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Adhip Agarwala

PhD (Indian Institute of Science Bangalore)
Assistant Professor
Theoretical quantum condensed matter physics

Research Interests

  • Topological Phases of Matter
  • Strongly correlated systems
  • Frustrated Magnets
  • Driven Systems

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Anand Sengupta

PhD (IUCAA Pune)
Associate Professor
Detection of gravitational waves, Aspects of CMB data analysis

Research Interests

  • Detection of gravitational waves
  • Aspects of CMB data analysis

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Arpan Bhattacharyya

PhD (IISc Bangalore)
Assistant Professor
Quantum entanglement in many-body systems, Tensor network methods

Research Interests

  • Quantum entanglement in many-body systems
  • Tensor network methods
  • Computational complexity
  • AdS/CFT correspondence
  • Asymptotic symmetries of spacetime (BMS)

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Baradhwaj Coleppa

PhD (Michigan State University)
Associate Professor
Beyond the standard model – Model builidng and LHC phenomenology of new states

Research Interests

  • Beyond the standard model – Model builidng and LHC phenomenology of new states

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Chandan Kumar

PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research)
Assistant Professor
Experimental Soft Condensed Matter Physics

Research Interests

  • Experimental Soft Condensed Matter Physics
  • Structural Glass Transition
  • Microfluidics
  • Dynamics and Self-assembly of Complex Colloids
  • Instrumentation

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Gopinadhan Kalon

PhD (IIT Delhi)
Assistant Professor
Experimental (soft) condensed matter physics

Research Interests

  • Experimental (soft) condensed matter physics
  • Graphene based nanofluidics/desalination techniques
  • Ion/Proton transport through confined structures
  • Device functionalities utilizing surface and interface physics
  • Two-dimensional heterostructures

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Krishna Kanti Dey

PhD (IIT Guwahati)
Assistant Professor
Active matter, Colloidal dynamics, Nanotechnology

Research Interests

  • Active matter
  • Colloidal dynamics
  • Nanotechnology

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Prasanna Venkatesh B

PhD (McMaster University)
Assistant Professor
Theoretical research in quantum Optics and nanophysics, Ultracold atomic physics, Quantum thermodynamics

Research Interests

  • Theoretical research in quantum Optics and nanophysics
  • Ultracold atomic physics
  • Quantum thermodynamics

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Ravinder Rupchand Puri

PhD (Bombay University)
Visiting Professor
Theoretical quantum optics, Foundations of quantum mechanics, Quantum information processing

Research Interests

  • Theoretical quantum optics
  • Foundations of quantum mechanics
  • Quantum information processing

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Rupak Banerjee

PhD (University of Calcutta)
Associate Professor
Nano-science, Surface physics and material science, Organic Solar Cells

Research Interests

  • Nano-science
  • Surface physics and material science
  • Organic Solar Cells
  • Growth and characterization of nanomaterials and organic thin films
  • Phase transition and structural re-organization of nanomaterials at surfaces and interfaces

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Rusa Mandal

PhD (The Institute of Mathematical Sciences)
Assistant Professor
Theoretical Particle Physics: Flavour Physics, Dark Matter

Research Interests

  • Theoretical Particle Physics: Flavour Physics
  • Dark Matter
  • Beyond Standard Model Phenomenology

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Sudipta Sarkar

PhD (University of Pune, IUCAA)
Associate Professor
Gravitation, Black hole physics, Thermodynamics and Quasi normal modes, Field theory in curved space-time

Research Interests

  • Gravitation
  • Black hole physics
  • Thermodynamics and Quasi normal modes
  • Field theory in curved space-time

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Sutapa Roy

PhD (Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore)
Assistant Professor
Theoretical Physics, Statistical Mechanics, Soft Matter

Research Interests

  • Theoretical Physics, Statistical Mechanics, Soft Matter
  • Confined fluids and surface effects
  • Critical Casimir forces
  • Active colloids
  • Droplet coalescence
  • Collective dynamics in fluids

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Vinod Chandra

PhD (IIT Kanpur)
Associate Professor
- Theoretical High Energy Physics: Physics of Quark-Gluon-Plasma

Research Interests

  • Theoretical High Energy Physics: Physics of Quark-Gluon-Plasma