Paras Koundal, PhD

Experience

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  IISER Mohali

  Aug 2014 - May 2019

  Physics - Master Degree
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  Delhi University

  May 2016 - Jul 2016

  Summer Intern

  Study of Classical Field Theory.

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  Tata Institute of Fundamental Research

  Dec 2016 - Dec 2016

  Winter Intern
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  Institute of Physics (IOP),Bhubaneswar

  May 2017 - Jul 2017

  Summer Intern

  Study in the field of Neutrino and Neutrino Oscillation.

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  J-PARC｜Japan Proton Accelerator Research Complex

  Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Summer Intern

  I worked on Plastic Scintillator. It involved "measuring Cosmic Rays with Plastic Scintillator (using MPPCs)". I used WLS(Wavelength Shifting) fibers, NIM (Nuclear Instrumentation Module) setups, trigger systems and used the correlation of signals from two plastic scintillators to get timing information for the cosmic muons.

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  KEK

  Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Summer Intern

  I worked on Argon based Scintillator. I used an alpha source and analyzed the PMT signal. It was an extremely rich learning experience, particularly in learning how research is done. During this internship, I also had the opportunity to learn about and visit some of the other famous experiments like Belle-II, SuperK, KAGRA (Kamioka Gravitational Wave Detector). I also had the fortunate opportunity of talking to Prof.T. Kajita (Nobel Laureate-2015) and Prof. M. Kobayashi (Nobel Laureate-2008).

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  Wisconsin IceCube Particle Astrophysics Center

  Oct 2019 - now

  IceCube Collaboration - Researcher
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  Karlsruher Institut für Technologie (KIT)

  Feb 2021 - Aug 2023

  • Ph.D. Researcher

    Oct 2019 - Aug 2023

  • KIT - KSETA PhD Representative

    Feb 2021 - Mar 2022
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  EEML

  Jul 2022 - Jul 2022

  Presenter and Attendee
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  Kaksha.ai

  Jul 2022 - Dec 2022

  AI & ML Research Engineer
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  University of Delaware

  Oct 2023 - now

  Postdoctoral Researcher