Dr. Prashant Kumar Chauhan

Biography

Dr. Prashant Chauhan did his Ph.D. degree titled “Filamentation of Laser Beams and Plasma Wave Excitation” in Laser Plasma Physics at Centre for Energy Studies, IIT Delhi in 2008. After completing his Ph.D., he worked as a project scientist for 1 year at Centre for Energy Studies, IIT Delhi. In April 2009, Dr. Prashant Chauhan received HiPER post doctorate fellowship from European Union and worked at Grupo de Laser Plasma, in Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisbon Portugal for 2 years. After that he received post doctorate fellowship from FCT Portugal (Portuguese Science and technology department) and worked at GoLP, IST, Lisbon for nine months till December 2011. During his post doctoral tenure Dr. Prashant visited Rutherford Laboratory London, U.K., Dublin City University, Ireland and CzechTechnicalUniversity, Prague, CzechRepublic. Dr. Prashant Chauhan joined as senior lecturer in Department of Physics and Material Science and Engineering, JIIT Noida-128 from January 2012. Currently, his major research interests are Fast Ignition, Particle acceleration and Laser Plasma Interaction.

Research Interest

Ph. D. (Laser Plasma Physics), IIT Delhi, India, M. Tech. (Applied Optics) IIT Delhi, India M. Sc. (Physics) IIT Roorkee, India Other Qualifications GATE (1999) Qualified: Junior Research Fellowship: (2003-05) Senior Research Fellowship: (2005-08)