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Chairman

V . Venkataraman
Professor & Chairman

Physics and Technology of Semiconductors and their Heterostructures, Transport in high electric and magnetic fields, Optical spectroscopy, Bio-MEMS devices for DNA
analysis.

Phone: 080- 2293 3286, 2293 2316

User ID: venki
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~venki

Professors

Arnab Rai Choudhuri

Professor
Plasma astrophysics. The origin of solar magnetic cycle. Formation of sunspots. Magnetic fields of neutron stars and pulsars.

Phone: 080 - 2293 3284, 080-2360 3481

User ID: arnab
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~arnab/

Chandan Dasgupta
Professor

Dynamics and equilibrium properties of supercooled liquids, vortex matter in high-temperature superconductors, dynamics of non-equilibrium systems, neural networks.

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Phone: 080- 2293 3278, 2360 3924

User ID: cdgupta
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~cdgupta

Chanda J Jog
Professor

Galactic Dynamics: Lopsided spiral galaxies, verical structure of galaxies, warps, density profile of dark matter halo. Interacting galaxies: Dynamics and evolution of mergers of
galaxies, starburst galaxies. Dynamics of interstellar molecular gas clouds.

Phone: 080- 2293 3285, 2360 7703

User ID: cjjog
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~cjjog

H.R Krishnamurthy
Professor
Theoretical condensed matter physics, especially quantum many body theory and statistical physics. Specifically, Quantum Impurity Physics, Strongly Correlated Electron
Systems such as Manganites, Cuprates, etc., Models and Mechanisms of Metal-Insulator Transitions, Tunneling in Quantum Dots.

Phone: 080- 2293 2314, 2315

User ID: hrkrish
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~hrkrish

Rahul Pandit
Professor

Condensed-matter theory, statistical mechanics of soft-matter systems, spatiotemporal chaos, turbulence (fluid, passive-scalar, MHD, drag reduction), cardiac arrhythmias, and
strongly correlated bosonic and fermionic systems.

Phone: 080- 2293 2249

User ID: rahul
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~rahul

Sriram Ramaswamy
Professor
Soft matter, nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, biological physics: sedimentation, rheochaos, granular matter, confined fluids, the statistical hydrodynamics of active, living
matter.

Phone: +91 (80) 2293-3283 or 2360-2698

User ID: sriram
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~sriram

Vasant Natarajan
Professor
Laser cooling and trapping of atoms, high-resolution laser spectroscopy, absolute frequency measurements of optical transitions, hyperfine-structure measurements, quantum

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optics, search for a permanent atomic electric-dipole moment, optical tweezers.

Phone: +91-80-2293 2717, 2360 2237

User ID: vasant
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~vasant

Reghu Menon
Professor

Conducting polymers, organic semiconductors, polymer and organic electronics, metal-insulator transition, charge transport and spin dynamics in conducting polymers

Phone: 91-80- 2293 2725 , 2293 2859

User ID: rmenon
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~rmenon

Rajan Kanhirodan
Professor

Computed Tomography, Diffuse Optical Tomography, Ultrasound Modulated DOT, Image Reconstruction, Positron Emission Tomography, Phase Imaging, Multimedia Image
Processing, High Performance Computing, Digital and Embedded Systems.

Phone: 080- 2293 3280

User ID: rajan
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~rajan

Vijay B. Shenoy
Professor

Physics of strongly correlated materials (High Tc superconductivity, Manganites), Nanoscience with focus on correlation effects in nanosystems.

Tel:+91 80 2293-2888, 2360-2315

Email-id: shenoy
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~shenoy

K.S.R. Koteswara Rao

Professor
Semiconductors: Growth and Characterization of Semiconductor Hetero-structures, Nano-Structrures and Defects in Semiconductors, Photoluminescence, Deep level
transient spectroscopy, Light Bean Induced Current for defect mapping.

Phone: +91-80-2293 2866, 2293 2316

User ID: ksrkrao
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~ksrkrao

Jaydeep Basu
Professor

Rheology of Low Dimensional Particulate Systems; Glass Transition in Soft-Nano Materials; Synchrotron X-ray and Neutron Scattering/Spectroscopy; Optical Excitations in
Nanoparticles - Exciton-Plasmon Interaction; Nano-Optics - Nano Photonics & Nano Plasmonics.

Phone: 080- 2293 3281, 2293 2759

User ID: basu

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Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~basu

Prabal K Maiti
Professor

Multiscale Modeling of Soft and Bio -materials, Computational Materials science, Computational Nanotechnology, Biophysics.

Phone: 080- 2293 2865, 2360 7301

User ID: maiti
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~maiti

Jainendra K. Jain
Infosys Chair Professor

Theoretical condensed matter physics

Phone:
User ID:
Web: http://www.phys.psu.edu/people/jkj2

Associate Professors

Arindam Ghosh
Associate Professor

Physics at low dimensions: Interaction in quantum dots and quantum wires, single-electron transport, many-body charge and spin-effects in nanostructures, noise and
fluctuations.

Phone: 080- 2293 3288

User ID: arindam
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~arindam

Banibrata Mukhopadhyay
Associate Professor

Physics of compact objects, astrophysical fluid dynamics andaccretion disk theory, nuclear astrophysics, astroparticle physicsand cosmology, field theory in curved space-time.

Phone: 080- 2293 2799, 2360 7704

User ID: bm
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~bm

P.S. Anil Kumar

Associate Professor

Spintronics, magnetic nano-structures, surface and thin film magnetism, magneto- transport in metallic multilayers and oxides, spin-polarized electron scattering.

Phone: 080-2293 2632

User ID: anil
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~anil

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K.P. Ramesh
Associate Professor

NMR/NQR in solids Transparent glass ceramics, Conducting polymers, FE and AFE mixed systems, Optical and resonance studies in borate glasses.

Phone: 080 - 2293 3335, 2293 2722

User ID: kpramesh
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~kpramesh

Subroto Mukerjee
Associate Professor

Theoretical condensed matter physics: Transport in strongly correlated systems in particular thermoelectricity; transport in correlated molecular systems and quantum dots;
physics of correlated cold-atomic systems, spinor condensates, optical lattices; statics and dynamics of lower dimensional systems, dynamics near quantum critical points,
entanglement in quantum critical states.

Tel:+91 80 2293-2864
Email-id: smukerjee
Web:http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~smukerjee

Chief Research Scientists

Prasad Vishnu Bhotla

Chief Research Scientist

"Electrical charge transport studies of carbon nanofibres, nanoparticles, nanotubes at low temperatures and high magnetic fields. Decoration of carbon nanotubes and zinc
oxide materials with metal particles. Metal-Insulator transitions in carbon materials. Electron field emission studies on zinc oxide capped carbon nanotubes and polymer
composites. Carbon-Polymer nano-composites for gas sensing and electromagnetic shielding applications"

Materials: Carbon nanoparticles, Fibers, Nanotubes, Zinc oxide particles, Nanowires, Polymer composites.

Phone: 080- 2293 2313

User ID: vishnu
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~vishnu/

Suja Elizabeth
Chief Research Scientist

Crystal growth and characterization; phase transitions; multiferroics; magnetic materials; oxides; CMR manganites; spintronics; non-linear optical phenomena.

Phone: 080- 2293 3461, 2293 2721

User ID: liz
Web:

Principal Research Scientists

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K. Ramesh
Principal Research Scientist
Amorphous Semiconductors, Properties of glasses in the extended glass forming region, pressure induced semiconductor metal transition, Carbon nano materials.

Phone: 080- 2293 2716, 2293 2748

User ID: kramesh
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~kramesh/

D. Victor Suvisesha Muthu

Principal Research Scientist

Raman Spectroscopy, High pressure Raman, IR, Optical absorption and X-ray techniques and Tip-enhanced Raman scattering.

Phone: 080- 2293 2579

User ID: victor
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~victor/

R. Ganesan
Principal Research Scientist

Chalcogenide glassy materials and Multilayers chalcogenide thin films

Phone: 080- 2293 3287 (Lab)

User ID: gans
Web:

Assistant Professors

Tarun Deep Saini

Assistant Professor

Cosmology: Dark energy, Gravitational lensing, Structure formation in the Universe, Large scale structure in the Universe.

Tel:+91 80 2293-2866
Email-id: tarun
Web:http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~tarun

Prateek Sharma
Assistant Professor

Clusters of galaxies, accretion physics, computational astrophysics, plasma astrophysics.

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Tel:91-80- 2293 3375

Email-id: prateek
Web:http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~prateek

Aveek Bid
Assistant Professor
Mesoscopic Physics - charge and statistics; phase coherent transport; conductance fluctuations in low dimensional systems; transport in strongly correlated oxides.

Tel:
Email-id: aveek.bid
Web:http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~aveek.bid

Manish Jain
Assistant Professor

Theoretical investigations of structural, electronic, and optical properties of materials from first principles using density functional theory and many-body perturbation theory.
Application of these methods to calculate experimentally observable properties of defects in solids. Development of new methods to calculate material properties.

Tel:+91 80 2293-2858
Email-id: mjain
Web:http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~mjain

Anindya Das
Assistant Professor

Transport properties of mesoscopic structures in reduced dimensions: one-dimensional carbon nanotube (CNT); semiconductor nanowires; zero-dimensional quantum dots;
two-dimensional graphene; 2D and 3D topological insulators.

Tel:+91 80-2293-3530
Email-id: anindya
Web:https://sites.google.com/site/anindyadasiisc/

Ambarish Ghosh
Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Physics Dept

Superfluid helium, chirality and applied optics, novel nano-materials for applications in biology and soft matter physics

Tel:+91 80 2293 2442

Email-id: ambarish
Web:http://www.cense.iisc.ernet.in/people/faculty/ambarish.htm

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Ramesh Chandra Mallik

Assistant Professor
Thermoelectric power and transport properties of semiconductor, skutterudite and clathrate. Study on Thermoelectric Figure of Merit of Multilayer Thin Films. Filler and
doping effect on Skutterudites. Design and development of Thermal conductivity of Thin Films using 3 Omega Method. Design and development of Thermoelectric Sensor for
Radiation detector.

Phone: +91 (80) 2293-2450

User ID: rcmallik
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~rcmallik

Prerna Sharma
Assistant Professor

Soft Condensed Matter

Phone:
User ID: prerna
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/biocolloids/

Vibhor Singh
Assistant Professor
Cavity-optomechanics, Superconducting quantum circuits, Nanomechanics, Electron transport in low-dimensional systems

Phone: +91 (80) 2293-2720

User ID: v.singh
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~v.singh

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Nirupam Roy
Assistant Professor

Astronomy and Astrophysics; Interstellar medium: thermal stability, turbulence, magnetic field, star formation, galactic dynamics; Galactic Novae: evolution of radio emission,
accretion/ejection physics; Radio Astronomy: imaging/spectroscopic techniques, observational cosmology

Phone: +91-80-2293-2056
User ID: nroy
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~nroy

Tanmoy Das
Assistant Professor

Correlated and high-Tc superconductivity, Strongly correlated systems, Topological insulators & quantum Hall systems, Spin-orbit density wave.

Phone: +91 (80) 2293-3166

User ID: tnmydas
Web: http://www.tanmoydas.com/

DST-INSPIRE Faculty

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Amit Kumar Bhattacharjee

Complex fluids and soft materials - theory and computation: fluctuating dynamics in nematic liquid crystals, fluctuating non-equilibrium thermodynamics of multicomponent
liquids and reactive gases under flow, non-Newtonian rheology of glass-forming melts.

Phone:
User ID: amitb
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~amitb

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Sarathlal Koyiloth Vayalil

Nanopatterning by low energy ion beams, Patterned magnetic thin films, Engineering of magnetic anisotropy, Grazing incidence small angle X ray scattering.

Phone:91 (80) 2293-2481

User ID: sarathlalkv
Web: https://sites.google.com/site/sarathlalkoyilothvayalil/

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J Krishna Murthy
Multiferroics, Strongly correlated systems, Magnetism at the nanoscale, Multifunctional properties of magnetic oxides, Low temperature physics, Growth and characterization
of semiconductor hetrostructures, Interface induced magnetism in magnetic bilayers

Phone:
User ID: krishna
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~krishna

Technical Officers

V C Srinivas
Technical Officer
Phone: 080- 2293 3390
User ID: srinivas
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~srinivas

Associated Faculty Members

H.L. Bhat
Retired Professor

Crystal Growth & Characterization

Phone: 080- 2293 2721

User ID: hlbhat
Web:

E.S. Raja Gopal

Emeritus Professor

Critical phenomena

Phone:
User ID:
Web:

T. V. Ramakrishnan
Distinguished Associate, Centre for Condensed Matter Theory
Physics of electrons, disordered systems, liquids and solids, biological physics

Phone: +91 (80) 2360-0228

User ID:tvrama
Web:http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~tvrama/

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Som Krishan
Retired Professor

Non-linear plasma interactions, non-exponetial growing instabilities, laser plasma interactions,plasma turbulence.

Phone:
User ID: skrishan
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/skrishan

Krityunjai Prasad Sinha

Emeritus Professor

Phone: (080)2351-8553
User ID: sinha
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/sinha

Anil Kumar
Honorary Professor

Quantum Computing by NMR in which the group has used transition and spin-selective pulses in one and two dimensional NMR to (i) prepare pseudo-pure states (ii) execute
logical gates and (iii) implement Deutsch-Jozse quantum algorithm.

Phone: 080- 2293 2724

User ID: anilnmr
Web: http://nrc.iisc.ernet.in/anil/

S. V. Bhat
INSA Senior Scientist
Experimental studies on strongly correlated electron systems; EPR of CO/OO and CMR manganites; superconductivity, fast ionic conductors; physics of amorphous and
supercooled states.

Phone: 080- 2293 2727, 2861, 23600880

User ID: svbhat
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~svbhat

S. Ramakumar
Retired Professor

Denovo design of structural elements of macro-molecules such as proteins utilizing the building blocks approach and x-ray diffraction methods. Structure elucidation of
biological catalysts.

Phone: 2293 2312

User ID: ramak
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~dichome/srk.htm

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K.S. Sangunni
Retired Professor
Chalcogenide and fluoride glasses, multilayer then films, nano-structures, light induced anisotropies in glasses, optical properties.

Phone: 080- 2293 3279

User ID: sangu
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~sangu

Ajay Kumar Sood

Retired Professor

Optical Spectroscopy, Soft condensed matter, Nano systems

Phone: 080 2293 2964, 2360 2238

User ID: asood
Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~asood

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