Invited Seminars

[7] Battery Modeling Group weekly seminar series, organized by Inter-University (U Michigan and CMU) and US-DOE National Laboratory researchers (ANL, LBL), virtual, Sep 2023
Towards fast copper chalcogenide ionic conductors using cation exchange at ambient temperatures
[6] Theory and Modeling divisional seminar series at Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA, Jan 18, 2023
Intrinsic defects in CdSe nanoplatelets and their effect on electronic states
[5] Condensed Matter Physics Group, Physics Department, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur, India, May 2022. Faculty Candidate Seminar
Post synthetic materials design principles, plasmonic signature tracking, and computational fluid dynamics framework to build an artificial synthetic chemist: for discovery of hidden condensed matter phases
[4] Sixth International Conference on Catalysis and Chemical Engineering at San Francisco, CA, 2022.
Correlating FEM, BEM and DDA methodologies for quantitative analysis of electron-matter and light-matter interactions in metal oxide assemblies
[3] Center for Nanoscale Materials (CNM) at Argonne National Laboratory, Lemont, IL, USA, May 2021.
Post synthetic materials design principles, plasmonic signature tracking, and computational fluid dynamics framework to build an artificial synthetic chemist
[2] Departmental Seminar, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Sciences, Kolkata, India, Dec 2018.
Unique Superionicity achieved on the nanoscale with applications in next-generation Lithium-ion batteries
[1] Departmental Seminar, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India, Nov 2018.
Unique Superionicity achieved on the nanoscale with applications in next-generation Lithium-ion batteries

Contributed talks

[16] MRS Fall National Meeting, Nov 30, 2023, Boston, MA
Oriented attachment in halide perovskite nanoplatelets with functional chiral organic ligands
[15] ACS Fall National Meeting, 2023-Aug 17, 2023, San Francisco, CA
In-situ diffraction studies of pressure-mediated phase transition in copper chalcogenides (COLL)
[14] ACS Fall National Meeting, 2023-Aug 15, 2023, San Francisco, CA
Towards fast copper chalcogenide superionic conductors using cation exchange reactions in 2D nanoplatelets (ENFL)
[13] U Chicago MRSEC Nano Talks-Jul 27, 2023, Chicago, IL
Towards fast copper chalcogenide superionic conductors using cation exchange reactions in 2D nanoplatelets
[12] ACS Fall National Meeting, 2022
Ion exchange pathways in CdSe nanoplatelets: Combined experimental and theoretical investigations, Fundamental Research in Colloids, Surfaces & Nanomaterials session, Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry [COLL]
11] AIChE Annual Meeting, 2021
Faculty candidate talk at the Biomimetic division
[10] AIChE Annual Meeting, 2021
Synthetic Brochosomes As Ultra-Antireflective, Super-Hydrophobic Biomimetic Materials in Multifunctional Films, Materials Engineering and Sciences Division
[9] Microscopy & Microanalysis, 2021.
Beyond NMF: Advanced Signal Processing and Machine Learning Methodologies for Hyperspectral Analysis in EELS, Session: P01.2 – Advanced Imaging and Spectroscopy for Nanoscale Materials Characterization
[8] APS virtual March Meeting 2021
Structure derived anti-reflectivity at the nanoscale in leafhopper-derived brochosomes, Session X03: Optics and Photonics in Polymers and Soft Matter II: Photonics, (Sponsoring Units: DPOLY DSOFT DBIO DAMOP), Abstract: X03.00009.
[7] Army Research Office-Multi University Research Initiative (MURI) meeting, Nov 2020 Mapping the opto-electronic, thermal and chemical behavior in natural and inspired artificial brochosomes using electrodynamic modelling, and single-particle/ensemble experiments
[6] iCQD, nanoge internet conference on quantum dots, July 2020
Exploring condensed phases in engineered semiconducting nanocrystals. Symposium 3 (Quantum dots for the Infrared),
[5] Graduate College, Urbana, IL, 2018
Nanoscience in next-gen Li-ion batteries, Research Live!
[4] 64th National AVS Conference & Symposium, Tampa, 2017
Unique Superionicity achieved on the nanoscale with applications in next-generation Lithium ion batteries
[3] MRL Fall Competition, Urbana, IL, 2017.
Engineering novel nanocrystals with unconventional properties employing cation exchange
[2] Research Live!, Graduate College, 2016
Engineering new materials to explore Physics at the nanoscale
[1] Research Live!, Graduate College, 2015
Some Special Attributes of Ultrasmall Cu2Se Clusters

Technical posters

[14] MRS Fall 2023 Meet the Faculty Candidates Poster Session, Boston, MA, Nov 2023
[13] AIChE 5th Battery and Energy Storage Conference, Lemont, IL, 2023
Towards Fast Copper Chalcogenide Solid Ionic Electrolytes Using Cation Exchange at Ambient Temperatures
[12] NSF-MRSEC Annual Retreat 2021
Structure-derived optical properties in metal oxide nanocrystal linker gels, NSF Centre for Dynamics & Control of Materials
[11] NSF-MRSEC Annual Retreat 2021
Elucidating structure-optical property relationship in metal oxide nanocrystal superlattices, NSF Centre for Dynamics & Control of Materials
[10] Molecular Foundry user meeting, Berkeley, CA, 2019
Nanocrystal-electrolytes for lithium-ion batteries
[9] Monsanto Research Symposium, UIUC, 2017
Design of superionic electrolytes for next-generation battery applications
[8] SWE Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day (IGED), Urbana, IL, 2017
Cation exchange transformation in QDs
[7] ECS Career Fair, Micro & Nanotechnology Laboratory, Urbana, IL, 2016
nanoDDSCAT+ [6] Biomedical Engineering Society (BMES) Annual Meeting, Minneapolis, 2016
Design of Plasmon Rulers for Study of RNA Splicing
[5] Mentee Ryan Sanders’s poster for the UG Research Symposium, Urbana, IL, 2016.
Tracking defects in the cation exchange transformation of QDs
[4] nanoBIONODE site visit, Beckman Institute, Urbana, IL, 2016.
nanoDDSCAT+: The perspective of a new trainee
[3] International Conference on Theoretical and Applied Physics, ICTAP, I.I.T. Kharagpur, 2011.
Specific Heat for the BEC in a trapped gas
[2] AIP Conf. Proc. Series, American Institute of Physics, International Conference on Materials ICMM, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, 2010.
Structural Properties of Nickel Rich Amorphous Boride Nanoparticles
[1] Proceedings of annual DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, Paper C-34. DAE-SSPS 2009, M.S. University, Vadodara, India, 2009.
Synthesis and Characterization of Nanoparticles through Devitrification of Amorphous Particles

Outreach talks

[8] Panelist for Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day, Argonne National Laboratory outreach 2022.
[7] Panelist for Career Day at Oak Park and River Forest High School, 2022.
[6] Panelist for Career Day at Meadow Ride School, 2022.
[5] Panelist for Science Outreach for Oakland High school students, Berkeley Lab, 2019.
[4] Panelist for “Preparing for Graduate School” seminar, hosted by Engineering Career Services, UIUC, 2017.
[3] Panelist for sessions on “Choosing a Grad Advisor”, “UG Research” and “Choosing the Right Grad School”
Transition from Undergrad to Doctoral Programs Workshop, IL, 2016.
[2] Panelist, Graduate PhD student Panel, University of Illinois Engineering GradFest, 2016.
[1] Panelist for multiple sessions in Transition from Undergrad to Doctoral Programs Workshop, IL, 2016.