Students

Garima Ahuja pursuing Ph.D.

Education: Garima obtained Bachelors degree in Physics (Honours) from Sri Venkateswara College (University of Delhi) with the highest rank and institute medal. She obtained Masters in Physics from the prestigious St. Stephen's College, University of Delhi. She joined the group at JNCASR in August 2022 for pursuing a PhD.

Research interests: Garima's interest lies in exploring and studying materials for application to qubits. She is interested in studying the properties of semiconductor interfaces, and related materials for qubit design and control, using first principles calculations. She is keen to explore the diverse field of materials science through research. 

In addition to science, she has an inclination towards art and travel. 

Email:garima[at]jncasr[dot]ac[dot]in

Tanuja Shridhar Joshi pursuing Ph.D.

Education: Tanuja received her primary education from Canara High School, Mangalore, Karnataka. She completed her BSc in Physics, Chemistry, and Mathematics (PCM) from St. Aloysius College and went on to pursue her MSc in Physics from National Institute of Technology, Karnataka.

Research interests:

Tanuja is interested in using machine learning (ML) techniques to expedite materials discovery and efficiently design novel materials. She is now starting to look for ways of leveraging ML techniques in the domain of Spin-Crossover systems.

Beyond her research pursuits, she has a deep appreciation for Indian classical music. She also likes to read, especially novels, in her free time.

Email ID: tsjoshi2k[at]hotmail[dot]com, tanujasj[at]jncasr[dot]ac[dot]in

Rubee Swarnkar pursuing Ph.D.

Education: Rubee did her schooIing from Dhamdha, Chhattishgarh. She completed B.Sc. in PCM form Chandulal Chandrakar Arts And Science College (Durg University) and Masters in Physics from Guru Ghasidas Central University Bilaspur Chhattishgarh.

Rubee joined the Computational Nanoscience group at JNCASR for pursuing PhD in January 2024.

Research interests:

Rubee is currently working on finding aromatic stabilization energy of different organic molecules. Besides academics, she likes cooking, listening music and solving crossword puzzles.

Email ID: rubee[at]jncasr[dot]ac[dot]in

Sejal Uday Lotliker pursuing Integrated Ph.D

Education: Sejal received the high school and higher secondary education from Goa. She completed B.Sc. in Physics from Parvatibai Chowgule College of Arts and Science, Autonomous, Margao-Goa. 

Sejal joined the Computational Nanoscience group at TSU, JNCASR for integrated PhD project in May 2024.

Research interests:

Sejal is currently working on stability of stacking of different organic molecules. 

Besides studies and research, she is extremely fascinated about running Marathons, Chess, Badminton, Music, Drama and Astronomy. She also likes to make different animations in free time. 

Email ID: sejal[at]jncasr[dot]ac[dot]in