Currently- Professor MSO in Nanomaterials, Mads Clausen Institute, NanoSYD, University of Southern Denmark, Sonderborg, Denmark 2011-2019:Group Leader @ Functional Nanomaterials, Institute for Materials Science, Kiel University, Germany. 2009-2011:Alexander von Humboldt Fellow@ Functional Nanomaterials, Institute for Materials Science, Kiel University, Germany. 2003-2008: Ph.D. (Physics), Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC)/ Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.