Host: Prof. Ehud Meron
Current Position: Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, India
My name is Sangeeta Ujjwal. I am currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Banaras Hindu University, India. I received my PhD from Jawaharlal Nehru University, India in 2016. Following this, I was a BCSC Postdoctoral Fellow at the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research (BIDR), Ben-Gurion University, Israel from 2017–19. After coming back to India, I spent some time at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai as a Visiting Scientist and at the Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi as a Research Associate. I worked as a Dr. D. S. Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi prior to joining my current position at BHU in 2020. My research area is in the field of nonlinear dynamics and pattern formation.
I joined the BIDR in January 2017 and was there for almost two years. My stay at the BIDR was very enjoyable. Scientifically also, it was a fruitful period in my career. We worked on some very interesting problems related to vegetation pattern formation that resulted in a couple of publications in reputable journals. I am very thankful to my mentor and host Prof. Ehud Meron who introduced me to this new area of vegetation dynamics and for being extremely supportive throughout my stay at the BIDR. The experience and training that I received in his group helped me a great deal in excelling in my future projects. I also feel that the exposure that I received at the BIDR while collaborating with different groups, attending conferences, workshops, field trips, etc. helped me to grow as a researcher and hence to attain my current position. Therefore, I wish to express my heartfelt gratitude towards my host, the administrative staff, and the BCSC for supporting my stay at the BIDR, and I also look forward to visiting the institutes again in the future.
