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Ashis Kumar Nandy

School: 

Physical Sciences

Designation: 

Assistant Professor

Education: 

• 2018 - Present: Assistant Professor at SPS, NISER Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India.
• 2016 - 2018: Post doctoral, Materials Theory, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Uppsala University, Sweden.
• 2013 - 2016: Postdoctoral Researcher, Quantum Theory of Materials, Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH, Germany.
• Ph. D. in Theoretical and computational condensed matter physics (2013), Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India.
• M. Sc. in Physics (2006), Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India.
• B. Sc. in Physics (2004), Ramakrishna Mission Vidyamandira, Kolkata, India.

Specialisation: 

Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and Material Science

Awards: 

• Ramanujan Fellowship, 2019

Publications: 

To look up full publication list on google scholar click here.

Selected publications

7. Tuning the Properties of Zero-Field Room Temperature Ferromagnetic Skyrmions by Interlayer Exchange Coupling; Roberto Lo Conte*, Ashis K. Nandy*, Gong Chen et al., Nano Letters  20, 4739-4747 (2020).

6. Orbitally Dominated Rashba-Edelstein Effect in Noncentrosymmetric Antiferromagnets; L. Salemi, M. Berritta, Ashis K. Nandy, P. M Oppeneer  Nat. Commun. 10, 5381 (2019).

5. Distinct multiple fermionic states in a single topological metal; M. M. Hosen, K. Dimitri, Ashis K. Nandy* et al., Nat. Commun. 7, 13857 (2018).

4. Generation of single skyrmions by picosecond magnetic field pulses; V. Flovik^†, A. Qaiumzadeh^†, Ashis K. Nandy^†, C. Heo and T. Rasing, Phys. Rev. B 96, 140411(R) (2018). 

3. Evidence for spin-to-charge conversion by Rashba coupling in metallic states at the Fe/Ge(111) interface; S. Oyarzún, Ashis K. Nandy et al., Nat. Commun. 7, 13857 (2016).

2. Interlayer Exchange Coupling: A General Scheme Turning Chiral Magnets into Magnetic Multilayers Carrying Atomic-Scale Skyrmions; Ashis K. Nandy*, N. S. Kiselev and S. Blügel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 177202 (2016).

1. KO₂: Realization of Orbital Ordering in a p-Orbital System; Ashis K. Nandy , P. Mahadevan, P. Sen and D. D. Sarma; Phys. Rev. Lett. 105, 056403 (2010).

[* Corresponding author, † equal contribution]

Research: 

• Non-trivial topology in magnetism: Skyrmion

• Topology in band theory

• Ab initio theory on transverse transport

• Ultrafast dynamics in magnetic system

• Strongly correlated electron systems
• GPU based coding: Spin simulator

Teaching: 

• P306: INTRODUCTION TO CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS (6th Sem)
• P303: Quantum Mechanics II (5th Sem)

Contacts: 

School of Physical Sciences

NISER Bhubaneswar
P.O.: Jatni

Dist.: Khurda

Odisha 752050, India

Phone No.: 

+91 674-2494348

Room No.: 

118 FC

Mail ID: 

aknandy@niser.ac.in

Group Members: 

 

Other Links: 

Vacancies

Looking for hiring highly motivated and bright candidates interested in different areas of Condensed Matter Physics:

• Skyrmionics
• Spin-Orbitronics
• Antiferromagnetic spintronics
• Topology in band theory
• Ultrafast magnetization dynamics
• Strongly correlated oxides

Please drop a mail (aknandy@niser.ac.in) with CV for PhD and project candidates with scientific interests.

For immediate postdoc hiring please apply through the link below

http://www.niser.ac.in/notices/2014/recruitments/PDF_SPS_16072018.pdf

Postdoc candidates through SERB-NPDF scheme are encouraged to directly contact me, aknandy@niser.ac.in.

Candidates with good scientific programming skills are highly encouraged.