rank, Bachelor of Science in Physics (Honours), University of Calcutta (1990).
• Nehru Fellowship (1993).
• Huntington Award for excellent graduate study, (GPA=4.0), Rensselaer.
• Ramanujan Fellowship (2008).