Contact Address:

Sanjay Kumar .N.R

Scientific Officer

High Pressure Physics Section

Condensed Matter Physics Division

Material Science Group

Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research

Kalpakkam 603102

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Ph:91-44-27480500 Extn:22063

 

Education

MSc (Physics) from Bangalore University (2000)

 

Position held

Scientific Officer at IGCAR, 2001 – to present

 

Professional Experience

 

1) High pressure synthesis of Transition metal Carbides.

 

2) Carried out structural stability studies on f-electron based intermetallic compounds viz, UGa2, ThGl2, LaAl2 by  HPXRD technique

 

3) High pressure behaviour of Zirconate pyrochlore (nuclear waste host material)

 

4) Member of the team in commissioning  Laser Heated Diamond Anvil Cell (LHDAC) facility to study material behaviour under very high pressures and temperatures.

 

5) Member of the team in development of cryogenic Argon loading facility

 

Professional affiliations:   Life member of Indian Physics Association