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Smarajit Karmakar<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Dr. Smarajit Karmakar<\/h3>\n

Associate Professor<\/b><\/p>\n

Principal Investigator<\/b><\/p>\n

Email<\/b>: smarajit at tifrh dot res dot in<\/span><\/p>\n

Phone<\/b>: +91 40 20203087<\/span><\/p>\n

Bio Data: <\/b><\/span>Bio_Data<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Academic qualifications<\/span><\/h3>\n
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  • Post Doctoral Fellow ( 2011 \u2013 2012): Dipartimento di Fisica, Universit\u00e0 di Roma \u201cLa Sapienza\u201d Piazzale Aldo Moro 2, 00185, Roma, Italy Advisor: Prof. Giorgio Parisi<\/li>\n
  • Post Doctoral Fellow ( 2009 \u2013 2011 ) : Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, Advisor : Prof. Itamar Procaccia<\/li>\n
  • PhD ( 2004 \u2013 2009) : Centre for Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India. PhD Thesis : Numerical Studies of Slow Dynamics and Glass Transition in Model Liquids, Advisor : Prof. Chandan Dasgupta<\/li>\n
  • Master of Science, (Physics) ( 2001 \u2013 2004) : Centre for Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India , MS Thesis : Liquid to Solid Transition for Hard Sphere Systems : Density Functional Theory , Advisor : Prof. Chandan Dasgupta CGPA :: 7.2 (8.0)<\/li>\n
  • Bachelor of Science, (Physics Major) ( 1998 \u2013 2001): Department of Physics, Siksha Bhavana, Visva Bharati University. Santiniketan, India. Marks Obtained : 83%<\/li>\n
  • Higher Secondary Examination ( 1996 \u2013 1998): West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education , Marks Obtained : 85%<\/li>\n
  • Secondary Examination ( 1996) : West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, Marks Obtained : 88%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Awards<\/h3>\n

    \u2022 Top Rank in Bachelor of Science and Master of Science 2004
    \u2022 Kumari L. A. Meera Memorial Award for the year 2003 \u2212 2004 in recognition of being the best Integrated PhD Student in Physical Sciences, IISc, Bangalore, India.
    \u2022 National Eligibility Test (NET) \u2013 2004
    \u2022 Recipient of Prestigious Dean’s Fellowship, Weizmann Institute of Science \u2013 2010 -2012.
    \u2022 Visiting Faculty Fellowship, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, July \u2013 Sept. 2018.
    \u2022 Recipient of Prestigious Swarna Jayanti Fellowship for the year 2018-2019 in Physical Science by Department of Science and Technology (DST).
    \u2022 Recipient of prestigious Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship for Experienced Researcher, Germany, 2021 – 2024.<\/p>\n

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    Group Researchers<\/h3>\n

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    Post Doctoral Fellow<\/h4>\n
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    • Jeetu S Babu (Mar 2014 \u2013 Mar 2015).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

      Doctoral Students<\/h4>\n
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      • Indrajit Tah (submitted thesis in July 2019, Post Doc fellow in UPenn, USA)<\/li>\n
      • Rajshekher Das\u00a0(submitted thesis in August 2019, Post Doc fellow in UT Austin, USA)<\/li>\n
      • Bhanu Prasad Bhowmik\u00a0(submitted thesis in Sept 2019, Post Doc fellow in Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel).<\/li>\n
      • Mrinmoy Mukherjee (jointly with Jagannath Mondal) (submitted synopsis).<\/li>\n
      • Kallol Paul.<\/li>\n
      • Vishnu V Krishnan.<\/li>\n
      • Anoop Mutneja.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        Group Researchers<\/h3>\n

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        Students Supervised<\/h4>\n
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        1. Indrajit Tah (Aug. 2014 \u2013 2019), Graduate Student (Graduated 2019 and postdoc fellow in Prof. A. Liu\u2019s group in U. Penn until 2022, Assistant Professor in CGCRI Kolkata)<\/li>\n
        2. Rajsekhar Das (Aug. 2014 \u2013 2019), Graduate Student (Graduated 2019 and joined Prof. D. Thirumalai\u2019s group in University of Texas for post-doctoral research.)<\/li>\n
        3. Bhanu Prasad Bhowmik (Aug. 2014 \u2013 2019), Graduate Student (Graduated 2019 and joined Prof. I. Procaccia\u2019s group in Weizmann Institute of Science.)<\/li>\n
        4. Mrinmoy Mukherjee (Aug. 2014 \u2013 2020), Graduate Student jointly with Dr. J. Mondal. (Graduated 2020 and joined Herbert Levine\u2019s group in Northeastern University)<\/li>\n
        5. Kallol Paul (Jan. 2015 \u2013 2022), Graduate Student (Postdoctoral Fellow in Prof. Juergen Horbach\u2019s group 2022 onwards).<\/li>\n
        6. Vishnu Krishnan (August 2017 – 2022), Graduate Student (Graduated 2022, Postdoctoral fellow in Prof. Hajime Tanaka\u2019s group, Tokyo, Japan)<\/li>\n
        7. Anoop Mutneja (April 2018 \u2013 July 2023) Graduate Student (Submitted thesis July 2023 and joined Prof. Kenneth Schweizer\u2019s group in University of Illinois at Urbana Champagne, USA).<\/li>\n
        8. Subhodeep Dey (April 2020 – present) Graduate Student.<\/li>\n
        9. Rashmi Priya (April 2021 – present) Graduate Student.<\/li>\n
        10. Rishabh Sharma (April 2021 – present) Graduate Student.<\/li>\n
        11. Roni Chatterjee (April 2021 – present) Graduate Student.<\/li>\n
        12. Surajit Chakraborty (April 2021 \u2013 present) Graduate Student jointly with Prof. Kabir Ramola.<\/li>\n
        13. Antik Bhattacharya (April 2022 – present) Graduate Student.<\/li>\n
        14. Padmanabha Bose (Jan 2023 – present) Graduate Student.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

          Postdoctoral Fellow Supervised<\/h4>\n
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          1. Jeetu S. Babu (Aug. 2014 \u2013 Aug. 2015) (presently an Asst. Professor in Amrita University), Post-Doctoral Student<\/li>\n
          2. Ronald Benjamin (Aug. 2016 \u2013 Feb. 2018), Post-Doctoral Student jointly with Prof. Surajit Sengupta.<\/li>\n
          3. Debarati Sarkar (May 2021 \u2013 July 2023) Postdoctoral Fellow<\/li>\n
          4. Monoj Adhikari (December 2021 \u2013 July 2023) Postdoctoral Fellow (Moved to Prof. Horbach\u2019s group for second Post-Doctoral work in HHU, Dusseldorf, Germany)<\/li>\n
          5. Vandana AS (April 2021 \u2013 present) Postdoctoral Fellow.<\/span><\/li>\n
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