
Harshita Kumari, Ph.D., obtained her bachelor of science degree from Nagpur University, India, in 2005 and her doctorate from the University of Missouri at Columbia, USA, in 2011. From 2009−2011, she was a foreign guest researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s, NIST’s, Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) in Gaithersburg, MD, USA. In 2011, she joined Prof. Carol A. Deakyne as a postdoctoral fellow, wherein she focused on theoretical studies.