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General advice about choosing a Research group for your PhD

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So I’m pursuing a PhD. I’m working in a great research group with a good research output. Here’s some of my thoughts about choosing a group to apply to and work with. I’ll edit/update it as needed.

Important Links

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Things I found important in the moment to remember or stuff to learn from.

Travel

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I’ll post some travel-related stuff here.

Photos

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I’ll post some interesting pictures I’ve taken here. Oh the beauties of nanofabrication….

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Novel optoelectronic technique for direct tracking of ultrafast triplet excitons in polymeric semiconductor

Published in Applied Physics Reviews, 2021

We develop and demonstrate a technique to track exciton diffusion inside organic LEDs

Recommended citation: Banappanavar, Gangadhar, Sumukh Vaidya, Urvashi Bothra, Lohitha R. Hegde, Kamendra P. Sharma, Richard H. Friend, and Dinesh Kabra. "Novel optoelectronic technique for direct tracking of ultrafast triplet excitons in polymeric semiconductor." Applied Physics Reviews 8, no. 3 (2021). https://pubs.aip.org/aip/apr/article-abstract/8/3/031415/124859/Novel-optoelectronic-technique-for-direct-tracking?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Light induced quasi-Fermi level splitting in molecular semiconductor alloys

Published in Materials Advances, 2022

We study the evolution of QFL splitting under 1 sun illumination in ternary blends of Gaussian disordered excitonic molecular semiconductors.

Recommended citation: Jain, Nakul, Rishabh Saxena, Sumukh Vaidya, Wenchao Huang, Adam Welford, Christopher R. McNeill, and Dinesh Kabra. "Light induced quasi-Fermi level splitting in molecular semiconductor alloys." Materials Advances 3, no. 13 (2022): 5344-5349. https://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlehtml/2022/ma/d2ma00131d

talks

Quantum Sensing with Spin Defects in Low Dimensional Materials

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I gave this talk for the Atomic, Molecular and Optical (AMO) seminar at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University. These seminars help to disseminate recent results and get valuable feedback on research from the Physics community at Purdue.

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PH 107: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Summer 2018

Undergraduate Course, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2018

Teaching the undergraduate introductory course in Quantum Mechanics for the summer semester. Textbook used: David J Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics. Took tutorial sessions and demonstrated problem-solving approaches in quantum mechanics by solving problem sets for the students. Also graded the exams for the course

PH 223: Electronics Lab: Op-Amp Circuits, Fall 2019

Undergraduate Lab, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2019

Teaching the lab sessions covering op-amp circuits and their uses. Helping students understand the basics of operational amplifiers and helped debug circuits that the students built. Also checked and graded lab submissions.

PH 230: Electronics Lab: Digital Electronics, Spring 2020

Undergraduate Lab, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, 2020

Teaching the lab sessions covering digital circuits involving npn and pnp transistors and their uses. Helping students understand the basics of transistor operation and the helped debug circuits that the students built. Also checked and graded lab submissions.

PHYS 172: Modern Mechanics, Spring 2021

Undergraduate Course, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, 2021

As a Teaching Assistant, I taught the recitation section of the undergraduate introductory course in Modern Mechanics (PHYS 172) for the spring semester 2021. Textbook used: Chabay and Sherwood, Matter & Interactions. I was working with Prof Sanjay Rebello as the Course Instructor.

PHYS 172: Modern Mechanics, Summer 2021

Undergraduate Lab, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, 2021

As a Teaching Assistant, I taught the online lab of the undergraduate introductory course in Modern Mechanics (PHYS 172) for the summer semester 2021. Textbook used: Chabay and Sherwood, Matter & Interactions. I was working with Prof Sanjay Rebello as the Course Instructor.

PHYS 172: Modern Mechanics, Fall 2021

Undergraduate Lab, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Purdue University, 2021

As a Teaching Assistant, I taught the in-person lab of the undergraduate introductory course in Modern Mechanics (PHYS 172) for the Fall semester 2021. Textbook used: Chabay and Sherwood, Matter & Interactions. I was working with Prof Sanjay Rebello as the Course Instructor.