Jijo P. Ulahannan, PhD

jijo(at)gck.ac.in

+91 9495122006

Dept. of Physics

Professor, Head of Department of Physics | MSc, JRF (NET), PhD

Biography

He is a post-graduate in Physics from Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam and secured PhD on the topic “Nonlinear Dynamics of Multiple Quantum Well Lasers: Chaos and Multistability” from the Faculty of Science in Cochin University of Science and Technology in the year 2010. His teaching and research interests are in the area of theoretical and computational physics. He is a popular science writer and communicator. He has been elected as the TEDIndia Fellow in 2009 and received the Visitor Fellowship from the Homi Bhabha Centre for Science Education (HBCSE) at TIFR Mumbai in 20018. He is a subject expert to the SERTC and Literacy Mission of Kerala.

Education

PhD – Faculty of Science, Cochin University of Science and Technology
CSIR – UGC JRF (NET) – Physical Sciences
MSc Physics – Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam
BSc Physics – Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam

Experience

Associate Professor – Government College, Kasaragod June 2019 – Present
Assistant Professor – Government College, Kasaragod June 2016 – 2019
IQAC Coordinator – Government College, Kasaragod June 2016 – Present
Head of the Department - Government College, Kasaragod June 2016 - Present
Member of the Board of Studies in Physics (PG) at Kannur University 2018--2020.
Project Partner to the IC4 Project, a collaboration of Pepperdine University California and the New York Hall of Science, establishes an international network of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subject related Media Making Clubs comprised of after-school students aged 12 - 19 and teachers in the U.S. and in four other countries: Kenya, Namibia, Finland and India.
Data Curator, Collective for Open Data Distribution for Keralam (CODD-K)
Assistant Professor - Maharaja’s College Ernakulam August 2012 - May 2016
Assistant Professor - Government College Kasaragod June 2010 - August 2012
Assistant Professor - Government College Madappally June 2008 - May 2010
Assistant Professor - Government College Kasaragod February 2007 - May 2008
Senior Member, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Life Member, Academy of Physics Teachers Kerala

Publications

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5072-9700

Membership

Member, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Member, International Society for Optics and Photonics (SPIE)
Life Member, Photonics Society of India