Conversation with Sunil Nair

Sunil Nair is a condensed matter experimentalist and a Professor of Physics at IISER Pune https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/physics/people/faculty/regular-faculty/sunil-nair/307

He and his research group explore various topics, including Multiferroics | Transition metal oxides | Unconventional superconductors | Low-temperature instrumentation | Non-linear magnetic susceptibility | Spin Caloritronics.

In this episode, we discussed:

  • His intellectual journey
  • Growing up in Pune
  • Student days at Pune University
  • His experience of working in Indore, Dresden and Oxford
  • Jugalbandi of experiments and theory in physics
  • Elements of a good talk and good writing
  • Big science from small labs
  • Quantum ihub at IISER Pune
  • New development in spintronics, including superfluid state
  • other explorations

Watch (listen) as we humanize science.

References:

[1]“Sunil Nair – IISER Pune.” Accessed: Sep. 05, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.iiserpune.ac.in/research/department/physics/people/faculty/regular-faculty/sunil-nair/307

[2]“‪Sunil Nair – ‪Google Scholar.” Accessed: Sep. 05, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=XnMfVtUAAAAJ&hl=en

[3]“Dr. Sunil Nair.” Accessed: Sep. 05, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.humboldt-foundation.de/en/connect/explore-the-humboldt-network/singleview/1122885/dr-sunil-nair

[4]“Sunil Nair (@DrSunilNair) / X,” X (formerly Twitter). Accessed: Sep. 05, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://x.com/drsunilnair

[5]“Strongly Correlated Electron Systems.” Accessed: Sep. 05, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://sites.google.com/students.iiserpune.ac.in/strongly-corr-electron-sys/home

[6]“I-Hub Quantum Technology Foundation.” Accessed: Sep. 05, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.quantech.org.in/

[7]A. De, A. Ghosh, R. Mandal, S. Ogale, and S. Nair, “Temperature Dependence of the Spin Seebeck Effect in a Mixed Valent Manganite,” Phys. Rev. Lett., vol. 124, no. 1, p. 017203, Jan. 2020, doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.017203.

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Author: G.V. Pavan Kumar

Namaste, Hola & Welcome from G.V. Pavan Kumar. I am a Professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India. My research interests are : (1) Optics & Soft Matter: Optically Induced Forces – Assembly, Dynamics & Function; (2) History and Philosophy of Science – Ideas in Physical Sciences. I am interested in the historical and philosophical evolution of ideas and tools in the physical sciences and technology. I research the intellectual history of past scientists, innovators, and people driven by curiosity, and I write about them from an Indian and Asian perspective. My motivation is to humanize science. In the same spirit, I write and host my podcast Pratidhvani – Humanizing Science.

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