Dr. Paresh Prajapati

Assistant Professor

Physics

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Research & Development
    • Teaching

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
Ph. D Nuclear Physics The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 2013
MSc Nuclear Physics The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara 2007
B.Sc Physics Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat 2005

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara Assistant Professor Teaching & Research July 26, 2021 - March 5, 2022
INFN-LNS, Catania, Italy INFN Post Doctoral Fellow Research & Development July 2019 - July2021
Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Slovakia Marie-Curie Fellow ( Researcher) Research & Development April 2015 - December 2018
Institue for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar Post -Doctrol Fellow Research & Development September 2012 - September 2014

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Nuclear- indnced reactions, for varioues applications, Nuclear Astrophysics

Area of Expertise

neutron Activation off-line gamma ray Spectrometry, Nuclear model based calculations

Area of Research

Charged-particle & neutron -indenced reactions for varioues applications, Accelerator-lab infrastructure development

Exploring the astrophysical energy range of the 27Al (p, α)24Mg reaction: A new recommended reaction rate

10/03/2022 M.LaCognataa, S.Palmerinib, P.Adsleyd, F.Hammach, A.DiPietro, P.Figuera, R.Alba, S.Cherubini, F.Dell’Agli, G.L.Guardo, M.Gulino, L.Lamia, D.Lattuada, C.Maiolino, A.Oliva, R.G.Pizzon, P.M.Prajapati, S.Romano, D.Santonocito, R.Spartá, M.L.Sergi, A.Tumino.

Physics Letters B. Page:136917; Vol: 826

Identification of sub-μ isomeric states in the odd-odd nucleus 178Au

02/04/2021 S.A.Gillespie, A.Stott, A.N.Andreyev, J.G.Cubiss, M.Al Monthery, C.J.Barton, S.Antalic, K.Auranen, H.Badran, D.Cox, T.Grahn, P.T.Greenlees, A.Herzan, E.Higgins, R.Julin, S.Juutinen, J.Klimo, J.Konki, M.Leino, M.Mallaburn, J.Pakarinen, P.Papadakis, J.Partanen, P.M.Prajapati, P.Rahkila, M.Sandzelius, C.Scholey, J.Sorri, S.Stolze, R.Urban, J.Uusitalo, M.Venhart, F.Wearing

PHYSICAL REVIEW C. Page:044307; Vol:103

Indirect measurement of the 3He(n,p)3H reaction cross section at Big Bang energies

05/08/2020 R. G. Pizzone, C. Spampinato, R. Spartá, M. Couder, W. Tan, V. Burjan, G. D’Agata, G. L. Guardo, M. La Cognata, L. Lamia, J. Mrazek, S. Palmerini, S. Typel, A. Tumino, M. Wiescher, S. Anguilar, D. Bardayan, D. Blankstein, L. Boccioli, L. Callahan, S. M. Cha, K. Y. Chae, A. M. Clark, B. Frentz, M. R. Hall, A. Gula, S. Henderson, R. Kelmar, M. S. Kwag, I. Indelicato, M. La Commara, D. Lattuada, Q. Liu, J. Long, M. Mazzocco, A. Majumdar, S. McGuinness, A. Nelson, A. A. Oliva, P. O’Malley, P. M. Prajapati, G. G. Rapisarda, S. Romano, M. L. Sergi, C. Seymour, M. Skulski, C. Spitaleri, J. Wilkinson

European Physical Journal A.

Study of 3He(n, p)3H reaction at cosmological energies with trojan horse method

14/01/2020 C. Spampinato, R.G. Pizzone, R. Spartà, M. Couder, W. Tan, V. Burian, K.Y. Chae, G. D’Agata, G.L. Guardo, I. Indelicato, M. La Cognata, L. Lamia, D. Lattuada, J. Mrazek, A. Oliva, S. Palmerini, P.M. Prajapati, G.G. Rapisarda, S. Romano, M.L. Sergi, C. Spitaleri, A. Tumino, M. Wiescher, S. Anguilar, D. Bardyan, D. Blankstein, L. Boccioli,L. Callahan, A. Clark, B. Frentz, M. Hall, A. Gula, S. Henderson, R. Kelmar, Q. Liu, J. Long, A. Majumdar, S. McGuinness, A. Nelson, P. O’Malley, C. Seyymour, M. Skulski, and J. Wilkinson

EPJ Web of Conferences. Page: 02013; Vol:227

Identification of a 66 μs isomeric state 175Ir

07/06/2019 S.A.Gillespie, A.N.Andreyev, M.Al Monthery, C.J.Barton, S.Antalic, K.Auranen, H.Badran, D.Cox, J.G.Cubiss, D.O'Donnell, T.Grahn, P.T.Greenlees, A.Herzan, E.Higgins, R.Julin, S.Juutinen, J.Klimo, J.Konki, M.Leino, M.Mallaburn, J.Pakarinen, P.Papadakis, J.Partanen, P.M.Prajapati, P.Rahkila, M.Sandzelius, C.Scholey, J.Sorri, S.Stolze, R.Urban, J.Uusitalo, M.Venhart, F.Weaving.

Physical Review C , 2469-9993 (online). Page: 064310; Vol:99

New systematic features in the neutron-deficient Au isotopes

08/06/2017 M. Venhart, J. L. Wood, M.Sedlak, M. Balough, M.Birova, A.J.Boston, T.E.Cocolios, L.J.Harkness-Brenna, R.D.Herzberg, L.Holub, D.T.Joss, D.S.Judson, J.Kliman, J.Klimo, L.Krupa, J.Lusnak, L.Makhathini, V.Matousek, S.Motycak, R.D.Page, A.Patel, K.Petrik, A.V.Podshibyakin, P.M.Prajapati, A.M.Rodin, A.Spacek, R.Urban, C.Unsworth and M.Vesseslky

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics (1361-6471). Page: 074003; Vol:44

Scattering Chamber Facility for Accelerator based 14 MeV DT Neutron Generator at IPR

P. M. Prajapati, Bhawna Pandey, N. C. Gupta, Suresh Kumar, B. K. Nayak, A. Saxena, S. V. Suryanarayana, S. Jakhar, Sudhirsinh Vala, C. V. S. Rao, T. K. Basu

Pramana: Journal of Physics, (0973-7111). Page: 1269; Vol: 86

Measurement of 55Fe (n, p) cross sections by the surrogate-reaction method for fusion technology applications

02/02/2016 B. Pandey, V.V. Desai, S.V. Suryanarayana , B. K. Nayak, A. Saxena, E.T.Mirgule, S. Santra, K. Mahata, R. Makawana, M. Abhangi, T.K. Basu, C. V.S. Rao, S. Jakhar, S. Vala, B. Sarkar, H. M. Agrawal, G. Kaur, P. M. Prajapati, A. Pal, D. Sarkar, A. Kundu

Physical Review C (Rapid Communication). Page: 021602; Vol:93

Fusion Nuclear Data activities at FNL, IPR

03/08/2015 P. M. Prajapati, Bhawna Pandey, S. Jakhar, Sudhirsinh Vala, C.V. S. Rao, T. K. Basu, B. K. Nayak, S. V. Suryanarayana and A. Saxena

Journal of Nuclear Physics, Material Sciences, Radiation, and Applications (ISSN No. 2321-9289). Page:87-92;Vol.3, No.1

Estimate of (n, p) Cross-section for Radio-Nuclide 55Fe using EMPIRE and TALYS

22/03/2017 Bhawna Pandey, P. M. Prajapati, S. Jakhar, C. V. S. Rao, T. K. Basu, B. K. Nayak, A. Saxena, S.V. Suryanarayana

Nuclear Science and Engineering (1943-748X). Page:313; Vol:179

Reaction mechanisms in the 6Li+ 52Cr system

2015 Bhawna Pandey, P. M. Prajapati, D. Patel, V.V.Desai, H.Kumar, S.V. Suryanarayana, B. K. Nayak, A. Saxena, S. Jakhar, C. V. S. Rao, T. K. Basu

EPJ Web of Conferences (2100-014X). Page:00031; Vol:86

Excitation Function of 56Fe(n,α)53Cr Reaction from Threshold to 20 MeV for Fusion Applications

23/03/2017 P. M. Prajapati, Bhawna Pandey, S. Jakhar, C.V. S. Rao, T. K. Basu, B. K. Nayak, S. V. Suryanarayana and A. Saxena

Fusion Science and Technology (1943-7641). Page:426-431; Vol:66

Chromium target preparation for the measurement of nuclear data for fusion technology

2014 Bhawna Pandey, P. M. Prajapati, Ajit Mahadkar, A.T.T. Mostako, B.S.Shivashankar, S. Jakhar, Sudhirsinh Vala, B.Sarkar, S.V. Suryanarayana, B. K. Nayak, A. Saxena , C. V. S. Rao, T. K. Basu

Journal of Materials Science & Surface Engineering. Page:78-80; Vol:1

Fission products yield in the neutron-induced fission of 232Th with average energies of 5. 42 MeV, 7.75 MeV and 10.09 MeV

2014 P. M. Prajapati, H. Naik, S. Mukherjee, S. V. Suryanarayana, B. S. Shivashankar, R. Crasta, V. K. Mulik, K. C. Jagdeesan, S. V. Thakre , A. Goswami and S. Ganesan

Nuclear Science and Engineering (1943-748X). Page:106-113; Vol:176

Mass distribution in the quasi-mono-energetic neutron-induced fission of 232Th

02/09/2014 H. Naik, R. Crasta, S. V. Suryanarayana, P.M.Prajapati, V.K.Mulik, B.S.Shivasankar, K.C.Jagadeesan, S.V.Thakare, S.C.Sharma, A.Goswami

European Physical Journal A (1434-601X). Page:144; Vol:50

Measurement of the neutron capture cross-section of 238U at neutron energies of 5.9 ± 0.5 and 15.5 ± 0.7 MeV by using the neutron activation technique

2014 V.K. Mulik, S.V. Surayanarayana, H. Naik, Sadhana Mukerji, B.S. Shivashankar, P.M. Prajapati, S.D. Dhole, V.N. Bhoraskar, S. Ganesan and A. Goswami

Annals of Nuclear Energy (1873-2100). Page: 233; Vol:63

Photo-neutron cross-section of 96Zr using bremsstrahlung radiation with end point energies of 10 and 12.5 MeV

2014 R. Crasta, H. Naik, S. V Suryanarayana, G. Sanjeev, P.M. Prajapati, M. Kumar, N. T. Nathaniel, V. T. Nimje, K. C. Mittal and A. Goswami

Radiochimica Acta (0033-8230). Page:221; Vol:102

Effect of breakup processes on the near-barrier elastic scattering of the 6,7Li + 232Th systems

2014

Physical Review C 2469-9993 (online). Page: 014610; Vol:89

Measurement of the 238U(n, γ)239U and 238U(n, 2n)237U reaction cross-sections using neutron activation technique at neutron energies of 8.04 and 11.9 MeV

2014 R. Crasta, H. Naik, S. V Suryanarayana, B. S. Shivashankar, V. K. Mulik, S. Ganesh, S. C. Sharma, P. V. Bhagwat, A. Goswami and P.M. Prajapati

Nuclear Science and Engineering (1943-748X). Page:66; Vol:178

Investigations of (n, 2n) cross-sections for some structural materials at 14.0 MeV

2014 Nand Lal Singh and Paresh M. Prajapati

IEEE Power and energy society (ISSN: 19449933, 19449925). Page:739-742

Mass distribution in the quasi-mono-energetic neutron-induced fission of 238U

2013 H. Naik, V. K. Mulik, P. M. Prajapati, B. S. Shivashankar, S. V. Suryanarayana, K. C. Jagadeesan, S. V. Thakre, V. N. Bhoraskar and A. Goswami

Nuclear Physics A (0375-9474). Page:185; Vol:913

Measurement of bremsstrahlung-induced reaction cross-section for 93Nb using electron Linac

2013 Rita Crasta, H. Naik, S. V. Suryanarayana, S. Ganesh, P. M. Prajapati, M. Kumar, N. T. Nathaniel, V. T. Nimje, K. C. Mittal

Radiochimica Acta (0033-8230). Page: 541; Vol:101

Determination of 241Am(n, f) cross-sections by surrogate ratio method

2013 V. V. Desai, B. K. Nayak, A. Saxena, D.C. Biswas, E. T. Mirgule, Bency John, Y. K. Gupta, L. S. Danu, G. K. Prajapati, B. N. Joshi, S. Mukhopadhyay, S. Kailas, P. K. Pujari, A. Kumar, D. Patel, S. Mukherjee and P. M. Prajapati

Physical Review C 2469-9993: Page:034604; Vol:87

Measurement of 56Fe(n, p)56Mn reaction cross-section at En= 5.9, 9.85, 14.8 and 15.5 MeV

2013 V. K. Mulik, H. Naik, S. V. Suryanarayana, S. D. Dhole, P. M. Prajapati, S. Mukherjee, B. S. Shivashankar, K. C. Jagadeesan, S. V. Thakre, S. Ganesan, V. N. Bhoraskar and A. Goswami

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (1588-2780). Page:1321; Vol:296

Measurement of neutron-induced reaction cross-sections in zirconium isotopes at thermal, 2.45 MeV and 9.85 MeV energies

2012 P. M. Prajapati, H. Naik, S. V. Suryanarayana, S. Mukherjee, B. S. Shivashankar, V.K. Mulik, K. C. Jagdeesan, S. V. Thakre, S. C. Sharma , S. Bisnoi, T. Patel, K. K. Rasheed, S. Ganesan and A. Goswami

Nuclear Science and Engineering (1943-748X). Page: 78; Vol:171

Measurement of the neutron capture cross-sections of 232Th at 5.9 MeVand 15.5 MeV

2012 P. M. Prajapati, H. Naik, S. V. Suryanarayana, S. Mukherjee, K. C. Jagadeesan, S. C. Sharma, S. V. Thakre, K. K. Rasheed, S. Ganesan and A. Goswami

European Physical Journal A (1434-601X). Page: 35; Vol:48

Measurement of reaction cross-sections for 64Ni(n, γ)65Ni at En= 0.0025 eV and 58Ni(n,p)58Co at En= 3.7 MeV

2012 B. S. Shivashankar, H. Naik, S.V. Suryanarayana, P. M. Prajapati, V. K. Mulik, K. C .Jagadeesan, S.V.Thakare, A. Goswami, S. Ganesan

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (1588-2780). Page: 745; Vol: 292

Measurement of the 232Th(n, γ)233Th and 232Th(n, 2n)231Th reaction cross- sections at neutron energies of 8.04 and 11.9 MeV

2012 Rita Crasta, H. Naik, S. V Suryanarayana, B. S. Shivashankar, V. K. Mulik, P.M. Prajapati, Ganesh Sanjeev, S. C. Sharma, P. V. Bhagwat, S. Ganesan and A. Goswami

Annals of Nuclear Energy (1873-2100). Page:160; Vol:47

Measurement of the neutron capture cross-section of 238U using the neutron activation technique

2012 H. Naik, S. V. Suryanarayana, V. K. Mulik, P. M. Prajapati, B. S. Shivashankar, K. C. Jagadeesan, S. V. Thakre, S. D. Dhole, V. N. Bhoraskar and A. Goswami

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (1588-2780). Page: 469; Vol:293

233Pa(2nth, f) cross-section determination using a fission track technique

2011 H. Naik, P. M. Prajapati, S.V. Suryanarayana, P. N. Pathak, D. R. Prabhu, V. Chavan, D. Raj, P. C. Kalsi, A. Goswami, S. Ganesan and V. K. Manchanda

European Physical Journal A (1434-601X). Page:100; Vol:47

Measurement of the neutron capture cross-section of 232Th using the neutron activation technique

2011 H. Naik, P. M. Prajapati, S.V. Suryanarayana, K. C .Jagadeesan, S.V.Thakare D. Raj, V. K. Mulik, B. S. Shivashankar, B. K. Nayak, S.C. Sharma, S. Mukherjee, Sarbjit Singh, A. Goswami, S. Ganesan and V. K. Manchanda

European Physical Journal A (1434-601X). Page:51; Vol:47

Photo-neutron cross-section of 100Mo

2011 Rita Crasta, H. Naik, S. V. Suryanarayana, P. M. Prajapati, K. C. Jagadeesan, S. V. Thakare, S. Ganesh, V. T. Nimje, K. C. Mittal, A. Goswami

Journal of Radioanalytical and Nuclear Chemistry (1588-2780). Page:367; Vol:290

Determination of trace impurities of Chlorine in zirconium-alloy matrices using neutron activation technique

2011 H. Naik, V. L. Sant, S. V. Suryanarayana, P. M. Prajapati, and T. N.Nathaniel

Radiochimica Acta (0033-8230). Page: 751; Vol:99