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Educational Background:
- Ph.D: University of Bristol, UK (2008)
- M.Tech : I.I.T. Kharagpur (2002)
- M.Sc : University of Calcutta (2000)
Professional Background:
- Faculty at S. N. Bose National Centre for
Basic Sciences, Calcutta (2011- present)
- Postdoctoral Research Associate:
Stanford University, USA (2010-2011)
- Postdoctoral Research Fellow: Cambridge University, UK
(2008-2010)
- Visiting Research Assistant: IAMS, Academia
Sinica, Taiwan (2004-2005)
Important Awards and
Fellowships of Academics:
- Isaac Newton Trust Postdoctoral
Fellowship: Trinity College, Cambridge, UK (2009-2010)
- Dorothy Hodgkin
Postgraduate Award (DHPA): University of Bristol, UK (2005-2008)
- Awarded Best Poster Prize: Royal Holloway, University of
London, UK (2007)
- Awarded Poster Prize: School of
Chemistry, University of Bristol, UK (2006)
- IAMS Research Assistantship: IAMS, Academia Sinica,
Taiwan (2004-2005)
Current Research
Interests:
- Mid-IR Quantum Cascade
Laser (QCL)-based Cavity Ring-Down (CRDS) and Cavity Enhanced Absorption
Spectroscopy (CEAS)
- Optical Cavity based Spectroscopy in Life Sciences, in particular in the field of Biomedical Research and Clinical Diagnostics
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- Applications of QCL-CRDS/CEAS in High-Resolution Molecular Spectroscopy, Environmental Chemistry, Trace Molecules and Radicals Sensing, and Isotope Ratio Measurements
- Aerosol Particles and Heterogeneous Chemical
Kinetics
Significant Selected Publications:
- Heterogeneous
uptake of gaseous hydrogen peroxide by Gobi and Saharan dust aerosols: a
potential missing sink for H2O2 in the
troposphere, M. Pradhan,
G.Kyriakou, A.T. Archibald, A. Papageorgiou, M. Kalberer, and R.M.
Lambert, Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss., 10, 11081 (2010)
- Automated
system for monitoring trace C2H2 in ambient air by
cavity ring-down spectroscopy combined with sample pre-concentration, M. Pradhan, M.S.I. Aziz, R. Grilli
and A.J. Orr-Ewing, Enviro. Sci. & Tech., 42, 7354-7359 (2008)
- Trace
detection of C2H2 in ambient air using continuous
wave cavity ring-down spectroscopy combined with sample
pre-concentration, M.
Pradhan, R.E. Lindley, R.
Grilli, I.R. White, D. Martin and A.J. Orr-Ewing, Appl. Phys. B 90,
1-9 (2008)
- Measuring acetylene concentrations
using a frequency chirped continuous wave diode laser operating in the
near infra-red, R.E. Lindley, M.
Pradhan and A.J. Orr-Ewing, The
Analyst, 131, 731-738 (2006).
- Mass
analyzed threshold ionization spectroscopy of anisole cation and the OCH3
substitution effect, M.
Pradhan, C. Li, J.L. Lin, and W.B. Tzeng, Chem. Phys. Lett., 407, 100-104 (2005)
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