Somaditya Sen, Ph.D.

**** * ******* ***., *********, WI 53211 | Tel: 414-***-**** | Email: tn05ws@r.postjobfree.com

Summary of Professional Experience

• 15 years experience in collaboratory grant preparation, interdisciplinary research and technical writing

• 9 years post-doctoral experience in diverse projects in Material Science and Solid State Physics

• 6 years doctoral experience in Semiconducting modified glassy systems

• Mentoring role at UWM to doctoral and post-doctoral candidates, Teaching assistant at UWM

• Journal Reviewer for Institute of Physics: Nanotechnology, J. Physics: Condensed Matter, PhysicaD

• Experienced working at world class laboratories and clean room facilities at National Laboratories

Areas of Interest and Expertise:

• Nano-crystals, Bulk Single crystals, Glass Float Zone Furnace, Solution based synthesis, Solid State Sintering quenching, Evaporation (e-beam/thermal), Chemical Vapor, Plasma Sputtering

• Substitution/doping/intercalation in systems: ABO3 compounds (e.g. PbTiO3, RMnO3, BiFeO3, etc.) TM oxides (e.g. ZnO, TiO2, Cu2O), Pnictogen chalcogenides (Bi2Se3, Sb2Te3, etc), Ge nanodot, V2O5-glasses

• Structural Characterization: X-ray Diffraction, X-ray Absorption and photoemission, Energy Dispersed X-ray Spectroscopy, Transmission and Scanning Electron Microscopy, Selected Area Diffraction

• Materials Characterization: Magnetoelectric, Thermoelectric and calorimetric, temperature-dependent magnetic, Electrical, Chemical via magnetometric, Photoluminescence, UV-vis-IR spectroscopy

Research and Education:

UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, Milwaukee, USA

• Research Associate, Physics(03/2007–Present); Electrical Engineering (01/2006–02/2007)

“Magnetism, Multiferroics, Superconductivity, Semiconductors, Insulators, Complex Oxides ”

UNIVERSITY OF ELECTROCOMMUNICATION, Tokyo, JAPAN

• Post Doctoral Fellow/Professor (08/2003 – 12/2005)

“Semiconductor devices, Ge-nanodot, SiOx powders/thin films, doped- ZnO, CNT, Luminescence “

NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY, Taipei, TAIWAN

• Post Doctoral Fellow, Taipei, Taiwan, (01/2003-07/2003),

“Structural/magnetic properties of Alkaline Earth Manganite CMR materials”

INDIAN ASSOCIATION for the CULTIVATION of SCIENCE/JADAVPUR UNIVERSITY, Kolkata, INDIA

• Ph.D., (1995-2001)

“Electric and Structural properties of Alkaline Earth Vanadate Semiconducting glasses”

GRADUATE APTITUDE TEST, 1995, All India Rank 167

MS (Kalyani University, India, 1994) Physics (Solid State Physics)

BS (Calcutta University, India, 1992) Physics (Honors)

Research Facilities Worked:

• ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY, Advanced Photon Source , IL, USA

• LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY, Lujan Neutron Science Centre, NM, USA

• SYNCHOTRON RADIATION CENTER, Stoughton, WI, USA

• SATELLITE VENTURE BUSINESS LABORATORY, UEC, TOKYO, JAPAN

Grant Preparation Experience:

• MRI: Acquisition of X-ray Diffraction Facilities for Multi-disciplinary Research at the UWM

• RGI-(UWM): Advanced Electron Microscopy/Holography of Multiscale-Multiferroic-Materials

Selected Recent Publications

• S. Sen, Y. Zou, S. K. Ray, D.P. Robertson, P. Guptasarma, and M. Gajdardziska-Josifovska, “Structural Complexities of PbTi0.5Fe0.5O3 Nanocrystals Revealed by HRTEM”, Microscopy and Microanalysis (2010)

• N. Kouklin, M. Omari, A. Gupta and S. Sen “Pre-avalanche Ultraviolet Photoconduction Properties of Transitional-Metal-Doped ZnO Nanowires”, Journal of Electronic Materials 38-4 (2009)

• S. Rath, S. Sen, S. Nozaki, M. Tona, S. Ohtani, and K. P. Jain, “Detection of Low-Density Ge Nanoparticles Using Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy” Adv. Sci. Lett. 2, 372-376 (2009)

• S. Sen, D. Chowdhary and N. Kouklin, “Negative photoconduction of planar heterogeneous random network of ZnO-carbon nanotubes” Applied Physics Letters, 91, 093125 (2007).

Book Chapters

• S. Sen, N. Kouklin, “Nanofabrication based on self-assembled alumina templates”, in “Nanofabrication: Fundamentals and Applications", World Scientific Book (2006)

• N. Kouklin, S. Sen, and Tseng, "2nd order Self-Assembled Nano-semiconductors and Oxides”, in Handbook of “Nanoceramics and Nanodevices”, American Scientific Publishers (2006)

References

• Prof. Marija Gajdardziska-Josifovska, tn05ws@r.postjobfree.com, 414-***-****, Physics Dept., UW Milwaukee

• Dr. Yang Ren, tn05ws@r.postjobfree.com, 630-***-****, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory

• Dr Steve Hardcastle, tn05ws@r.postjobfree.com, 414-***-****, Advanced Analysis Facility, UW Milwaukee

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