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Vishvendra Singh Poonia

Assistant Professor

Email : vishvendra[at]ece.iitr.ac.in
Phone: 01332-285601
Room No. : N 205
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  • Quantum Biology and Biomimetics
  • Quantum Photocell
  • Quantum Computing
  • Quantum Random Number Generators
  • Nano-electronics.
FromToDesignationOrganisation
Dec 2017Aug 2018Postdoctoral FellowWeizmann Institute of Science, Israel
DegreeSubjectUniversityYear Studied
Ph.D.Electrical EngineeringIIT Bombay2018
B.Tech.Electronics and Communication EngineeringIIT Roorkee2012
AwardInstituteYear Awarded
Inspire Faculty AwardDST2019
Institute Silver MedalIIT Roorkee2012

Membership Details
Member, IEEE
Lifetime Member, Indian Physics Association (IPA)
Member, Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) panel on Quantum Computing
Member, American Physical Society (APS)

TitleCourse CodeCourseSemester
Introduction to Electronics & Communication EngineeringECN-101UG I YrAutumn 2019, 2020, 2021
Physics of Nanoscale DevicesECN-587UG IV Yr, PG I YrSpring 2019, 2020, 2021
Fundamentals of ElectronicsECN-102UG I, II YrSpring 2022, Spring 2023
Foundations of Semiconductor Device PhysicsECN-579PG I YrAutumn 2022
Introduction to Sanskrit Based Indic Knowledge SystemsIHS-325UG III YrAutumn 2022, Spring 2023
TopicScholar NameStatus of PhDRegistration Year
Modeling of quantum dot qubitsYash TiwariOngoing2019
Harnessing quantum mechanics for information and communication technologiesJothishwaran C. A.Ongoing2020
Quantum biological and bio-mimetic systemsParul RaghuvanshiOngoing2022
Quantum Effects in Avian MagnetoreceptionAshutosh TiwariOngoing2023
Ab-initio Study of 2D MaterialsKunal KumarOngoing2023
TitlePlaceDate Delivered
Quantum ComputingOnline (attended by scientists from Meity, DRDO and other government labs).6 March 2021 – 28 March 2021
Quantum Effects in Biological SystemsIIT HyderabadJan 2019 (IndoQuant)
Spins in biological and biomimetic systemsIIT Bombay (INUP Hands-on Training Workshop on Nanofabrication Technologies)Oct 2017
Quantum Biology and BiomimeticsCDAC MohaliMarch 2023
Blended LearningIIT Guwahati (online)2022
  1. Y. Tiwari, and V. S. Poonia, “Quantum coherence enhancement by the chirality-induced spin selectivity effect in the radical-pair mechanism”, Physical Review A 107, no. 5, 052406, 2023.
  2. Y. Tiwari, and V. S. Poonia, “Role of chiral-induced spin selectivity in the radical pair mechanism of avian magnetoreception”, Physical Review E 106, no. 6, 064409, 2022.
  3. V. S. Poonia, “A novel bioinspired quantum photocell based on GaN quantum dots”, Pramana, Springer, 96, no. 2, 1-8, 2022.
  4. R. Jain, V. S. Poonia*, K. Saha, D. Saha, S. Ganguly, “The avian compass can be sensitive even without sustained quantum coherence”, Proceedings of the Royal Society A 477, no. 2250, 20200778, 2021.
  5. Y. Tiwari, and V. S. Poonia, “Modeling of quantum dot based CNOT and Toffoli gates in noisy environment”, submitted to the Proceedings of the Royal Society A.
  6. A. Chakraborty, Vishvendra S. Poonia, “Quantum photocell based on GaN quantum dots”, arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.13559, 2020.
  7. Suryakant Mishra, Vishvendra S. Poonia, Claudio Fontanesi, Ron Naaman, Aaron M. Fleming, and Cynthia J. Burrows. “Effect of Oxidative Damage on Charge and Spin Transport in DNA.” Journal of the American Chemical Society 141, no. 1 (2018): 123-126. [*Both authors contributed equally].
  8. Vishvendra Singh Poonia, Dipankar Saha, and Swaroop Ganguly, “Quantum Biomimetic Modeling of Diamond NV- Center Spin Dynamics”, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 231-237, 2018.
  9. Vishvendra Singh Poonia, Kiran Kondabagil, Dipankar Saha, and Swaroop Ganguly, “Functional window of the avian compass”, Physical Review E, 95.5, 002400, 2017.
  10. Vishvendra Singh Poonia, Dipankar Saha, and Swaroop Ganguly, “State transitions and decoherence in the avian compass”, Physical Review E, 91.5, 052709, 2015.
  11. Ashwani K., Vishvendra K., Sarvesh Agarwal, Anirban Basak, Neeraj Jain, Anand Bulusu, and S. K. Manhas. “Nitrogen-Terminated Semiconducting Zigzag GNR FET With Negative Differential Resistance”, IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology 13, no. 1, 16-22, 2014.
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