Soumya received her Integrated M.Tech PhD degree in 2018 from the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at IIT Madras. Her doctoral thesis focused on developing a thermodynamic database for multicomponent nitride systems using the Calculation of Phase Diagrams (CALPHAD) method coupled with ab initio calculations. Subsequently, she joined the Physical Metallurgy and Materials Design lab at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, as a Postdoctoral Associate in 2019. Her postdoctoral research involved designing new alloys and functionally graded materials processed by additive manufacturing, and their post-heat treatment using the CALPHAD-based ICME framework in conjunction with experiments. Besides, she developed thermodynamic databases for multicomponent chloride salts and transition metal borides. She continued working as a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, till 2024. In January 2025, she joined as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at IIT Kanpur and subsequently moved to the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering at IIT Madras as an Assistant Professor in January 2026. Her areas of expertise include phase diagrams and thermophysical property predictions using the CALPHAD method and the application of the CALPHAD-based ICME framework to design alloys and post-processing operations for advanced manufacturing.
(1) CALPHAD database development for phase diagrams and thermophysical properties
(2) Thermodynamic property prediction using ab initio techniques
(3) CALPHAD-based ICME framework with key experiments for alloy and post-processing design for advanced manufacturing
June 2022 - Oct 2024
Jan 2025 - Nov 2025
Jan 2026 - Till date
Visiting Research Assistant Professor, University of Pittsburgh, USA
