DR. THEJESH N. BANDI

Associate Professor & Principal Investigator
​NIST Associate – Time & Frequency Division (NIST.Gov)
Technical Director, NRT-ACCEPT (ACCEPT.UA.EDU)
Founder and advisor of Tide Timing Clock Club

tbandi@ua.edu
205-348-8637

Professional positions:

  • 2022 – present: Associate Professor, The University of Alabama (UA), USA
  • 2024 – present: NIST Associate, Time & Frequency Division, Boulder, CO
  • 2015 – 2021: Scientist & Head of Division, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), India. Prime designer and lead of the Indian Rb Atomic Frequency Standard (IRAFS) for NavIC/IRNSS mission.
  • 2013-2015: Postdoctoral Fellow, JPL-NASA/Caltech, USA
  • 2008 – 2015: Assistant Doctorant, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
  • 2006 – 2008: Researcher, Tyndall National Institute, Ireland
  • ​2004 – 2006: Research Fellow, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), India

Professional affiliations:

  • 2023, 2024 & 2025: Co-Chair, Space Clocks session, Precise Time & Time Interval (PTTI) – Institute of Navigation (ION) 
  • Life Member American Physical Society (APS), USA
  • Life Member Optica, USA
  • IEEE Senior Member, USA

Research Opportunities for undergrads: Tide Timing Clock Club!​

SINCE JANUARY 2022

Undergrads from STEM (Physics, Engineering, Computer science, Maths) streams are welcome to the club!

Students who are interested and willing in investing dedicated time to learn by gaining hands-on research experience, contact:
​Catherine Obaze (acobaze@crimson.ua.edu) or Charles Rasor
(clrasor@crimson.ua.edu)

POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS

Dr. BRYAN SEMON,
Contact: ​bsemon@ua.edu

GRADUATE RESEARCHERS

Ms. CATHERINE ASAGWEGBE OBAZE-ADELEKE,
President of Tide Timing Clock Club since June 2023;
​Contact: acobaze@crimson.ua.edu
Mr. HUNG (BOB) LAM,
Tresurer of Tide Timing Clock Club since June 2023;
Contact: hqlam@crimson.ua.edu
Ms. JAHNVI VERMA,
Secretary of Tide Timing Clock Club since August 2023;
Contact: jverma@crimson.ua.edu
Mr. Vednarayan IYER,
Contact: vsiyer@crimson.ua.edu

UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCHERS

Mr. CHARLES RASOR,
Aerospace Engineering – Junior,
Vice President of Tide Timing Clock Club since June 2023; Contact: clrasor@crimson.ua.edu
Ms. EMILY GOKIE,
Mechanical Engineering – Junior,
Co-op at NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Mr. AUGUST CONNORS,
Math and CS – Junior
Mr. JON OMARIAIE,
Mechanical Engineering – Junior
Mr. JOHN D. BENJAMIN,
Electrical Engineering and Physics – Senior

INTERN RESEARCHERS

Mr. COLIN MURPHY, UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA. Summer 2022 & Summer 2023.
Currently at University of Boulder, CO
Mr. BRITTIN JAMES PERDUE, Summer 2022 & 2023. Recipient of Naval Research Enterprise Internship Program (NREIP) at USNO. Currently at Mississippi State University, MS

ALUMNI

Mr. DYLAN M. MEYER, Ex. President of Tide Timing Clock Club from January 2022 till May 2023. Currently at University of Boulder, CO
Mr. MATTHEW GOSSETT
Mathematics – Junior
Mr. NISCHAL (ARTHUR) BHATTARAI
Physics and Mathematics – Junior and Senior years.
Currently at Texas A&M