Hi There! I am a Nuclear Physicist 😇

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Hi…My name is Virender Ranga.

At Present

I am an experimental nuclear physicist in training.😎

I am a PhD student at the Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) in Roorkee, India, since 2017. However, I work mainly at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research(TIFR) in Mumbai, India.🙂

I regularly hop between Roorkee and Mumbai for work. And sometimes visit other places while hopping. 😉

My Education

I earned my Master of Science from IIT Roorkee, specialising in nuclear physics, in 2017.

Initially, I worked on simulations using CERN-GEANT4 and then moved on to hands-on experience with experiments. I could publish my master's work. You can read it here.

I completed my Bachelor of Science with Honours in Physics from Hansraj College, University of Delhi, India, in 2015.

Where am I from?

I am originally from Jind, Haryana, but my family is settled in the ancient city of Kurukshetra.

My Hobbies

I like clicking photographs to capture a specific viewpoint of a particular event. You can have a look at my clicks on my Instagram profile.

I have started writing on Medium quite recently, and I like it. Although I had the urge to write for a long time, and I have tried writing on Quora, I could not sustain it.

As a writing platform, Medium has proved to be the perfect fit for me. The simplicity of the user interface and the easy-to-start writing sensation that Medium provides is unparalleled.

My Research

For my PhD thesis, I am exploring the nuclear structure of low-lying states of light nuclei using proton beams.

I use radioactive sources daily and have good experience in handling scintillation detectors.

I have experience performing beamline experiments at TIFR, Mumbai and IUAC, New Delhi.

One of my interests is simulating the γ-ray response of scintillation detectors in CERN-GEANT4.

For data analysis and plotting, I prefer using CERN-ROOT, although I also like Gnuplot.

I Love Coding

I started coding in 2011 and couldn’t stop.😁

JAVA was the first programming language I learned. I also coded a fair bit of SQL back then.

During my bachelor’s, I learned to program an 8086 microprocessor. I also learned C and C++.

In my master’s, I learned FORTRAN.

I have used PYTHON occasionally and don’t claim I know PYTHON.

I also have a little experience with HTML, CSS, and JAVASCRIPT.

Currently, I only use C++ because I use GEANT4 and ROOT a lot.

My Publications

I had the opportunity to work in a variety of fields, and that reflects in my list of publications.

I have worked in the

• characterisation of detectors,
• determination of natural radioactivity,
• simulation of response due to γ-rays and neutrons,
• heavy ion nuclear reactions,
• scattering of protons from light nuclei,
• nuclear-scattering theories(Optical Model Potential), etc.

I have authored several publications. Here is the link to my Google Scholar profile.

My Website

I have a personal website also. Here is the link.

Thank You for reading…👋