Honors
Honors
Heeger Fellowship Award-2024, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) and Materials Research Laboratory (MRL), University of California, Santa Barbara.
Academic Affiliate of the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB): 2024-2025.
Heeger Fellowship Award-2023, California NanoSystems Institute (CNSI) and Materials Research Laboratory (MRL), University of California, Santa Barbara.
Chancellor’s fellowship 2013-2016, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Colloquium Award-2015, Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Proposal title ‘ Preparing the next generation of materials scientists’, NSF 23-601: Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU)-2026 (Co-PI; PI- Farooq Khan)- pending.
Proposal title ‘Exploring Novel Quantum Materials with Kagome Lattice Structures and Unconventional Magnetism’, NSF 22-586: Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)-2026, Requested $920,688- Pending.
Proposal title ‘Synthesis of kagome lattice materials’, Perry College Projects 2025-2026, Awarded $ 4500.
Proposal title ‘Synthesis of novel quantum materials’, Perry College Projects, FY 2027, Awarded $ 4750.
Proposal title ‘Solid-State Synthesis and Exploration of Quantum Materials’, SRAP Award: Academic Year 2026–2027, Awarded $ 1600.
Proposal title ‘Study of the novel altermagnetic and Kagome lattice materials’, Perry College Projects, FY 2026, Awarded $ 3500.
Seed Grant Assistance for External Funding, UWG Summer Compensation for Research Grant, AY 2026, Awarded $ 5000
Proposal title ‘Exploration of cathode materials for Li-ion battery’, SRAP Academic Year 2025–2026, Awarded $ 2000.
Proposal title ‘Altermagent candidates: Synthesis and Characterization’, QEP SRAP Award: Academic Year 2025–2026, Awarded $ 1500.
Proposal title ‘Synthesis of Kagome Lattice and Energy Storage Materials’, NSF 22-586: Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER)-2025, Requested $ 754,707- Not funded.
Proposal Description: ‘400 MHz Liquid- and Solid-state NMR to Advance Chemistry, Biology, Geology, and Materials Science Research and Undergraduate Research Training’, NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) program (Co-PI; PI- Megumi Fugita), Requested $ 922,150 -Not funded.
Proposal title ‘Exploration of cathode materials for Li-ion battery’, American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund to Undergraduate New Investigator (UNI), 2025-2026 - Requested $ 55,000- Not funded.
Proposal title ‘A Study of Kagome Lattice Materials’, UWG Student Research Assistant Program’s (SRAP) Summer 2025 -Not funded.
Proposal title ‘Synthesis Of Kagome Lattice And Energy Storage Materials’, UWG Faculty Seed Grant 2025-2026, Requested $ 14,860- Not funded.
Proposal title ‘Towards Novel Altermagnet Materials: Candidate Exploration and Design ’, UWG Faculty Seed Grant 2026-2027, Requested $ 15,000- Not funded.
Proposal title ‘Kagome Lattice Materials: Synthesis and Characterization’, UWG SRAP Recall proposal for the academic year 2024-2025 -Not funded.