Wasim Akram
Wasim is a PhD student (Inspire Fellow) at IISER TVM, started in 2020. He completed his M.Sc. from Jadavpur University prior to joining IISER TVM. He is working on magnetic materials for high-density memory applications.
Education:
Ph.D. in Physics: (present) - IISER-Trivandrum under Dr. Tuhin Maity
M.Sc. in Physics: Jadavpur University with First class (2019)
B.Sc. in Physics: Abhedananda Mahavidyalaya, The University of Burdwan with First Class (2017)
Research interest: Magnetoelectric Coupling in Multiferroics, Neuromorphic memory, Spintronics
Publications:
3. Table-like magnetocaloric effect due to inter-cluster interactions in Eu0.5Sr0.5MnO3-EuMnO3 composites
W Akram, M de h-Ora, M Bansal, R Mukhopadhyay, J MacManus-Driscoll and T Maity (Accepted in Journal of Physics D)
2. Evolution of inverse magnetocaloric effect for Random Field to Spin Glass crossover in SmCaCoMnO6SmMnO3 composite
W Akram!, M Bansal!, R P Pradeep, Aswathi K, S Kumar Giri,* and T Maity† (!-Equal contribution first author) Physical Review B 107, 224403 (2023)
1. Tuning magnetocaloric effect by optimizing thickness induced 3D strain state
S Giri, W Akram, M Bansal, and T Maity
Physical Review B 104 (22), 224432 (2021)
Other information as appropriate:
• Won poster award in the IISER-TVM's Frontier Symposium in Physics 2022 (FS-PHY 2022).
• Received international travel grant for Annual International Workshop on Advanced Materials (IWAM) in RAK-UAE.
• Received DST-INSPIRE Fellowship for PhD
• Attended DST-INSPIRE winter camp 2012 at Visva Bharati, Shantiniketan
• Received INSPIRE scholarship (2014-19)
• Qualified JEST-2020 with AIR 215
Contact: wasimakram.phys20@iisertvm.ac.in