Bio
Naresh C. Osti received his MS in Physical Chemistry from the Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal, and a PhD in Chemistry from the Clemson University, Clemson SC, USA in 2014. He joined ORNL as a postdoctoral researcher and worked under the supervision of Dr. Eugene Mamontov until 2017. He is currently an R&D Staff/beam line scientist at BASIS within the Neutron Scattering Division at ORNL. His research focuses on exploring the structure and dynamics of energy-related materials (hard and soft) to relate their structure-property relationship for their real-life application, especially the nano-confined fluids, polymers, and polymer nanocomposites.
External Facilities
NIST center for Neutron Research
Lujan Center at LANSCE, Los Alamos National Laboratory
ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Awards
Supplemental Performance Award 2024, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
American Physical Society, GERA Travel Award, 2023.
Royal Society of Chemistry, Faraday Division Horizon Award 2021.
American Physical Society, GERA Travel Award, 2020.
Significant Event Award 2017, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN
Professional Enrichment Grants (2013 and 2014) Chemistry Graduate School Organization, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Best Teaching Assistant Award 2013, Clemson University, Clemson, SC
Specialized Equipment
Small and Wide Angle X-ray Scattering (SAXS and WAXS), X-ray Diffraction (XRD)
Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS)
Elastic, Quasi-Elastic and Inelastic Neutron Scattering (EINS, QENS and INS)
Neutron Reflectivity (NR)
Spectrofluorometry
Thermal Analysis and Microscopic Techniques