N.S.Vidhyadhiraja Faculty Fellow Theoretical Sciences Unit, JNCASR, Jakkur, Bangalore-560094 Phone: +91-80-22082790 Education: Integrated M.Sc in Physics from IIT Kanpur (1990-1995) PhD in Theoretical condensed matter physics from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (1995-2001) with Prof. H.R.Krishnamurthy Positions held: Exchange visitor at University of Cincinnati, USA (Jul 1997-Jun 1998) with Prof. Mark Jarrell. Postdoctoral fellow at University of Oxford, UK (Feb 2001-Feb 2005) with Prof. David Logan. Fellow at Theoretical Sciences Unit, JNCASR (Mar 2005 - Mar2007). Faculty Fellow at Theoretical Sciences Unit, JNCASR (Mar 2007 – Present). Visiting Professor at Nanosciences group, Motorola India Research, Bangalore (May 2007- July 2007). Visiting Professor at Prof. Mark Jarrell's group, University of Cincinnati, USA (May 2008- July 2008). Adjunct Associate Research Professor at the Birck Nanotechnology Centre, Purdue University (Jun 2011 - May 2014).