CURRICULUM VITAE of M. Daniel

Personal

Born	April 10, 1955, Tamil Nadu, India

Address	Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics
	Department of Physics
	Bharathidasan University
	Tiruchirappalli - 620 024
	Tamil Nadu
	India

Telephone	+91 (431) 660 357 (Off.)
	+91 (431) 458 358 (Res.)

Telefax	+91 (431) 660 393 (Off.)

E-mail	nld@bdu.ernet.in

Education

B.Sc. (Physics) : Madurai University (1975)
M.Sc.(Physics) : University of Madras (1978)
M.Phil.(Physics) : University of Madras (1979)
Ph.D. (Theoretical Physics) : University of Madras (1983)

Academic Positions

Dec.1978-Nov. 1983, Junior Research Fellow, Autonomous P.G.Centre, University of Madras, Trichy, India
Nov.1983-Oct. 1984, Assitant Professor, Bishop Heber College, Tiruchirappalli, India
Oct.1984- May 1986, Assistant Professor, ANJA College, Sivakasi, India
May 1986-Feb. 1988, Lecturer, University of Madras, Madras, India
Mar.1988-Oct. 1992, Lecturer, Bharathidasan Univeristy, Tiruchirappalli, India
Oct.1992-Present, Reader, Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli, India

Fields of Specialization

Theoretical and Mathematical Physics
Nonlinear Dynamics
Condensed Matter Theory
Magneto-Optics
Molecular Physics
Nonlinear Optics

Research Supervision

Ph. D. : Completed : 1; Synopsis Submitted: 2; Now Guiding : 3

M. Phil : Completed : 11; Now Guiding : 1

Dissertations Supervised / Under Supervision

Doctoral Level

Supervised

Nonlinear Excitations in Certain Ordered Magnetic Spin Systems
Nonlinear Molecular Excitations and Solitons in Protein and DNA molecules
Propagation of Electromagnetic Solitons in Magnetic Materials

Under Supervision

Magnetic Solitons and Integrable Spin Models
Nonlinear Excitations and Completely Integrable Models in Condensed Matter Systems
Nonlinear Molecular Excitations and Solitons in Nematic Liquid Crystals

Pre-Doctoral Level

Supervised

Davydov Solitons in Alpha Helical Proteins
Coherent and Chaotic Structures in DNA Double Helix
Solitons in Hydrogen Bonded Systems
Effect of Radial Elongation of Davydov's Soliton in Alpha Helix Protein
Generalized x-dependend Hirota Equation: Singularity Structures and Integrability
The Fractal Dimension of Structural Proteins
Nonlinear Excitations in One Dimensional Heisenberg Antiferromagnets
Discreteness and Higher Order Interaction Effects in Davydov's Alpha Helical Proteins.
Fractal Analysis of the Tertiary Structure of Proteins
Soliton Solutions to certain Nonlinear Evolution Equations using Hirota's Bilinear Method
Dynamics of a Sinusoidally Driven LLC Circuit with a p-n Junction Diode.

Under Supervision

Directer Reorientations in Nematic Liquid Crystals - A Numerical Study

Research Projects Undertaken

Soliton in alpha Helix Proteins sponsored by the University Grants Commission, India (1989-1991)(Principal Investigator)
Nonlinear Dynamics of Magnetic Systems Coherent and Chaotic Structures sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India (1990-1993) (Co-Investigator).
Symmetry, Singularity Structure and Bifurcation Aspects of Certain Nonlinear Differential Equations sponsored by the Dept. of Atomic Energy, Govt. of India (1994-1997) (Co-Investigator).
Painleve Singularity Structure Analysis of Vector Nonlinear Equations of Ferromagnets, sponsored by Bharathidasan University (through grants from UGC) (1999-2000)(Principal Investigator).
Establishment of a Core Group in Nonlinear Dynamics - Phase I sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (1995-2001) (Co-Investigator).
Establishment of a Core Group in Nonlinear Dynamics - Phase II sponsored by the Department of Science and Technology, Govt. of India (2001-2006) (Co-Investigator).

Awards/ Honours / Academic Distinctions

Postdoctoral Visitor at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, USA for two months during 1991
Collaborator for the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, USA from 1991 onwards and made the first visit for three months during 1991
Visitor at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy during August 14-September 20, 1992 under Federation Arrangement and also upon invitation in 1983, 1991, 1994, 1995 and 2001
Speaker, DST Theoretical Physics Seminar Circuit Programme; Visited Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Roorkee University, S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Calcutta, Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan and University of Hyderabad during March 1-27, 1993 under this programme
Visiting Fellow at the University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia for three months during October-December 1993
Guest Scientist at the Neutron Scattering Centre, Hahn-Meitner Institute, Berlin, Germany during July 10-24, 1994
Life Member, Indian Chapter of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy
Selected by UGC to visit various laboratories in Soviet Union during 1992-93 under the Indo-USSR Cultural Exchange Programme
Awarded Fulbright Travel Grant by the U.S. Information Agency, Washington and the U.S. Educational Foundation in India, and visited Laboratories in U.S.A. during October 1996-January 1997
Visiting Scientist at the Hahn-Meitner Institute, Berlin, Germany during 1996-'97 under the bilateral exchange programme of INSA and DFG (Germany)
Nominated as Associate Member, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy for six years during 1996-2001
Nominated as the Associate Member, Indian Institute of Science and Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore.
Biographical data included in the 14^th and 18^th Edition (1994 and 1998) of Marquis "Who's Who in the World" published in U.S.A
Listed among the 200 researchers worldwide in the " Who's Who of Physics of Life" by Elsevier Science Publishing, The Netherlands, in appreciation of my work on protein molecules with interspine coupling
Speaker, Theoretical Physics Seminar Circuit Programme : 1996-98:Visited the Centre for Theoretical Studies Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore during August 26-28, 1997
Speaker, Theoretical Physics Seminar Circuit Programme during 1998-2000.
Nominated as Member, Department Council (Board of Studies) School of Physics, Madurai Kamaraj University for 3 years during 1999-2001
Selected to visit various laboratories in U.K. for a period of six weeks during 1984-85 under the INSA Royal Society ( London) exchange programme (visit could not be undertaken due to nonavailability of leave from the institution)
Reviewer for Mathematical Reviews, published by the American Mathematical Society and for the Journal "Physics Letters A" published by the Elsevier Science B.V. The Netherlands and Pramana published by the Indian Academy of Sciences
Invited as a Visiting Scientist at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy for six months during 1984-85 (Visit could not be undertaken due t o nonavailabitliy of leave from the institution)

Visits Abroad for Collaborative Research and giving Lectures

International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy during June, 20 September 9, 1983
University of Hannover, Hannover, West Germany during August, 14 17, 1983
University of Jordan, Amman and Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan, during September 6 14, 1987
Fudan University, Shanghai, China during April 24 30, 1989
Institute of Physics and Laboratory for Surface Physics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China, March 20 30, 1990
Rutgers University, Princeton University, University of Colorado, University of Utah and Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA during February 14 June 13, 1991
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, July 10 August 30, 1991
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, August 14 September 20, 1992
Department of Physics, University degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy, September 21-24, 1992
School of Mathematics, University of New South Wales, Kensington, Australia, October 1 December 24, 1993
Department of Mathematics, Monash University, Clayton; La Trobe University, Bundoora, Melbourne, Australia, November 11-17, 1993
Department of Theoretical Physics, Australian National University, Canberra, December 1-3, 1993
Hahn Meitner Institute, Berlin, Germany, July 10-24, 1994
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, July 24 August 24, 1994
Academy of Sciences, Taipei, Taiwan, July 18-25, 1995
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, July 26 August 25, 1995
State Key Laboratory for Magnetism, Institute of Physics Academia Sinica, Beijing, China, August 28 September 7, 1995
Loomis Laboratory of Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, Rutgers University, New Brunswick and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, USA, October 1, 1996 January 31, 1997
Department of Mathematics, University of Durham, Durham, England, February1-9, 1997
Hahn-Meitner Institute, Berlin, Germany, March 20 April 18, 1997
International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, May 3 July 24, 2001 under Associateship
Laboratory for Theoretical Physics and Modelisation, University of Cergy - Pontoise, France, June 5 - 19, 2001
Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 13 - 16, 2001
Institute for Mathematical Modelling and Informatics. Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen, June 25 - July 2, 2001

Conferences/Workshops/Refresher Courses Organised

National level UGC sponsored Refresher Course for college and University Teachers on " Solid State and Statistical Physics" at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli during 3-30 April, 1989.
International Workshop on "Symmetries and Singularity Structure Aspects of Nonlinear Dynamical Systems" at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli during November 29 - December 2, 1989. (Proceedings published by Springer-Verlag, Germany).
International Conference on "Nonlinear Dynamics: Integrability and Chaos" at Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli during 12-16 February 1998. (Proceedings published in Narosa Publishing House, New Delhi).