Beamteam Research Group

Education

  • Ph.D. Physics (started 2023) University of Saskatchewan, Canada 

  • M.Sc. (Hons.) Physics (2019 - 2021) Guru Nanak Dev University, India 

  • B.Sc. (Hons.) Physics (2016 - 2019) Guru Nanak Dev University, India 

Research Projects

  • Study of electronic structure and band gap of oxygen-containing AE5Pn2(NH)2 (AE = Ca, Sr; Pn = Bi, Sb) using soft X-ray spectroscopy and density functional theory
  • Tunable band gaps of spinel-based oxynitride compounds Ge3-xGaxOxN4-x

Awards

  • NSERC - CREATE to INSPIRE (Interdisciplinary Network for the Synchrotron: Promoting, Innovation Research, and Enrichment) fellowship
  • Department of Physics and Engineering Physics Scholarship (USask)
  • Gerhard Herzberg Fellowship  

Publications

  • Unraveling the eg Orbital Splitting in TiO2: The Role of Local Distortion in Ligand Field Multiplet Theory. Peter Ufondu, Teak Dagan Boyko, Saloni, Osebi Oluwaseun Daudu, and Alexander Moewes. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 2025 129 (32), 14524-1452 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5c04294
  • Saloni and A. Khanna*, "Structural and photoluminescence properties of YVO4: Re3+ (Re = Sm, Dy, Er and Eu) phosphors," Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 34, 70 (2023)
  • Saloni, P. Kaur, S. Sharma and A. Khanna*, "Synthesis and characterization of Sm, Dy and Er-doped beta-Ca3(PO4)2 phosphors," Chemical Papers 77, 795-803 (2023).
  • Saloni, Alisha, S. Sharma, A. Kaur and S. Chandra*, "Study of Electron-Acoustic Solitary Waves in Ultra relativistic Degenerate Quantum Plasma with Statistically Distinct Electrons," published in Scholar Colloquium on Plasma Physics 2020
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Presentation Prizes

  • Band gap and electronic structure of oxygen-containing Ca5Sb2(NH)2: A soft X-ray spectroscopy and DFT, CAP Congress 2025. (First Prize)
  • ⁠Band gap and electronic structure of oxygen-substituted Ca5Sb2(NH)2 via soft X-ray spectroscopy and DFT, SSSC open house poster competition, University of Saskatchewan, 2025. (First Prize)