Ishwor Poudyal Email: ishwor_p_19@hotmail.com

Summary

Physicist specializing in lensless and lens-based X-ray imaging.

Education

Doctoral Degree (Ph.D.) in Physics (2014 - 2020)

Institute: University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Supervisors: Prof. Marius Schmidt & Prof. Peter Schwander
Dissertation: Macromolecular Structure Determination at X-Ray Free Electron Lasers from Single-Particle Imaging to Time-Resolved X-Ray Crystallography

Master Degree (M.S.) in Physics (2010 - 2013)

Institute: Central Department of Physics, Tribhuvan University, Kirtipur, Nepal
Supervisor: Prof. Narayan Adhikari
Dissertation: Molecular Dynamics Study of Diffusion of Carbon Monoxide in Water at Different Temperatures

Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) (2006 - 2010 )

Institute: Tri-chandra Multiple Campus, Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Major: Physics, Minor: Statistics, Mathematics

High School (+2 College) (2003 - 2005 )

Institute: National School of Sciences, Lainchour, Nepal

Experience

• Module Development Engineer, Intel Corporation
  
  • Technology and Manufacturing Group. (December 2022 - Present)
    
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, Argonne National Laboratory
  
  • Synchrotron Studies of Materials; X-ray Science Division, (February 2021 - November 2022)
    
• Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  
  • Department of Physics, (December 2020 - February 2021)
    
• Graduate Research Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  
  • Department of Physics, (August 2015 - December 2020)
    
• Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
  
  • Department of Physics, (August 2014 - September 2020)

Awards

<li> Recipient of a UWM Chancellor’s Graduate Student Award in Fall 2014, Fall 2015, Fall 2016, Spring 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2019.<\li>
<li> Recipient of a Research Excellence Award from the UWM Department of Physics in Fall 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2019.<\li>
<li> Awarded a grant from University Grants Commission (UGC), Kathmandu, Nepal for a Master’s Thesis.<\li>
<li> Awarded the Golden Jubilee Scholarship 2006-07 from Government of India.<\li>

Skills

<li> Algorithm development, Lens-based X-ray Imaging, Fourier Optics, Computational Structural Biology, Single Particle Diffraction Imaging, Image 		Reconstruction, Crystallographic Data Analysis and Refinement, Protein Expression, Purification, and Crystallization.<\li>
<li> Programming Language: Use Python, Matlab, Mathematica, and Bash script extensively for research related work and have a working knowledge on Java 	and C++.<\li>
<li> Software: Crystallographic Softwares (CCP4, Coot, Phenix, Chimera), GROMACS.<\li>