Highly motivated applicants are sought for PhD student position(s) available for Fall 2024/Spring 2025 in plasma science and technology. Graduate assistantships with monthly stipend and tuition will be offered.

Please be sure to watch this presentation of our research (January 2024) before contacting Dr. Gopalakrishnan: https://lnkd.in/eP43Unm4

Recent publications
Physics of Plasmas: https://lnkd.in/evMmbsfi
Journal of Chemical Physics: https://lnkd.in/ef-NKFDs
Review of Scientific Instruments: https://lnkd.in/e5CCS9Bs

Qualities sought in potential PhD students –
1. Good knowledge of fundamentals,
2. Being able to do experiments,
3. Ability to do programming/simulations.
All three are equally important as the projects involve both experiments and modeling.

About Prof. Ranganathan Gopalakrishnan: Dr. Ranganathan Gopalakrishnan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Memphis. He obtained his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Minnesota in 2013 specializing in aerosol physics. He has done postdoctoral stints at CalTech and UC Berkeley before joining the University of Memphis in 2016. Research in Dr. Gopalakrishnan’s lab focuses on understanding particle behavior in aerosols, dusty plasmas, ionized gases, and powder flows. Our research is funded by ~$2.3M in funding from National Science Foundation, US Dept. of Energy, US Army, NASA-JPL including the DOE EARLY CAREER award for the year FY2020. He has published 26 peer-reviewed articles, one US patent. So far, he has supervised 7 MS and 3 PhD students towards graduation. His research group currently consists of 5 PhD students.

Contact: rgplkrsh@memphis.edu
Webpage: https://lnkd.in/e3huTunk
Google Scholar: https://lnkd.in/eaNARPPD

- Suitable candidates are those with a Masters degree in Mechanical/Chemical Engineering, Physics, Applied Physics, or related disciplines.
- Only candidates with a MS degree will be considered. Candidates with only Bachelor's degree or those seeking a MS degree will not be considered.
- Research projects in Gopalakrishnan group typically involve both experimental work and computational modeling.
- If you are interested, please contact Dr. Gopalakrishnan with your –
1) Curriculum Vitae,
2) Statement of your research interests,
3) MS and BS transcripts,
4) publications, and Masters thesis, if applicable.

Due to high volume of applications, replies will be sent only for those that are a good fit and send information in the prescribed format. 

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