I currently serve as a postdoctoral researcher in the Schatz Group at
Northwestern University, where my research focuses on advancing electronic
structure theory and quantum dynamics. I am particularly passionate about
delving into non-Hermitian Hamiltonian-based complex density functional
theory, with a keen interest in addressing open quantum system challenges such
as quantum plasmonics and charge transport in molecular junctions. At present,
my work involves studying associative ionization during atom-atom or atommolecule
collisions, particularly in the context of high-velocity vehicles
traversing the outer atmosphere.

My upbringing was in a small village near Tarakeshwar, a small town in West
Bengal, where I completed my early education. I achieved my undergraduate
degree with honors in Chemistry from Presidency College Kolkata, in 2011 and
went on to earn a master’s degree in Chemistry, specializing in physical
chemistry, from Presidency University Kolkata (formerly Presidency College)
in 2013.

Following a brief time at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, I
qualified Government of India, CSIR-UGC NET exam and was awarded with a
Junior Research fellowship in 2014. The same year, I embarked on my Ph.D.
journey at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)
Kolkata, successfully completing my doctoral program in 2021 under the
mentorship of Prof. Amlan K. Roy. My doctoral research revolved around the
development of Cartesian-grid based density functional theory for manyelectron
system. It helped me to secure one of the prestigious 2022 Molecular
Physics Early Career Researcher Prizes.

Prior to my time at Northwestern University, I served as a visiting postdoctoral
fellow at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Mumbai. During
this tenure, I worked with Dr. Vamsee K. Voora at the department of Chemistry
on the advancement of GKS-spRPA method, an effective one-particle
framework that incorporates long-range non-local correlation and relaxation
effects towards non-Hermitian Hamiltonian.