Education:

• Ph.D., Engineering Physics, University of California, San Diego, USA, 2012
• M.S., Engineering Physics, University of California, San Diego, USA, 2009
• B.E., Electrical Engineering, University of Mumbai, India, 2002

Positions:

• Reader at UM DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (July 2022 onwards).
• Assistant Professor, Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (Jan 2016- June 2022).
• Research Associate, Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences (2015-2016).
• Post Doctoral Researcher, Univ. of Paris-Sud 11, CNRS, Orsay (2012-2015).
• Graduate Student Researcher, Univ. California San Diego, USA (2007-2012).
• Engineer-SC, Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, India (2002-2007).

Research Interests:

• Plasma Physics
• Laser-matter interaction at relativistic intensities
• Advanced plasma-based accelerator concepts for next generation electron and ion accelerators
• Computational electrodynamics and Particle-In-Cell (PIC) simulations
• MHD and plasma astrophysics

Selected Refereed Publications:

• B. S. Paradkar and S. Krishnagopal, Electron heating in Radiation pressure driven proton acceleration with a circularly polarized laser, Phys. Rev. E 93 023203 (2016)
• FG Desforges, B.S. Paradkar, M Hansson, TL Audet, J Ju, I Gallardo-González, B Aurand, P Lee, L Senje, A Persson, S Dobosz Dufrénoy, O Lundh, G Maynard, P Monot, JL Vay, C-G Wahlström, B Cros, SPIE Optics+Optoelectronics, 95140Z-95140Z-11 (2015)
• F. G. Desforges, B. S. Paradkar, M. Hansson, J. Ju, L. Senje, T. L. Audet, A. Persson, S. Dobosz-Dufrenoy, O. Lundh, G. Maynard, P. Monot, J-L Vay, C.-G. Wahlstrom and B. Cros, Dynamics of Ionization-induced electon injection in the high density regime of Laser-wakefield accelerators, Physics of plasmas 21, 120703 (2014)
• B.S. Paradkar, N. E. Andreev, B. Cros, V. E. Baranov, P. Mora and G. Maynard, A comparative study of plasma channels for 100 GeV electron accelerator using a multi-Petta Watt laser, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 56 (8), 084008 (2014)
• J. Ju, G Genoud, HE Ferrari, O Dadoun, B Paradkar, K Svensson, F Wojda, M Burza, A Persson, O Lundh, NE Andreev, C-G Wahlström, B Cros, Analysis of x-ray emission and electron dynamics in a capillary-guided laser wakefield accelerator, Physical Review Special Topics-Accelerators and Beams 17(5), 051302 (2014)
• B. Cros, B. S. Paradkar et al, Laser plasma acceleration of electrons with multi-PW laser beams in the frame of CILEX, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 740, 27-33 (2014)
• A. Chance, O. Delferriere, J. Schwindling, C. Bruni, D. Delerue, A. Specka, B. Cros, G. Maynard, B. S. Paradkar and P. Mora, Transport line for a multi-staged laser plasma acceleration : DACTOMUS, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A 740, 158-164 (2014)
• B. S. Paradkar, B. Cros, P. Mora and G. Maynard, Numerical modeling of multi-GeV laser wakefield acceleration inside a dielectric capillary tube, Physics of plasmas 20, 083120 (2013)
• B. S. Paradkar, B. Cros, P. Mora and G. Maynard, Numerical modeling of laser-wakefield electron acceleration to Multi-GeV energies inside a dielectric capillary tube, SPIE Optics+Optoelectronics, 877903-877903-8 (2013)
• B. S. Paradkar, T. Yabuuchi, H. Sawada, D. P. Higginson, A. Link, M. S. Wei, R. B. Stephens, S. I. Krasheninnikov and F. N. Beg, Emission of energetic protons from relativistic intensity laser interaction with a cone-wire target, Phys. Rev. E 86, 056405 (2012)
• B. S. Paradkar, S. I. Krasheninnikov and F. N. Beg, Mechanism of pre-formed plasma electrons heating in relativistic laser-solid interaction, Physics of plasmas 19, 060703 (2012)
• B. S. Paradkar, M. S. Wei, T. Yabuuchi, R. B. Stephens, S. I. Krasheninnikov and F. N. Beg, Numerical modeling of fast electrons generation in the presence of pre-formed plasma in laser-matter interaction at relativistic intensity, Phys. Rev. E 83, 406401 (2011)
• B. S. Paradkar, M. S. Wei, T. Yabuuchi, R. B. Stephens, J. T. Larsen and F. N. Beg, Numerical modeling of fast electrons transport in short pulse laser-solid interaction with long scale pre-formed plasma, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion 52, 125003 (2010)
• Bhooshan Paradkar, J. Ghosh et al, Runaway loss induced negative and positive voltage spikes in Aditya Tokamak, Physics of plasmas 17, 092504 (2010)
• T. Yabuuchi, B. S. Paradkar, M. S. Wei, J. A. King, F. N. Beg et al., Transport studies of intense laser produced fast electrons in solid targets with pre-plasma created by long pulse laser, Physics of plasmas 17, 060704 (2010)
• R. Manchanda, J. Ghosh, P. K. Chattopadhyay, M. B. Choudhari, Santanu Banerjee, R. Ramasubhramanyam, Ketan M. Patel, Vinay Kumar, P. Vasu, R. L. Tanna, B. S. Paradkar, C. N. Gupta, S. B. Bhatt, D. Raju, R. Jha, P. K. Atrey, S. Joisa, C. V. S. Rao, Y. C. Saxena, Drift Alfven-wave produced optical fluctuation measurement in Aditya Tokamak, Physics of plasmas 17, 072515 (2010)
• Napolean Leoni and B. Paradkar, Numerical simulation of Townsends discharge, Paschen breakdown and dielectric barrier discharges, Proc. IS&T’s NIP25: Int. conference of Digital Printing Technologies and Digital Fabrications (IS&T Springfield, VA 2009)