B.Tech. Engineering Physics at IIIT Bhopal (continue since 21st August 2024)
B.Sc. Physics at Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (2014-2018)
P.G. Diploma in Spectroscopy at Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi (2014-2018)
I have also been a freelance teacher for IIT-JAM and equivalent exams for BSc students with a very high success rate, which has been enthusiastically covered by national news on multiple occasions by Dainik Jagran and The Telegraph. For this achievement, I was honored by Prof. H.C.Verma and Head of the Department (Physics) Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi .
Abhishek Shahi, Deepak Sharma, Sunil Kumar, Saurabh Mishra, Igor Rahinov, Oded Heber, Daniel Zajfman "Thermometry of Stored Molecular Ion Beams", Nature, Scientific reports (2022) 12:22518 E-link/DOI https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-26797-5 ( SCI )
"Suman Prajapati, Bhupendra Singh, Sunil Kumar, Bhartendu K. Singh, Xavier Llovet and R.Shanker ""Absolute doubly differential cross sections of bremsstrahlung produced from 4.0-keV electrons incident on free Ar atoms Atoms"" MDPI 2020, 8(4), 72" E-link/DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/atoms8040072 ( SCI )
"S. Prajapati, S. Kumar, B. Singh, B. K. Singh, and R. Shanker ""Study of mean kinetic energy of recoil ions produced in 3.5keV electron Argon collisions"" Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena 2019, 230, 46-52" E-link/DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2018.02.002 ( SCI )
"Suman Prajapati, Bhupendra Singh, Sunil Kumar, Bhartendu K. Singh, Xavier Llovet and R.Shanker ""Experimental evidence of molecular coherence effects in the bremsstrahlung radiation processes"" Journal of Physics B, 2019, 52, 145201" E-link/DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/ab22f1 ( SCI )
"S. Kumar, S. Prajapati, B. Singh, B. K. Singh, and R. Shanker ""Formation, stability and dissociation dynamics of N2n+ cations (n=1-2) in 3.5keV e--N2 collisions studied by energy resolved electron-ion coincidence technique"" Journal of Physics B, 2018,51, 07520 " E-link/DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6455/aaad93 ( SCI )
"Bhupendra Singh, Sunil Kumar, Suman Prajapati, Bhartendu K. Singh, Xavier Llove and R. Shanker ""Angular dependence of the Kβ/Kα intensity ratios of thick Ti and Cu pure elements from 10-25keV electron bombardment"" Indian Journal of Physics, February 2018, 92(7), 827-833 " E-link/DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-018-1184-6 ( SCI )
"Bhupendra Singh, Suman Prajapati, Sunil Kumar, Bhartendu K. Singh, Xavier Llove and R. Shanker ""Measurements of the angular distributions of thick target bremsstrahlung produced by 10-25keV electrons incident on Ti and Cu pure elements"" Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 2018, 150, 82-89" E-link/DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.radphyschem.2018.04.027 ( SCI )
"S.Kumar, S.Prajapati, B Singh, B K Singh and R Shanker ""An experimental setup for studying the core-excited atoms and molecules by electron impact using energy analysed electron-ion coincidence technique"" Indian Journal of Physics, July 2017, 91(7):721-729" E-link/DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-017-0973-7 ( SCI )
S.Kumar, S.Prajapati, B. Singh, B. K. Singh, and R. Shanker "Electron excited multiply charged Argon ions studied by means of an energy resolved electron-ion coincidence technique" European Physical Journal D (2017) 71: 53 E-link/DOI https://doi.org/10.1140/epjd/e2016-70583-8 ( SCI )
"Bhupendra Singh, Sunil Kumar, Suman Prajapati, Bhartendu K. Singh, Xavier Llovet and R.Shanker ""Measurement of angular distributions of K x-ray intensity of Ti and Cu thick targets following impact of 10-25 keV electrons"" Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 2017, 216, 17-22" E-link/DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2017.02.002 ( SCI )
"S.Kumar, P.Bhatt, A.Kumar , B.K. Singh, B. Singh , S. Prajapati , R. Shanker ""Measurement of ion species produced due to bombardment of 450 eV N2+ ions with hydrocarbons-covered surface of Tungsten: Formation of Tungsten nitride"" Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B, 2016, 380, 50-56" E-link/DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nimb.2016.05.004 ( SCI )
Sunil Kumar,Pragya Bhatt, B.K. Singh, Ajai Kumar, R. Shanker "An experimental set up for studying the fusion edge plasma facing materials using TOF mass spectrometry" International Journal of Mass Spectrometry, 2015, 385, 32-41 E-link/DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijms.2015.05.007 ( SCI )
"Namita Yadav, Sunil Kumar, Pragya Bhatt, Raj Singh, B.K. Singh, R.Shanker ""Characteristic and non-characteristic X-ray yields produced from thick Ti element by sub-relativistic electrons"" Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena, 2012, 185, 448-45" E-link/DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/j.elspec.2012.07.002 ( SCI )
"S. Kumar, S. Prajapati, B. Singh, B. K. Singh, and R. Shanker ""Study of multiply charged Argon-ions formed by decay of 2p-hole state under e-- Ar collision employing energy selected ion coincidence technique"" Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 30th International Conference on Photonic Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC XXX) held at Cairns, Australia, 2017 " E-link/DOI https://doi.org/10.1088/1742-6596/875/6/052021 ( Scopus )
"S. Kumar, S. Prajapati, B. Singh, B. K. Singh, and R. Shanker ""An experimental set-up to study non-radiative collisional processes relevant to fusion edge plasma using low energy ion and electron impact"" Joint ICTP-IAEA School and Workshop on Fundamental Methods for Atomic, Molecular & Materials Properties in Plasma Environments- 2018, held at ICTP - Miramare, Trieste, Italy, 2018" E-link/DOI https://indico.ictp.it/event/8305/material/7/0.pdf
"S. Kumar, S. Prajapati, B. Singh, B. K. Singh, and R. Shanker ""The Relative Correlation Probability For The Formation Of Various Charge States Of Argon Recoil Ions Under Electron Impact"" 19th International Conference on the Physics of Highly Charged Ions, held at Universide de Nova de Lisboa, Caparica Lisbon, Portugal, 2018" E-link/DOI #
"R. Singh, S. Kumar, D. Gupta, R. K. Gangwar, K. Saha, V. Chandrasekaran, . Rahinov, O. Heber, M. L. Rappaport and D. Zajfman
""Recent studies and developments with the Weizmann Institutes EIBTs"", Electrostatics Storage Devices-08, Tianjin, China 2019" E-link/DOI #
"Abhishek Shahi, Deepak Sharma, Sunil Kumar , Saurabh Mishra , Igor Rahinov , Oded Heber and Daniel Zajfman ""Molecular ion time-dependent rotation relaxation dynamics probed by photo-electron in an ion trap"" 33th International Conference on Photonic Electronic and Atomic Collisions (ICPEAC XXXIII) to be held Ottawa, Canada (25 July-1 August 2023), 2023" E-link/DOI https://icpeac2023.ca/resources/ICPEAC2023_Book_of_Abstracts.pdf
Sunil Kumar, Sankar De, Satyajit Saha "Energy Calibration and Performance Testing of X-Ray Detectors for Biomedical Application using PIXE Technique" National 23rd National Conference on Atomic and Molecular Physics (NCAMP) held at Space Physics Laboratory (SPL-ISRO) and Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST) Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India during 20-02-2023 to 23-02-2023 E-link/DOI #
Member of an advisory committee of "6th IJAA-JSPS International conference on contemporary Advances of science and technology" held at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi during 07-08-2015 to 09-08-2015 (2015).
Received “Best ORAL Presentation Award” in a Workshop on Recent Advances in Biological Effects of Ionizing Radiation and Its Implications in Health and Medicine” (RABEIR 2023) during April 27-29, 2023 at Inter-University Accelerator Centre, New Delhi-110067.
Research Associateship-II: Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics- Kolkata , Department of Atomic Energy, Government of India (2021-2023)
Postdoctoral Fellowship: Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, 2018 to 2020.
CSIR-Senior Research Fellow (SRF) by Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India, (2017-2018).
International Travel Support by DST-SERB Government of India to participate in an International Conference held in Australia in 2017.
Selected for participation in National Initiative on Undergraduate Sciences (NIUS) organized by HBCSE-TIFR in 2017.
Received an Honour from Prof. H.C. Verma (IIT Kanpur) for contribution in teaching in 2018.
BHU-UGC Research Fellowship by University Grants Commission, Government of India, (2013-2017).
Invited talks delivered/research work presentation in Australia, Italy, Portugal, China, Germany and other countries/places.
Life member of Indian Society of Atomic and Molecular Physics (ISAMP), Membership No.-1553.
Life member of Plasma Science Society of India (PSSI), Membership No.-LM-1490.
Active member of Division of Plasma Physics, Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies (AAPPS-DPP), Member ID=2415
