PhD Researcher · Purdue University ECE

Sanjeev Khare

Numerical modeling of quantum metamaterials — chiral antiferromagnet spin dynamics, ferroelectric phase-field simulations, and high-performance scientific computing in Julia.

About

Physics at the edge of simulation

I am a PhD researcher in Electrical & Computer Engineering at Purdue University (GPA 4.0), working at the intersection of condensed matter physics and high-performance scientific computing. My dissertation, Phase Field Modelling of Quantum Metamaterials, is supervised by Prof. Pramey Upadhyaya.

My work spans two main tracks: chiral antiferromagnetic spin dynamics in Mn₃Pt-type systems (spin-wave spectra, minimum energy paths, LLGS torque dynamics) and ferroelectric phase-field modeling of STO/PTO superlattices using spectral ETD2RK/FFT methods. Everything is implemented in Julia — fast, differentiable, and GPU-ready.

Before Purdue I spent four years as a Scientist at the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), designing GaN MMIC power amplifiers and LNAs for the GSAT-7R and RISAT-2B satellite payloads, and establishing a semiconductor device characterization lab from scratch.

Quick Facts

Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN
Ph.D. in progress · 2023 – present
Advisor: Prof. Pramey Upadhyaya
Primary language: Julia
Open to summer internships (computational / ML)
Research

Current focus areas

Chiral Antiferromagnet Spin Dynamics

Analytical and computational study of Mn₃Pt-type systems with three-sublattice 120° coplanar spin configurations. Derives closed-form anisotropy energy coefficients (A, B, C), implements NEB/CI-NEB minimum energy paths, and projects the full LLGS equation onto collective coordinates (θ, φ, ψ) with SOT/STT torques.

Mn₃PtLLGSNEB/CI-NEBGLMakieStaticArrays.jl

Ferroelectric Phase-Field Simulations

Spectral ETD2RK solver for the Landau-Khalatnikov equation coupled with a Poisson solver via FFT. Features absorbing boundary conditions via Strang-split sponge layers, patterned metal contacts via Fourier decomposition, and modeling of coherent ferron propagation in STO/PTO superlattices.

LK equationETD2RKSTO/PTOFerronsCUDA.jl

ML for Physics & Model Discovery

Physics-Informed Neural Networks (PINNs) and neural operators (Fourier Neural Operator, DeepONet) for model discovery from experimental spintronics data and PDE surrogate learning, implemented via NeuralOperators.jl and Lux.jl.

PINNsFNODeepONetLux.jl

Moiré Micromagnetics

Micromagnetic simulations of spintronic behavior in moiré quantum materials. This work contributed to the discovery of new magnetization modes arising from the moiré superlattice potential in twisted magnetic heterostructures.

Moiré latticeMicromagneticsOVF formatJulia
Experience

Academic & professional history

Graduate Research Assistant Purdue University Jan 2025 – Present
  • Conducting micromagnetic simulations to study spintronic behavior in quantum metamaterials; discovered new magnetization modes in moiré materials.
  • Applying machine learning for model discovery from experimental spintronics data using PINNs and Fourier Neural Operators.
  • Writing memory-efficient, parallelized Julia code for ODE/DAE solvers in ferroelectric material modeling at HPC scale.
Graduate Teaching Assistant — Advanced C Programming Purdue University Aug – Dec 2024
  • Mentored students on algorithmic problem solving and software optimization in a graduate-level C programming course.
Graduate Research Assistant — DARPA NanoSim Purdue University Oct 2021 – Jun 2024
  • Contributed to DARPA's NanoSim project via NEGF-Maxwell co-simulation framework.
  • Modeled and simulated micro/nano semiconductor structures; optimized code efficiency and simulation scalability for HPC clusters.
Scientist / Engineer SD (Senior Scientist) ISRO, India Jul – Aug 2021
  • Led a team to tape out MMICs, performed design verification, and developed laboratory automation protocols for device characterization.
Scientist / Engineer SC ISRO, India Jul 2017 – Jul 2021
  • Led design of strategic satellite payloads (GSAT-7R, RISAT-2B) including microwave communication and remote sensing systems.
  • Developed GaN-based MMIC power amplifiers and LNAs for high-frequency X-band and C-band modules.
  • Established a semiconductor characterization lab from scratch; automated wafer probing workflows, increasing measurement throughput by ~1000×.
  • Miniaturized the RISAT-2B radar transponder, significantly reducing weight and volume while enhancing payload reliability.
Education

Academic training

Purdue University · USA
Ph.D., Electrical & Computer Engineering
2023 – Present · GPA: 4.0
Phase Field Modelling of Quantum Metamaterials
Advisor: Prof. Pramey Upadhyaya
Committee: Peide Ye · Sumeet K. Gupta · Zubin Jacob
Purdue University · USA
M.S., Electrical & Computer Engineering
2021 – 2023 · GPA: 3.76
Numerical simulation of micro/nano semiconductor structures at high frequency using the Drift-Diffusion model
IIT Mandi · India
B.Tech, Electrical Engineering
2013 – 2017 · CGPA: 8.78
Minor in Management
Graduated with distinction
Open Source & Research Code

GitHub repositories

SkewedAxisFourierAnalysis.jl

Fourier analysis along skewed/non-orthogonal axes — useful for moiré superlattice computations and reciprocal-space analysis of twisted heterostructures.

JuliaPublic · MIT
ChiralAFM

Three-sublattice spin dynamics for chiral antiferromagnets (Mn₃Pt). Includes NEB/CI-NEB solvers, collective-coordinate LLGS projection, SOT/STT torques, and GLMakie energy landscape visualization.

JuliaResearch
FerroElectricScripts.jl

Spectral ETD2RK + FFT solver for the Landau-Khalatnikov equation. Supports patterned contacts, Strang-split sponge boundaries, and ferron dispersion analysis in STO/PTO superlattices.

JuliaMIT
RapidSolver.jl

High-performance ODE/DAE solver infrastructure for large-scale scientific simulations on HPC clusters, optimized for memory efficiency and parallel execution.

JuliaResearch
OvfViewer

Reader and GLMakie-based visualizer for OOMMF Vector Field (.ovf) files produced by micromagnetic simulations — 3D magnetization field inspection with interactive slicing.

JuliaTool
moire_micromagnetic_simulation

Simulation suite for moiré quantum material systems. Used to discover novel magnetization modes in twisted magnetic heterostructures arising from moiré superlattice potentials.

JuliaResearch
SemiconductorSim.jl

Drift-diffusion simulation of micro/nano semiconductor devices, developed during MS thesis work on high-frequency NEGF-Maxwell co-simulation for the DARPA NanoSim project.

JuliaResearch
FDMUtils.jl · PlotPatchGrid.jl

Finite-difference method utilities and patch-grid visualization tools for 2D/3D PDE solvers — structured mesh generation and field plotting for computational physics workflows.

JuliaMIT
nvim

Neovim configuration (Lazy.nvim) tuned for Julia scientific computing — LSP, Tree-sitter, tmux integration, and REPL-driven development keymaps.

LuaPublic
Skills

Technical toolkit

Languages

  • Julia (primary)
  • Python
  • C / C++
  • MATLAB
  • LaTeX / Beamer
  • Lua (Neovim)

Julia Ecosystem

  • GLMakie / Makie
  • DifferentialEquations.jl
  • Symbolics.jl
  • StaticArrays.jl
  • Lux.jl / NeuralOperators.jl
  • CUDA.jl
  • Gridap.jl (FEM)

Simulation Tools

  • Cadence Virtuoso
  • Cadence AWR Microwave Office
  • Keysight ADS
  • ANSYS HFSS
  • TCAD (Silvaco)
  • OOMMF

Methods

  • Spectral PDE (FFT / ETD)
  • NEB / CI-NEB
  • Spin dynamics (LLGS)
  • Phase-field modeling
  • PINNs / FNO / DeepONet
  • FEM (Nédélec elements)
  • HPC / GPU computing
Publications

Peer-reviewed work

Performance improvement of Al₀.₃Ga₀.₇N/AlN/GaN HEMTs using Nitrogen pre-treated Si₃N₄ passivation
Rastogi G., Chaitanya M.K., Khare S., Yadav E., Kaneriya R.K., Upadhyay R.B., et al., & Bhattacharya A.N.
Microelectronic Engineering · Vol. 249 · 111617 · 2021