Ruma De

Adjunct Faculty

Education

• Ph.D. in Physics
• M.S. (Physics)
• B.S. (Physics Major)

Courses Taught

• 25-111: General Physics I Lab 
• 25-113:  General Physics II Lab
• 25-110:  General Physics I Lecture
• 25-112:  General Physics II Lecture
• 40-103:  Physical Science Lab
• 40-123:  Astronomy Lab

Academic Interests

Teaching Interests:

• General physics and nanophysics
•  Electromagnetic theory
• Quantum physics
• Atomic and molecular physics

Research Interests:

• Spectroscopy of nanoparticles and nanostructured surfaces
• Atomic and molecular Physics
•  Path Integral and Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics

Scholarly Activity

• “Auger-intercoulombic hybridized decay resonances in Kr@C60”; M. Magrakvelidze, R. De, S. Manson, and H. Chakraborty, Presented in XXIX International Conference on Photonic, Electronic and Atomic Collisions, Toledo, Spain (July, 2015).
• “Photoionization of bonding and antibonding type atom-fullerene hybrid states in Cd@C₆₀ vs Zn@C₆₀”; M.H. Javani, R. De, M.E. Madjet, S.T. Manson, and H.S. Chakraborty, Journal of Physics B. 47, 175102 (2014). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0953-4075/47/17/175102
• “Resonant Auger-intersite-Coulombic hybridized decay in the photoionization of endohedral fullerenes”; M.H. Javani, J.B. Wise, R. De, M.E. Madjet, S.T. Manson, and H.S. Chakraborty, Physical Review A. 89, 063420 (2014).  https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.053201
• “Atom-fullerene hybrid photoionization mediated by coupled d-states in Zn@C₆₀”; J. Maser, M.H. Javani, R. De, M.E. Madjet, H.S. Chakraborty, and S.T. Manson, Physical Review A 86, 053201 (2012). https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.86.053201
• “Photoexcitation of inter-layer hybrid plasmons in nested fullerenes”; M.A. McCune, R. De, M.E. Madjet, H.S. Chakraborty, and S.T. Manson, LabTalk, Journal of Physics B: Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics (2012). http://iopscience.iop.org/0953-4075/labtalk-article/48535
• “Plasmon-plasmon coupling in nested fullerenes: Photoexcitation of interlayer plasmonic cross modes”; M.A. McCune, R. De, M.E. Madjet, H.S. Chakraborty, and S.T. Manson, Journal of Physics B: Atomic Molecular and Optical Physics Fast Track Communication 44, 241002 (2011). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0953-4075/44/24/241002
• “Probing photoelectron multiple-interferences via Fourier spectroscopy in energetic photoionization of Xe@C₆₀”; A. Potter, M. A. McCune, R. De, M. E. Madjet, and H. S. Chakraborty, Physical Review A 82, 033201 (2010). https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.82.033201
• “First prediction of the direct effect of a confined atom on photoionization of the confining fullerene”; M. A. McCune, R. De, M. E. Madjet, and H. S. Chakraborty, Journal of Physics B: Fast Track Communication 43, 181001 (2010). https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/0953-4075/43/18/181001

Other Professional Experiences

• Copy editing of Scientific Publications

Personal Interest

• Music: Eastern – Western, classical - non-classical.
• Family
• Travel