Professional Appointments & Experiences:
12/2023-Present: Assistant Professor, Birla Institute of Technology and Science Pilani (BITS Pilani), Hyderabad 500078, India
09/2020-12/2023: Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Gandhi Institute of Technology and Management (GITAM), Hyderabad 502329, India
03/2018-08/2020: Post-doctoral Fellow, School of Chemical and Bioprocess Engineering, University College Dublin (UCD), Ireland
05/2017- 03/2018: Post-doctoral Research Associate, Theoretical Science Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), India
11/2016-03/2017: Post-doctoral Fellow, Center for Catalytic Hydrocarbon Functionalizations, Institute for Basic Science, KAIST Campus, South Korea
10/2014-10/2016: Post-doctoral Fellow, KAUST Solar Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Saudi Arabia
Educations:
2009-2014: Ph. D., Theoretical Sciences Unit, Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), India.
2007-2009: Master of Sciences (M. Sc.) in Chemical Sciences from Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), India. (Int. PhD Fellowship)
2004-2007: Bachelor of Sciences (B. Sc.) in Chemistry (Honors) from University of Calcutta, India.
Research Interests:
Our research focuses mainly on understanding the electronic, magnetic, transport, and photophysical properties of organic and organic-inorganic hybrid molecules and materials via a combination of quantum mechanical approaches and molecular dynamics simulations; and designing novel materials for optoelectronic applications.
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/site/pralok87
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