Email id: puspita.rayy@gmail.com

Research Interests:

• Radiation detector physics and instrumentation, especially related to Micro-pattern Gas Detectors (MPGDs) for particle physics, space astronomy, and high-energy physics experiments.
• THGEM (Thick Gas Electron Multiplier) photon detectors for UV imaging applications.
• Modelling and simulation of ionizing gas detectors.
• Thin film photocathodes for photo sensing applications.

Education:

Research Associate (August 2019 - July 2020)
Department of Instrumentation & Applied Physics,
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India

Doctor of Philosophy (Engineering) with M.S. Engineering (August 2014 - July 2019)
Department of Instrumentation & Applied Physics,
Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India
Topic: Development and performance of Thick Gas Electron Multiplier (THGEM) for UV applications
Year of Award: 2020 (12/05/2020)

Master of Science in Physics (2014)
Department of Physics,
IIT Roorkee, India
Specialization: Solid State Physics
Class/Division: First

Bachelor of Science in Physics (2011)
Department of Physics,
Jadavpur University, West Bengal, India
Class/Division: First

Awards & Achievements:

• GARP Travel Grant, 2018
• UGC JRF in CSIR NET, June 2013
• Qualified in Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE), 2013
• INSPIRE Scholarship Holder in B.Sc and M.Sc
• Human Resource Development Scholarship from Vidyasagarbhawan, Kolkata, India

Publications:

1. P. Ray, G. Baishali, V. Radhakrishna, and K. Rajanna. “Spatial resolution optimization in a THGEM-based UV photon detector.” Radiation Detection Technology and Methods 2, no. 2 (2018): 39.

2. P. Ray, V. Radhakrishna, T. Pandit, G. Baishali, and K. Rajanna. “Influence of substrate heating on optical, morphological and photoemission properties of CsI thin films for imaging applications.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, 906 (2018): 18-21.

3. P. Ray, V. Radhakrishna, G. Baishali and K. Rajanna, “Studies of Morphological Changes Under Electron Beam Irradiation in Cesium Iodide Film” 2018 MRS Fall Meeting & Exhibit, Boston, Massachusetts, USA during November 25 - November 30, 2018.

4. P. Ray, G. Baishali, V. Radhakrishna and K. Rajanna, “Electroluminescence Yield in THGEM based UV Photon Detectors”, IEEE NSS-MIC 2018, Sydney, Australia during November 10 to November 17, 2018.

5. Vaishakh Kedambaimoole, Vijay Shirhatti, Nagarjuna Neella, Puspita Ray, M.M. Nayak and K. Rajanna, “PDMS Encapsulated Graphene-Nickel Composite Film As Flexible Tactile Sensor”, Proceedings of IEEE Sensors 2017, held at Glasgow, Scotland, UK during October 29 to November 1, 2017, pp: 301-303.

6. P. Ray, Baishali G., Radhakrishna V., Rajanna K. “Optimization of Cesium Iodide Photocathode Film for UV Photon Detectors”, IUMRS-ICYRAM 2016, Bangalore.

7. P. Ray, V. Radhakrishna, G. Baishali, K. Rajanna. “Studies of electroluminescence yield in THGEM UV detectors”. Proceedings of the DAE Symp. on Nucl. Phys. 63 (2018).

8. Puspita Ray, Baishali Garai, Radhakrishna Vatedka, Rajanna Konandur, and Koushal Vadodariya. “Studies on UV Photon Detector with double thick GEM.” In DAE Symp. Nucl. Phys., vol. 61, pp. 972-973. 2016.