Dr. Rudra Narayan Sahoo

Dr. Rudra Narayan Sahoo (Ramanujan Fellow)

Area of Research:

Joining Date: 01/04/2026

Biosketch
  • Email: rudra.sahoo@iopb.res.in
  • Telephones :

Selected Publications

Selected Publications

  • First experimental determination of the 40Ar(n, 2n)39Ar reaction cross section and 39Ar production in Earth’s atmosphere
    S. Bhattacharya, M. Paul, R. N. Sahoo et al., Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta 415, 196–203 (2026)
  • Neutron capture measurements for s-process nucleosynthesis: A review about CERN n_TOF developments and contributions
    n_TOF Collaboration: C. Domingo-Pardo, O. Aberle, V. Alcayne, …, R. N. Sahoo et al., The European Physical Journal A 61, 105 (2025)
  • Stellar s-process neutron capture cross section of Ce isotopes
    Rudra N. Sahoo et al., Physical Review C 109, 025808 (2024)
  • Role of Neutron Transfer in Sub-Barrier Fusion
    Rudra N. Sahoo et al., Physical Review C 102, 024615 (2020)
  • Sub-barrier fusion in the 37Cl + 130Te system
    Rudra N. Sahoo et al., Physical Review C 99, 024607 (2019)
  • Fabrication of thin 130Te target foils for sub-barrier fusion studies
    Rudra N. Sahoo et al., Nucl. Instrum. and Methods in Phys. Res. A 935, 103–109 (2019)
  • Insights into the low-energy incomplete fusion
    Rudra N. Sahoo et al., Nuclear Physics A 983, 145–165 (2019)

Selected International Conference Proceedings

  • 40Ar proposed as a probe of neutron-induced reactions in a HD stellar-like plasma at the NIF
    M. Paul, Rudra N. Sahoo et al., EPJ Web of Conferences 279, 13004 (2023)
  • The 41Ar(n,γ)42Ar reaction
    Rudra N. Sahoo et al., EPJ Web of Conferences 284, 01037 (2023)
  • Stellar s-process neutron capture cross sections on ASe and ACe
    Rudra N. Sahoo et al., EPJ Web of Conferences 279, 06002 (2023)
  • Examining the role of neutron transfer in sub-barrier fusion: 35,37Cl + 130Te systems
    Rudra N. Sahoo et al., JPS Conference Proceedings 32, 010016 (2020)
  • Entrance Channel Effect on Incomplete Fusion
    Rudra N. Sahoo et al., Acta Physica Polonica B 49, 585 (2018)

MORE PUBLICATIONS :
1-Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=xWXjkVMAAAAJ&hl=en
2-Research Gate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Rudra-Sahoo
3-Orcid Id: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9405-9542
5-Inspire HEP: https://inspirehep.net/authors/1841003?ui-citation-summary=true
5-Scopus: https://www.scopus.com/authid/detail.uri?authorId=57188844026

Group Members

Group Members
Research Associates/Visiting Scientists

  • Pinku Routaray (PhD from NIT Rourkela) – Joined on 18th May
    Research: Understanding of neutron star dynamics

Intern Students

  • Bhawanpreet Sharma (M.Sc. from TIET, Patiala)
    Project Title: Understanding of the Si(Li) detector

Areas of Interest

Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics (Experimental): Sub-barrier Fusion, Incomplete Fusion, Multi-nucleon Transfer Reactions, Neutron Capture Reactions for s-process and r-process studies, Detector Development and Calibrations, Preparation of Thin Targets for Nuclear Experiments.

Experience

Research Experiences

  • Ramanujan Faculty (Scientist-D / Assistant Professor)
    Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar – 751005, India (Joined: 1st April 2026)
    Department of Physics and Astronomy, NIT Rourkela, Odisha, India (24th Nov 2025 – 31st March 2026)
  • INFN Postdoctoral Fellow – Nuclear Astrophysics
    2nd Nov 2023 – 1st Nov 2025
    Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Bologna, Italy
  • Postdoctoral Researcher – Nuclear Astrophysics
    3rd Jan 2021 – 30th June 2023
    Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 91904, Israel
  • Research Associate – Indo-Russia Project (Fission Dynamics)
    1st Feb 2020 – 31st Nov 2020
    Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India and JINR Dubna, Russia
  • Director’s Fellow – Experimental Nuclear Physics
    23rd July 2019 – 23rd Jan 2020
    Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India