Dr Nanasaheb Thorat is a Science Foundation Ireland and Irish Research Council funded Principal Investigator at the Department of Physics, University of Limerick. He is a three time winner of the prestigious Marie Curie Fellowships: Politechnika Wrocławska (2018-2020)  University of Oxford (2020-2022) and Harvard Medical School (2022) and the first Indian awardee of the European Commission’s Innovation Radar “Grand Prix of the Innovation Radar Prize 2020.” Dr. Thorat has 100 publications to his credit including 70 peer-reviewed SCI journal research papers, 7 Books, 25 book chapters, 1 European patent filled, 2 European innovations/inventions registered in European Union’s Innovation Radar Project, presented 5 Keynote Speech, 25 invited talks at prestigious scientific peer-conferences in Singapore, France, Germany, USA, Ireland, Poland, South Korea, and India, received international acclaims and awards for research contribution, generated research fund in excess of > €1.5 M, supervised students/junior researchers and actively participated in outreach and scientific dissemination for the service of the wider community.

2010 – 2014 Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D with Gold Medal) in Physics from Centre for Interdisciplinary Research D. Y. Patil University Kolhapur, India / 2006 – 2008 Master of Science (M.Sc., 2006-2008-First Class) in Physics from Shivaji University Kolhapur, India / 2003 – 2006 Bachelor of Science (B.Sc., 2003-2006-First Class) from Shivaji University Kolhapur, India

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