Department of
Physics

Regular Faculty

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  Aparna Deshpande

  Assistant Professor

  Understanding 2D materials at the atomic scale

  aparna.d@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Apratim Chatterji

  Associate Professor

  Statistical physics, soft condensed matter, phase transitions, microfluidics

  apratim@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Arijit Bhattacharyay

  Associate Professor

  Complex and dynamical systems, biophysics, pattern formation

  a.bhattacharyay@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Arka Banerjee

  Assistant Professor

  Cosmology, Structure Formation in the Universe

  arka@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Arun M. Thalapillil

  Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Academics, Graduate Studies)

  Theoretical High Energy Physics

  thalapillil@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Ashish Arora

  Assistant Professor

  Experimental condensed matter physics, 2D materials, layered semiconductors, magneto-optics, high magnetic fields, quantum materials and devices, magnetism at the nanoscale, semiconductors and their nanostructures, low-dimensional physics

  ashish.arora@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Ashna Bajpai

  Associate Professor

  Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Nanomagnets & Spintronics, Carbon nanotubes, 2D-Material

  ashna@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Atikur Rahman

  Associate Professor and Deputy Chair, Physics

  Quantum transport in nanoelectronic devices, applications of quasi-1D and 2D materials and their heterostructures for energy harvesting and sensing, self-assembly based nanopatterning, nanofabrication

  atikur@iiserpune.ac.in
• 

  Bhas Bapat

  Professor and Dean (Planning and Communications)

  Atomic collisions, molecular fragmentation, photochemistry of heterogeneous phases, Auger electron spectroscopy

  bhas.bapat@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Bijay Kumar Agarwalla

  Associate Professor

  bijay@iiserpune.ac.in
• 

  Diptimoy Ghosh

  Associate Professor

  Theoretical Particle Physics and Cosmology

  diptimoy.ghosh@iiserpune.ac.in
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  M. S. Santhanam

  Professor and Dean (International Relations and Outreach)

  Quantum computing, quantum chaos, nonlinear dynamics, statistical physics and complexity

  santh@iiserpune.ac.in
• 

  Mukul Kabir

  Professor

  Electronic structure theory, 2D Materials, Functional defects, Magnetism, Superconductivity, and Catalyst design

  mukul.kabir@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Pavan Kumar G. V.

  Professor

  Nanophotonics, Soft-matter physics and Light Scattering

  pavan@iiserpune.ac.in
• 

  Prasad Subramanian

  Professor

  Plasma astrophysics, solar physics and black hole accretion

  p.subramanian@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Prasenjit Ghosh

  Associate Professor

  Atomistic modeling of materials

  pghosh@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Ramana Athreya

  Associate Professor

  Active galaxies, galaxy cluster radio sources, high redshift Universe, imaging techniques; Biodiversity research & conservation

  rathreya@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Rejish Nath

  Associate Professor

  Quantum Optics, Atom Optics, Condensed Matter Physics

  rejish@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Sachin Jain

  Associate Professor

  String Theory, Quantum Field Theory, Gravity, Fluid Dynamics, Conformal Bootstarp, Gauge/Gravity Duality

  sachin.jain@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Seema Sharma

  Professor and Rahul Bajaj Chair Professor

  Experimental High Energy Physics

  seema@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Shivprasad Patil

  Professor

  Nanotechnology, atomic force microscopy and single molecular interactions

  s.patil@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Shouvik Datta

  Associate Professor

  Semiconductor physics, optical spectroscopy, electronic defects, nanostuctures, optoelectronics

  shouvik@iiserpune.ac.in
• 

  Sourabh Dube

  Professor

  Experimental High Energy Physics

  sdube@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Sreejith G. J.

  Associate Professor

  Theoretical condensed matter physics - strongly correlated systems, quantum Hall effects, frustrated systems

  sreejith@iiserpune.ac.in
• Sudarshan Ananth

  Professor and Chair, Physics

  Theoretical Particle Physics

  ananth@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Suneeta Vardarajan

  Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Academics, Doctoral Studies)

  Gravitation, mathematical physics

  suneeta@iiserpune.ac.in
• 

  Sunil Nair

  Professor

  Strongly correlated electron systems

  sunil@iiserpune.ac.in
• Surabhi Jaiswal

  Assistant Professor
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  Surjeet Singh

  Professor

  Quantum Materials

  surjeet.singh@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Susmita Adhikari

  Assistant Professor

  Cosmology & Astrophysics, Dark Matter Halos and Structure Formation

  susmita@iiserpune.ac.in
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  T. S. Mahesh

  Professor

  NMR spectroscopy, quantum information, optimal control and artificial intelligence

  mahesh.ts@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Umakant D. Rapol

  Professor

  Atomic physics and precision spectroscopy, quantum optics and quantum information processing, biosensors

  umakant.rapol@iiserpune.ac.in
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  Vijayakumar Chikkadi

  Assistant Professor

  Soft condensed matter, Glasses, Active matter, Colloids

  vijayck@iiserpune.ac.in