Scientific Resume – Innovation by Shekhar Mishra

Chandra Shekhar Mishra
Senior Scientist,
Email:mishra0960@outlook.com

Research:

Research, Design and Development of Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment (DUNE) detector and associated liquid Argon technologies
Research, Design and Development of High Intensity Superconducting Proton Accelerator and Infrastructures for High Energy Physics, Nuclear Physics and Nuclear Energy Applications
Research and Design of the International Linear Collider Superconducting electron Linac and Damping Ring
Design, Development, construction, installation and commissioning of two proton and antiproton accelerators, Main Injector and Recycler for Fermilab collider and neutrino programs
B-Physics in proton and antiproton collision at 1.8 TeV
Discovery of top quark, sixth fundamental particle of nature
Measurement of b-quark meson production with 800 GeV/c proton
Nuclear dependence of J/ ’  and Dimuon production with 800 GeV/c proton
Discovery of Hyper-nuclei
Associated  meson production in pion nucleon collision
(p,) and (,p) reaction cross section measurement
Pion nuclear scattering and Pion absorption in nucle

Recent Tenure:

DUNE Cold Electronics Development, Jan 2018 – Present
Oversight of the full project lifecycle development including Risk and Value Management, Deputy Project Manager, High Intensity Superconducting Proton Accelerator (aka Proton Improvement Plan (PIP-II)), Fermilab, 2012 – Jan 2018
- SRF Linac R&D and Infrastructure Development
Established US-India strategic partnership in the areas of Superconducting Radio Frequency accelerator development for Energy, Medicine, Environment and Particle Physics applications. Got an agreement signed (Jan 2015) between US-Department of Energy and Indian-Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) that enables Indian-DAE to make US$200-400M contributions towards US Department of Energy projects at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and enables US high technology industry to sell hardware to India, while protecting US IP.
Directed the international strategic partnership development with India, US-DOE Technical Coordinator, DOE-DAE (US-India) Discovery Science Collaboration, 2011 – 2014
- Led the development of agreements between US and Indian governments, worked with the Dr. A. B. J. Kalam, President of India and Chairmen of Indian Atomic Energy Commission and Director, Office of Science, US Department of Energy, US Assistant Secretary of State and many US government agencies.
Directed the State-of-the-art Superconducting Cavities and Radio Frequency (SRF) power systems and controls, high precision Detector systems development at US and India laboratories and industries
- Member Working Group on Basic Science Collaboration between US and India, Chaired by Dr. John Holdren, US Presidential Science Advisor, US-India Strategic Dialogues, Washington, 2012
Directed US-ILC Main Linac R&D as Level 2 Manager, Global Design Effort (GDE), Managed ~$10- 50M/yr. scientific and technical program, Deputy International Linear Collider (ILC) Program Director, Fermilab, 2006-2010
- Represented US as a member of US Linear Collider Steering Group in international meetings of GDE
Directed management tasks for the ILC and Fermilab High Intensity Proton Accelerator including the development Fermilab as a world leader in the Superconducting Radio Frequency Technology
Member of the KEK ATF-II (Japan) and Tesla Technology Collaboration Technical Board (Germany), 2005-2009
Led the development of SRF Technology and Particle Accelerator International Collaboration between Fermilab, China, Japan, South Korea, 2010-2012
Leader, ILC R&D at Fermilab in collaboration with SLAC, KEK (Japan) and DESY (Germany), 2003- 2005

Prior Tenure:

Direct supervision of 15 (12 Ph.D. in Physics) scientific and technical staff working on the design, commissioning and operation of two new accelerators (Main Injector and Recycler) at Fermilab. Work in collaboration with support department heads, division and the laboratory management to meet the deadline, budget etc. Delivered Main Injector Project on budget ($330M) and schedule. Head, Main Injector Department, Fermilab.
Directed a team of physicists, engineers and technical staff in diagnosing and fixing all Recycler Ring construction errors, improved lattice and overall performance to achieve design lifetime. Head, Recycler Construction Improvements and Commissioning.
Directed a team of 50+ physicists, engineers and technical staff in commissioning the new Main Injector Accelerator in a record time and under budget. Head of the Main Injector Commissioning, Fermilab
Led the team of 100+ physicists, engineers and technical staff to exceed Fermilab Luminosity past records. Member, Accelerator Division Run Coordinator Team, Fermilab Accelerator Division.
Managed the budget and schedule of 25+ scientists, Physicist in Charge, Fermilab Experiment E789.
B-Physics in D0 collaboration. Developed Silicon Vertex Detector design for Run-II with emphasis on B-Physics that yielded better top quark physics results.
- Discovery of top quark, sixth fundamental particle of nature
Authored simulation software’s for the design of the two Fermilab’s accelerators.
Developed physics simulation and analysis software for the design and construction of physics experiments.
Research, Design and Development of Detectors in high radiation environment, electronics, hardware and software to process signal, online data acquisition systems and software.
Discovery of Hyper-nuclei, Visiting Scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Established Center of High Energy Physics and Detector, Honorary Professor of Physics, Punjab University

Employment:

F
ermi National Accelerator Laboratory (FNAL): 2000-Present (Scientist II), 1996-2000 (Scientist-I), 1991-1996 (Associate Scientist), 1989-1991 (Research Associate)
- PIP-II, Deputy Project Manager, 2012 – Jan 2018
- PIP-II, International Coordinator, 2012-2016
- US-DOE Technical Coordinator, DOE-DAE (US-India) Discovery Science Collaboration, 2011-2014
- Deputy ILC Program Director, Fermilab, 2006-2010
- US-ILC R&D, Main Linac Level 2 Manager, Global Design Group,2006-2010
- US Linear Collider Steering Group, 2005-2009
- Program Leader, ILC R&D at Fermilab in collaboration with SLAC (NLS) and DESY (TESLA), 2003- 2005
- Head, Main Injector and Recycler Department, Fermilab, 1999- 2003
- Head, Recycler Construction Improvements and Commissioning,2000-2003
- Head, Main Injector Commissioning, 1998-1999
- Fermilab Experiments: D0 Experiment, 1990-2003 and Fixed Target Experiment E772 and E789, 1989-1994
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL): Research Associate, 1987-1989
Visiting Scientist (BNL): Hyper Nuclei Experiment, Brookhaven National Laboratory 1987
Visiting Scientist (FNAL): Production of Di-muon Experiment (E772) and B-Meson Production (E789) 1987-1989
Honorary Appointments
- Professor of Physics, Punjab University, 2015-Present
- Established Center of High Energy Physics and Detector Technology
- Adjunct Professor, Delhi University, 2008 – 2013

Honours:

Pravasi Bharatiya Samman, 2019 for “outstanding achievement in the field of Science and in recognition of your valuable contribution in promoting the honour and prestige of India and in fostering the interest of Overseas Indians”. Ram Nath Kovind, President of India.
Fellow, American Physical Society
Employee Recognition Awards Fermilab, 1) Development of Indian Institutions and Fermilab Collaboration, 2) Leadership in commissioning of the Recycler, and 3) Leadership in commissioning of the Main Injector.
Feynman Scholarship for B Particle Production Studies and the Development of Future Multi TeV Hadron Collider and for excellent future promise in the field of High Energy Physics, Erice.

Notable Citations:

“Mishra innovated an India Institutions and Fermilab Collaboration for indigenous development High
Intensity Superconducting Proton Accelerator that is enabling India leapfrog technology development to achieve energy independence, It is one of the best “Win-Win” scientific collaboration for the two largest democracies of the world.” Dr. Anil Kakodkar, former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission of India.
“I am extremely delighted to see that your immense contributions have been acknowledged at the highest levels in India. My heartiest congratulations for this well-deserved recognition. I fondly remember our interactions in BARC and DAE, and let me admit, for me it started as a learning experience but ended with a passion to see it through thanks to your clarity of vision leading to a mutually beneficial win-win approach, and your perseverance to pilot the project to an irreversible stage in both the countries. I thank you, on behalf of DAE and the Indian scientific community in many other institution for enabling our bilateral cooperation to reach such a level of maturity.” Dr. Ratan Sinha, former Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission of India.
“Dr. Shekhar Mishra has done extraordinary work building the collaboration between Indian laboratories and universities and US institutions in the field of accelerator science. He has supported scientists and engineers on both sides to achieve their respective goals, benefiting both Indian and US institutions. With enormous tenacity he has navigated the complex environment of Indian and US funding agencies to satisfy their different requirements, overcoming many problems that would have defeated anyone else. Dr. Mishra richly deserves this great recognition.” Dr. Pier Oddone, Former Director, Fermilab, “delighted with this award of your smart, determined and indefatigable work to make the Fermilab – India collaboration a success. It is a very well deserved recognition.’’
“Dr. Mishra’s efforts, in addition to strengthening our work to answer some of the most
fundamental questions in physics, have made considerable contribution to this pillar of our relationship with India.” Robert Blake, US Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, May 2010
“Exceptional achievement in the creation and stewardship of international collaborations in accelerator and particle physics, especially in the Indian-American Agreement for Cooperation in the Area of Accelerator and Particle Detector Research and Development for Discovery Science”, Citation, Fellow, American Physical Society, 2013
“Annex I (accelerator agreement with India) was approved last week by the Indian Cabinet. This success is largely due to the efforts of Shekhar Mishra and the SRF team over the last several years. I thank Shekhar on behalf of the laboratory for this historic agreement.”, N. Lockyer, Director, Fermilab, 2014
“Annex I to the DOE/DAE Implementing Agreement was approved by both parties over the last 12 months. This was a major achievement that Shekhar has been working towards for many years. It is fair to say that this never would have happened without Shekhar’s investment of time and effort over the last decade.” Steve Holmes, Associate Director, Fermilab, 2015

Education:

Strategic Laboratory Leadership, University of Chicago, Graduate School of Business
Ph.D., Experimental Nuclear Physics, University of South Carolina and LANL, Dissertation: “Pion
Absorption in Nuclei: The (+/-, p) Reactions”, Los Alamos National Laboratory
M.S., Experimental Nuclear Physics, University of South Carolina and LANL, Thesis: “50 MeV Pion
Scattering on 14C”, Los Alamos National Laboratory
B.Sc., Physics (Hons), Science College, Patna University, Patna, India, 1980

Graduate Student Education:

Accelerator Physics, Ph.D. Thesis examiner, “Design and Development of High Current Radio Frequency Quadrupole Accelerator, S. Sanyyasirao, BARC,2014
Accelerator Physics, Ph.D. Thesis examiner, “Design and Development of a LEBT system and Physics
Studies for a High Intensity Proton Linac”, Rajni Pande, BARC, 2013
Fermilab Ph.D. Thesis Advisor, “Beam Dynamics Studies and the Design, Fabrication and Testing of Superconducting Radiofrequency cavity for High Intensity Proton Accelerator”, Arun Saini, University of Delhi, 2012
Particle Physics Thesis examiner, “Tests of QCD in p-p Interactions at 14 TeV”, Manoj Kumar
Jha, University of Delhi and CERN,2007
Chairman of the Ph.D. Thesis Committee, “Measurement of the tt(bar)Production Cross Section in pp¯ collisions at √ s = 1.96 TeV in the Dielectron Final States at the D0 Experiment”, Ashish Kumar, University of Delhi and Fermilab, 2006
Chairman of the Ph.D. Thesis committee, “Search For The Rare Kaon Decay K+ → π + νν¯ “Bipul Bhuyan, University of Delhi and BNL,2004
Local supervision of Indian Institutions and Fermilab Collaboration students on MINOS and NOvA, 2009-Present
Particle Accelerator Technology, University of Delhi, 2010 – 2011
Course on ‘Silicon Detector’ at ICFA 1993 School on Instrumentation in Elementary Particle Physics, TIFR, Bombay, India, Feb15-27, 1993

Publications

More than 300 papers published in refereed journals, conference proceeding and internal report.

Most Cited Publications

Editor and Reviews:

Proceeding of the Workshop on Applications of High Intensity Proton Accelerator, R. Raja and Shekhar Mishra, October 2009, Fermilab.
Proceedings of the Workshop on B Physics at Hadron Accelerators, P. McBride, S. Mishra, June 21 – July 2, 1993, Snowmass, Colorado
Fermilab D0 Conference and Journal Publications.
US Department of Energy Spallation Neutron Source Project (US$1B) technical review

Principle Investigator of Experiments:

Experiment 1070 (Los Alamos National Laboratory): “Proton induced neutral meson production in nuclei”. Spokespersons: C. S. Mishra and J. C. Peng. Approved by Los Alamos PAC.
Experiment 1071 (Los Alamos National Laboratory): “Study of pion absorption in 3He and 4He”. Spokespersons: C. S. Mishra, C. L. Morris and R. Ransom. Approved by Los Alamos PAC.
Experiment 1135 (Los Alamos National Laboratory): “Feasibility study of Tagged Eta Meson Production in p + 3H -> 4He +  “. Spokespersons: C. Pillai, C. S. Mishra and D. B. Barlow. Approved by Los Alamos PAC.
Lead Author on several other proposals at Los Alamos and Fermilab, including
- Ph.D. thesis experiment at Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility
- E789 “Study of Two-Prong Decays of Neutral B Mesons and ” at Fermilab.
- Silicon Vertex Detector for D0 RUN-II Upgrade, Fermilab

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