Ep. 71 : Conversation with Sunil Nair - Thoughts of an Experimental Condensed Matter Physicist| IISER Pune

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 ·         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 ·         Many related topics  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.