Sangita Kalarickal    [ sangita@lamar.colostate.edu ]

Sangita Kalarickal   A native of Mumbai, India, Sangita Kalarickal obtained her Ph.D. in Physics from the Physics Department at the Colorado State University in 2006. Her research constituted a study in ferromagnetic relaxation in metallic thin films, bulk ferrites and composite materials for information storage device and microwave applications.

She is an alumnus of both, the Department of Mathematics, and the Department of Physics at the University of Mumbai, India. While her M.Sc. in Mathematics consisted of a specialization in applied Mathematics, her M.Sc. in Physics constituted a thesis in theoretical nonlinear optics. In particular, her research was on investigations in Stokes and Anti Stokes lines in transient stimulated Raman scattering.

In 2006-07, she worked as a visiting research scientist at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany in the group of Prof. Baberschke, where she investigated the temperature dependence of the interlayer exchange coupling in ferromagnetic/normal metal/ferromagnetic ultrathin trilayers. She also collaborated with Prof. Farle's group at Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany in investigating spin dynamics in Heusler alloys. She joined Prof. Patton's group in April 2007 as a post doctoral research fellow. At present her research interests include spin dynamics in thin films and ferromagnetic nanostructures at low and high microwave powers.

Her service as a lecturer in Mathematics at H.R. College of Commerce and Economics, Mumbai started her long stint with teaching where she taught for 4 years. Later, her Ph.D. experience was enriched with her roles as teaching assistant in Physics and several times substituting for professors in teaching their classes. Aside from classroom teaching, she has also been involved as a mentor for undergraduate and high school students in different research projects.

Sangita's activities also include reading, writing, and pottery. She is also a volunteer worker, her present interest being in volunteering for Ten Thousand Villages.