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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph. D., IACS, Kolkata (1999)
M. Sc.(Physics), University of Calcutta (1992)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
4 years at PG level
COURSES TAUGHT
NUMERICAL METHODS IN PHYSICS – Post B. Sc. 2nd Semester S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata(2007 and 2008)
ELECTROMAGNETISM – M. Sc. (1st Sem)
QUANTUM STATISTICS – M. Sc. (2nd Sem)
ELEMENTARY CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS– M. Sc. (3rd Sem)
ADVANCED CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS– M. Sc. (4th Sem. )
GENERAL LABORATORY COURSE – M. Sc. all Semesters
COMPUTER SIMULATION COURSE – M. Sc. (3rd Sem)
OTHER ASSIGNMENTS
Member of Under-Graduate Board of Studies (Ad-hoc) in Physics, WBSU, Barasat in 2009-2010 and 2010-2011
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
DST WOS-A Research Fellow, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (2006-2009)
Visiting Faculty, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (2007-2009)
Research Associate, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (2005-2006)
Guest Scientist, Max-Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart, Germany (2003-2004)
Research Associate, IACS, Kolkata (1999-2003)
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS
DST- WOS(A) Fellowship, 2006
CSIR JRF-LS Fellowship, 1993 (CSIR-UGC NET)
National Merit Certificate by CBSE for academic excellence in AISSE, 1985
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Electronic structure and magnetic properties of 1D/2D organic conductors
Surface Physics in 3d TM systems
Orbital ordering in TM oxides
Electronic structure and Magneto-optical Kerr effect in topological insulators
PUBLICATIONS (2004-2011)
1. Electronic structure and transport properties of early transition metal tripledeckers
B. Das and Molly De Raychaudhury, J. Chemical Physics (2011) (in print)
2. Electronic structure of FeCr2S4: Evidence of Coulomb-enhanced spin-orbit splitting
S. Sarkar, Molly De Raychaudhury, I. Dasgupta and T. Saha-Dasgupta
Phys. Rev. B (RAPID COMMUNICATIONS) 80, 201101(R) (2009)
3. Density functional study of the electronic and optical properties of the spinel compound CuIr2S4
S. Sarkar, Molly De Raychaudhury and T. Saha-Dasgupta Phys. Rev. B (BRIEF REPORTS) 79,113104 (2009)
4. Unusual negative temperature coefficient of resistance in a crystalline solid A. Pandey, C. Mazumdar, R. Ranganathan, Molly De Raychaudhury, T. Saha-Dasgupta, S. Tripathi, D. Pandey and S. Duttagupta Euro. Phys. Lett. 84, 47007 (2008)
5. Moderate to large magneto-optical signals in high Tc double perovskites. Hena Das, Molly De Raychaudhury and T. Saha-Dasgupta Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 201912 (2008)
6. Ab-initio study of electronic, optical and magneto-optical properties of CoS2 and Co1xFexS2 Swarup Saha, Molly De Raychaudhury and T. Saha-Dasgupta Phys. Rev. B 77 155428 (2008)
7. Orbital fluctuations in the different phases of LaVO3 and YVO3. Molly De Raychaudhury, Eva Pavarini and O. K. Andersen Phys. Rev. Lett. 99 126402 (2007)
8. Ferromagnetism in metallic chalcospinels : CuCr2S4 and CuCr2Se4 T. Saha-Dasgupta, Molly De Raychaudhury and D. D. Sarma Phys. Rev. B 76 054441 (2007)
9. Theoretical study of doped Tl2Mn2O7 and Tl2Mn2O7 under pressure. Molly De Raychaudhury, T. Saha-Dasgupta and D. D. Sarma Phys. Rev. B 75 014443 (2007)
10. Origin of ferromagnetism and its pressure and doping dependence in Tl2Mn2O7 T. Saha-Dasgupta, Molly De Raychaudhury and D. D. Sarma Phys. Rev. Lett. 96 087205 (2006)
11. Electronic, optical and magneto-optical properties of Gd monopnictides: An LDA+U study D. B. Ghosh, Molly De and S. K. De Phys. Rev. B 72 045140 (2005)
12. Electronic structure and magneto-optical properties of magnetic semiconductors: Europium Monochalcogenides
D. B. Ghosh, Molly De and S. K. De Phys. Rev. B 70 115211 (2004)
CONFERENCE PAPERS (PEER-REVIEWED) (2004-2010)
Origin of ferromagnetism in Tl2Mn2O7 and CuCr2S4 , Molly De Raychaudhury, T. Saha-Dasgupta and D. D. Sarma, AIP Conference Proceedings Subseries: Materials Physics and Applications 1003 130 (2008)
CONFERENCE ORAL PRESENTATIONS (2004-2010)
“Ferromagnetism in transition metal wires” at ICFANT-2010 held at Jadavpur University, West Bengal from December 9-11, 2010
“Chemical Route to robust ferromagnetism in monatomic transition metal chains” at CMDAYS10 held at Kalyani University, West Bengal from August 25 – 27 , 2010
“1S-terminated surface of CoS2: A case of Sulphur-enriched” at CMDAYS09, held at Department of Physics, Jadavpur University, Kolkata from August 26-28th , 2009
“Metallic Cu Chalocspinels: Ferromagnetism and related issues” at RECHARGE’08, held at S. N. B. N. C. B. S., Kolkata from 30-31 January 2008
”Origin of ferromagnetism in pyrochlore and chalcospinels”. at Workshop on Electronic Structure of Emerging Materials: Theory & Experiment, held at Lonavala, India from February 7 - 10, 2007
“Origin of ferromagnetism and pressure and doping effects in Tl2Mn2O7” at SNBOSEFEST’06 held at S. N. B. N. C. B. S., Kolkata from 23-24 March, 2006
CONFERENCE POSTER PRESENTATIONS (2004-2010)
Inhouse Meeting , S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata held at the centre on 28-29 January 2005
Indo-US conference on Novel and Complex Materials, held at S. N. Bose Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, India from October 26 - 29, 2005. Website: http://www.bose.res.in/ indous/
Indo-Japan Joint Seminar on Novel Giant-Magnetoresistive Materials and their Electronic Structure, held at IISc, Bangalore, India from January 29-February 2, 2006.
Workshop on Electronic Structure of Emerging Materials: Theory & Experiment, held at Lonavala, India from February 7 - 10, 2007. Website:http://www.bose.res.in/workshop/talklona.htm
Orbital 2007, held at Max Planck Institut-FKF, Stuttgart, Germany from October 10-11, 2007
International Conference on Magnetic Materials, SINP, Kolkata from December 11-16, 2007
3rd Indo-Japan Conference on Ferroics and Multiferroics, IACS and SNBNCBS, Kolkata from February 4-6, 2008
SHORT VISITS
Guest Scientist at Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Section Crystallography, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany on 12th October 2007
Guest Scientist at Chair of Atomistic Modelling and Design of Materials, Department of Materials Physics, Montanuniversitat, Leoben, Austria from 13th October-17th October, 2007
OTHER INVITED TALKS (2004-2010)
“Introduction to magneto-optical Kerr effect” at Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Section Crystallography, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Germany on October 12, 2007.
“Origin of ferromagnetism in Tl2Mn2O7 and CuCr2S4.” at Chair of Atomistic Modelling and Design of Materials, Department of Materials Physics, Montanuniversitat, Leoben, Austria on October 16, 2007.
“Orbital fluctuations in LaVO3 and YVO3”, Chair of Atomistic Modelling and Design of Materials, Department of Materials Physics, Montanuniversitat, Leoben, Austria on October 17, 2007.
PROJECTS (completed):
Dr. Molly De, DST-WOS(A) project, Rs. 14,00,000 (approx.), 3 years (project terminated due to non-transferability to WBSU)
CONTACT ADDRESS :
Dr. Molly De Raychaudhury
Department of Physics
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West Bengal State University,
Berunanpukuria, Malikapur,
Barasat, Kolkata – 700 126
email ID: molly.deraychaudhury@gmail .com ;
molly.deraychaudhury@wbsub.ac.in
Telephone : 25241975, 25241976, 25241978, 25241979
FAX: 91(033) 2524 1977
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