Dr. Ramanathan Padmanaban 

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- RP was born in July 1978, Palacode, Dharmapuri District, Tamil Nadu, INDIA. (Brief CV here) 

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Degrees:

• B.Sc. Chemistry (1995-98), Govt. Arts College, Dharmapuri (University of Madras)

• M.Sc. Physical Chemistry (1999-2001), University of Madras, Guindy Campus, Chennai

• Ph.D. Theoretical Chemistry (Aug 2001 - Jul 2006), University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad.

       Thesis Title: Time-dependent wavepacket dynamics (Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Susanta Mahapatra)

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Research Experience - Postdoctoral:

• (Sep 2006 - Sep 2008) Institut fuer Chemie, Universität Potsdam, Potsdam D14476, Germany, with the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) fellowship. 

       Topic: Ab initio electron dynamics by MCTDHF method (Mentor: Prof. Dr. Peter Saalfrank)

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• (Oct 2008 - Aug 2009) Departement de Chimie, Ecole Normale Superieure (ENS) Paris, France. 

       Topic: Mixed quantum-classical approach to solvation dynamics (Mentor: Prof. Dr. Irene Burghardt)

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• (Oct 2009 - Aug 2010) EMPS Physics, University College Dublin, Ireland. 

       Topic: Mixed and linearized approach to nonadiabatic dynamics (Mentor: Prof. Dr. David Coker)

 

Position Held:

• Assistant Professor (19th Aug 2010 - 4th Nov 2018) in Department of Chemistry, School of Physical Chemical and Applied Sciences, Pondicherry University, Puducherry - 605 014, India

• Associate Professor (5th November 2018 - 4th Nov 2021), --do--

• Professor (5th November 2021 - Present), --do--

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Awards/ Recognition:

• AvH Alumni Visiting Scientist Award (2015, 2018, 2023), Universität Potsdam, Germany (Prof. P. Saalfrank)

• DST-SERB young scientist award (2013), New Delhi 

• Best Teacher in Chemistry award (2012), Pondicherry University

• Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) award (2007), Germany

• CSIR senior research fellowship (SRF) 2005

• CSIR-UGC junior research fellowship (JRF) 2002

• CSIR-UGC-NET for Lectureship 2001

• GATE qualified in 2001

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