Ak Sood
Department of Physics
Indian National Science Academy
India
Biography
Ajay Kumar Sood obtained BSc (Hons) (Physics) (1971) and MSc (Hons) (Physics) (1972) from Punjab University, Chandigarh. He served at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR), Kalpakkam as Scientific Officer till 1988. While working at IGCAR, he received PhD (1982) from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore. He did postdoctoral work (1983-85) with M Cardona at Max Planck Institut for Festkorperforschung, Stuttgart. Thereafter, he worked at IISc as Associate Professor (1988- ), Professor (1994- ), Physics Department, and also served as Chairman, Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences (1998-2008). Presently, he is Honorary Professor at Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR), Bangalore.
Research Interest
Condensed Matter Physics
