Raj Mohanty
(Science Citation Index Listing: Pritiraj Mohanty, P. Mohanty)
Associate Professor of Physics
Department of Physics, Boston University, 590 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Phone: (617) 353-9297, Fax: (617) 353-9393, Email: mohanty@physics. bu.edu
Group Web Page: http://nano.bu.edu/
Employment Experience: Associate Professor of Physics (Since Sept 2006), Assistant Professor in Physics, Boston University (July, 2001-Aug 2006), Faculty of Photonics Center (Since 2002), Visiting Professor, Universita Degli Studi di Padova, Italy (2002), Visiting Research Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratories (01), Postdoctoral Research Faculty, California Institute of Technology (99-01), Graduate Research Assistant, University of Maryland (94-98), Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Maryland (92-94), Research Scientist, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA (92-93)
Education/Training: Post-Doctoral Research Faculty, California Institute of Technology (99-01), Ph.D. University of Maryland, College Park (98), B.S./M.S. Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi and Ravenshaw College
Research Interests: Quantum Information: Control and Manipulation of Coherent Signals: Controlling Decoherence in Nanoscale Structures, Picosecond Pulse Measurements in Time Domain and External Control of Coherence, Nanomechanics: Energy Relaxation in Micro- and Nano-Mechanical Structure, Quantum Friction BioMEMS: Development of Nanoscale Biosensors for Single Molecule Detection, Gravity: Fundamental Force Measurement: Gravitational Force in Micron Scale in search of extra dimensions, Superconductivity: Nanoscale High-Tc Superconductivity: Fabrication/Measurement of Nanoscale High-Tc Superconductors