Ehesan Ali
Associate Professor
Department of Science and Technology
Institute of Nanotechnology
India
Biography
Education: Ph.D. Indian Institute of Technology-Bombay (2002-2007). M. Sc. Banaras Hindu University (2000-2002). B. Sc. Suri Vidyasagar College (University of Burdwan, 1996-1999. Positions Held/Research Experience: Associate Professor (Scientist-E): Institute of Nano Science and Technology, Mohali, India. (1st July 2015, onwards). Research Associate: University College London, London, UK. (Jan 2015- June 2015). Researcher (senior): Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. (June 2013 – Dec 2014). Visiting Researcher: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India (May, 2013 – June, 2013). Research Associate: Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany (Sep. 2011- Dec. 2012). Postdoctoral Fellow (Alexander von Humboldt fellowship): Ruhr-University, Bochum, Germany (Sep. 2009- Dec. 2011). Postdoctoral Fellow: Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden. (June 2007 – Aug 2009).
Research Interest
Ab initio investigations of molecular magnetism, interface Nano-magnetism, molecular spintronics, magneto-structural dynamics of bimolecular systems, development of density functional theory (DFT), broken-symmetry DFT, spin constrained DFT, theoretical spectroscopy, ab initio molecular dynamics: Car-Parinello and Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics, classical MD, electron and spin transfer dynamics in metallo-proteins, solar cells, and catalytic chemical reactions.
Publications
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Ali, Md. E.; Sanyal, B.; Oppeneer, P. M., “Tuning the magnetic interaction between manganese porphyrins and ferromagnetic Co substrate through dedicated control of the adsorption†J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 14381.
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Ali, Md. E.; Nair, N. N.; Staemmler, V.; Marx, D. Constrained spin-density dynamics of iron-sulfur complex: ferredoxin cofactor, J. Chem. Phys. 2012, 136, 224101.
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Dreiser, J.; Wäckerlin, C.; Ali, Md. E.; Piamonteze, C.; Donati, F.; Singha, A.; Pedersen, K. S.; Rusponi, K.; Bendix, J.; Oppeneer, P. M.; Jung, T. A.; Brune, H.; “Exchange Interaction of Strongly Anisotropic Tripodal Erbium Single-Ion Magnets with Metallic Surfaces†ACS Nano, 2014, 5, 4662.
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Ali, Md. E. Staemmler, V. Marx. D, “Magnetostructural dynamics of Rieske versus ferredoxin iron–sulfur cofactors†Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys. 2015, 17, 6289.
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Ali, Md. E.; Oppeeneer, P.M. “Unraveling the Electronic Structure, Spin States, Optical and Vibrational Spectra of Malaria Pigment†Chem. Eur. J. 2015, 21, 8544.
