CV
Education
Ph.D. in Physics | March 2021
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Dissertation: Ab initio Modelling and Functionalization of Graphene & TiO₂ Surfaces and Interfaces
Advisor: Prof. B. R. K. Nanda
Award: Prof. A. L. Lashkar Prize for Best Ph.D. Thesis in Physics (2021)
M.Sc. in Physics | June 2013
Utkal University, Odisha, India
B.Sc. in Physics | June 2011
Fakir Mohan University, Odisha, India
Professional Experience
Postdoctoral Researcher | April 2023 - Present
Department of Physics, SUNY Binghamton, NY, USA
Advisor: Prof. Roxana Margine
- Developing first-order vertex corrections for electron-phonon interactions beyond Migdal approximation
- Implementing machine learning approaches to accelerate superconductor discovery
- Contributing to EPW (Electron-Phonon Wannier) code development
- Investigating transport properties of Weyl Semimetals
Postdoctoral Researcher | April 2021 - March 2023
Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Riverside, USA
Advisor: Prof. Sinisa Coh
- Formulated gauge-invariant theory for inverse Faraday effect in nonmagnetic metals
- Investigated light-induced magnetic phenomena for ultrafast magnetic switching applications
Project Officer | June 2020 - March 2021
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
- Developed TiO₂-based materials for gas sensing and solar cell applications
Research Interests
- Quantum Many-Body Theory: Phonon-mediated superconductivity, electron-phonon interactions, vertex corrections
- Superconductivity: High-Tc cuprates, iron-based superconductors, nickelates, mechanisms beyond BCS theory
- Topological Quantum Matter: Topological superconductivity, Weyl and Dirac semimetals, topological phase transitions
- Transport Properties: Electron-phonon limited transport, Berry phase effects, anomalous transport in topological materials
- Machine Learning for Materials: ML-accelerated discovery of superconductors, neural network potentials
- Light-Matter Interactions: Inverse Faraday effect, magneto-optics, ultrafast phenomena
Awards and Honors
- Young Scientist Award 2024, Odisha Physical Society
- Prof. A. L. Lashkar Prize 2021 for Best Ph.D. Thesis in Physics, IIT Madras
- Best Oral Presentation Award, EESTER 2020 International Conference
- DST Young Scientist Scholarship, International Travel Grant (2019)
- Best Poster Award, ICAFM 2017, Anna University
- First Prize, I2CAM School on Clean Energy, JNCASR (2017)
- Institute of Mathematics & Applications Scholarship, DST India (2011-2013)
Professional Service
Leadership Positions
- Early Career Representative, APS Division of Computational Physics (DCOMP) (2024-2025)
- Session Chair, APS March Meeting 2024: “Electrons, Phonons, and Electron-Phonon Scattering”
- APS Annual Leadership Meeting, Representative at Washington DC, DCOMP Division (2025)
Editorial Service
Peer Reviewer for: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Scientific Reports, International Journal of Hydrogen Energy, Computer Physics Communications, Chemical Engineering Science, Physics Letters A, Solid State Communications, International Journal of Alloys and Compounds, The Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids
Software Development
- Developer Team Member: EPW (Electron-Phonon Wannier) code
- Contributor: Quantum ESPRESSO package
Research Funding
- Principal Investigator, PHY250052 (2025-2026): ACCESS computational resources, 150,000 credit hours
- DST Young Scientist Travel Grant (2019): International Conference ICAMM, Rennes, France
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant | 2015-2018
Department of Physics, IIT Madras
- Designed and taught Electronics Laboratory (60 students)
- Taught Advanced Physics Laboratory (50 students)
- Developed course materials for Mathematical Physics
Workshop Instructor
- School on Electron-Phonon Physics, University of Texas, Austin (2024)
- EESTER Workshop on Quantum ESPRESSO, SRMIST/IIT Madras (2018)
Selected Publications (Recent)
S. B. Mishra, “Inverse Faraday effect in 3d, 4d, and 5d transition metals,” Phys. Rev. B 111, 174413 (2025).
S. B. Mishra, H. Mori, and E. R. Margine, “Electron-phonon vertex correction effect in superconducting H₃S,” arXiv:2507.01897 (2025), Under Review in npj Computational Materials.
Z. Liu, S. B. Mishra (equal contribution), J.-M. Lihm, S. Poncé, and E. R. Margine, “Phonon-limited carrier transport in the Weyl semimetal TaAs,” arXiv:2505.16544 (2025), Revision in Phys. Rev. B.
S. B. Mishra, E. T. Marcial, S. Debata, A. N. Kolmogorov, and E. R. Margine, “Stability-superconductivity map for compressed Na-intercalated graphite,” Phys. Rev. B 110, 174508 (2024).
S. B. Mishra and S. Coh, “Spin contribution to the inverse Faraday effect of nonmagnetic metals,” Phys. Rev. B 107, 214432 (2023).
[Full publication list: 25+ peer-reviewed articles - see Publications page]
Selected Presentations
- “Stability-superconductivity map for compressed Na-intercalated graphite,” APS March Meeting, Anaheim (2025)
- “Phonon-mediated superconductivity beyond the Migdal approximation,” APS March Meeting, Minnesota (2024)
- “Inverse Faraday effect for transition metals,” APS March Meeting, Las Vegas (2023)
- “Theory of inverse Faraday effect for non-magnetic materials,” APS March Meeting, Chicago (2022)
- “Design and Electronic Structure Analysis of Graphene/Anatase TiO₂ Interface,” ICTP, Italy (2020)
- “Induced Magnetism in Graphene Bilayer,” ICAMM, Rennes, France (2019)
Technical Skills
Computational Methods: DFT, electron-phonon interactions, Wannier functions, molecular dynamics, machine learning
Software: Quantum ESPRESSO, VASP, EPW, Wannier90, WannierBerri, Gaussian
Programming: Python, MATLAB, Bash, Fortran
HPC: Experience with parallel computing, job scheduling (SLURM), optimization
Professional Memberships
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Materials Research Society (MRS)
- American Chemical Society (ACS)
Contact Information
Email: smishra9@binghamton.edu
Address: Department of Physics, SUNY Binghamton, 28 Saint Charles St., FL 2, Johnson City, NY 13790
Phone: (646) 961-9913
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