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Abhisek Samanta

PhD (TIFR Mumbai)
Assistant Professor
Study of strongly correlated many-body systems, through advanced field-theoretical and numerical techniques

Research Interests

  • Study of strongly correlated many-body systems, through advanced field-theoretical and numerical techniques
  • Superconductivity in thin-films and nanowires: Role of disorder and fluctuations
  • Quantum transport theory: Calculation of Hall, thermopower, Nernst coefficients
  • Quantum Hall Effects
  • Entanglement, thermalization and Many-body localization (MBL)

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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)
Associate Professor
(Jointly with Materials Engineering department)
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)
Associate Professor
Active matter, Colloidal dynamics, Nanotechnology

Research Interests

  • Active matter
  • Colloidal dynamics
  • Nanotechnology

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Krista R Khiangte

PhD (IIT Bombay)
Assistant Professor
Group IV photonics, Molecular beam epitaxy of semiconductor heterostructures

Research Interests

  • Group IV photonics
  • Molecular beam epitaxy of semiconductor heterostructures

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Naveen Sisodia

PhD (IIT Delhi)
Assistant Professor
Modelling of spintronics-based logic-in-memory devices and hardware for neuromorphic computing

Research Interests

  • Modelling of spintronics-based logic-in-memory devices and hardware for neuromorphic computing
  • Modelling skyrmion dynamics in magnetic thin films and exploring their applications in data storage and computation
  • Development of radio frequency sensors and oscillators

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Prasanna Venkatesh B

PhD (McMaster University)
Associate Professor
Theoretical research in Quantum Optics, Ultracold Atomic Physics, Quantum Thermodynamics

Research Interests

Theoretical research in

  • Quantum Optics
  • Ultracold Atomic physics
  • Quantum thermodynamics
  • Open Quantum Systems

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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
Nanomaterials in renewable energy harvesting & storage

Research Interests

  • Nanomaterials in renewable energy harvesting & storage
  • Dielectric and piezoelectric properties in Advanced functional materials
  • Physics of 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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Urjit A. Yajnik

PhD (University of Texas at Austin)
Visiting Professor
- Elementary Particle Physics; Cosmology and unified theories

Research Interests

  • Elementary Particle Physics
  • Cosmology and unified theories.

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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