Assist Prof Dr. Chandrakala Meena | Nonlinear Dynamics | Young Scientist Award

🔬 Research Interests

• Nonlinear dynamics
• Complex networks
• Synchronization
• Stability
• Data Analysis
• Machine Learning

🎓 Education

BS-MS in Physics: IISER Mohali, India (August 2009 – May 2014). Ph.D. in Physics: IISER Mohali, India (August 2014 – July 2018)

🧑‍🏫 Research Experience

INSPIRE Faculty: CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Pune, India (November 2020 – December 2022). Post Doctoral Fellow: Applied Mathematics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, Israel (August 2018 – October 2020). Several short-term summer projects and a one-year research project during the final year of BS-MS program.

🏆 Academic Achievements

Research Grants

Startup Research Grant (SRG): Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB), DST INDIA (September 2023 – December 2025). Empowerment and Equity Opportunities for Excellence in Sciences (EMEQ): SERB, DST INDIA (December 2023 – 2026). INSPIRE Faculty Research Grant: DST (November 2020 – Present). Scientific High Level Visiting Fellowship 2023: ENS De Lyon, France (December 2023)

Travel Awards

SERB International Travel Support: Attended “A Joint International Network for Social Network Analysis (Sunbelt XLI) and Network Science Society (NetSci) 2024” in Canada (May 2024). Open Arms Grant: Attended NetSci-2023 Conference in Vienna, Austria. SERB International Travel Support: Attended “Perspectives in Nonlinear Dynamics (PNLD) 2016” in Berlin, Germany (July 2016)

Academic Awards and Fellowships

INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship: DST (November 2020 – Present). PBC Fellowship: For outstanding Post-doctoral Researchers in Israel (October 2018 – November 2020). Departmental Fellowship: Mathematics Department, Bar-Ilan University (August 2018). INSPIRE Fellowship: DST (August 2014 – July 2018). Visiting Research Fellow: Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact and Research, Germany (July-August 2016). INSPIRE Scholarship: DST (August 2009 – May 2014). Merit Departmental Fellowship: Physics Department, IISER Mohali (August 2014) Cleared National Level Exams (IIT-JEE, CSIR-UGC-NET, GATE). Gargi Puraskar and Certificate: Balika Shiksha Foundation Rajasthan, Jaipur (January 2007)

🗣 Presentations

Invited talk at National Physicists’ Conclave 2024. Presented research at numerous national and international conferences including Sunbelt XLI, NetSci, CNA, CDSA, PNLD, and CNSD. Delivered seminars at the University of Exeter and University of Surrey, United Kingdom.

🏫 Teaching Experience

• Over three years of teaching experience at prestigious institutes like IISER Thiruvananthapuram and CSIR-NCL Pune, India.

📚 Academic Services

Student Guidance: Currently guiding multiple Ph.D., IPHD, Research associated students, and several summer project students., Research Articles Reviewed for Journals: Chaos, Journal of Statistical Physics, Social Network Analysis and Mining, Physica A., Committee Member: Various workshops and conferences in India and abroad.