Professional
Experience
2023 - Present
Senior Scientist
Institute of Materials Physics in Space
German Aerospace Center (DLR)
Köln, Germany
2019 - 2022
Post-doctoral Researcher
Soft Condensed Matter Theory
Department of Physics
University of Konstanz
Konstanz, Germany
Group of: Matthias Fuchs
Research
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First principle theory for elastic response and transport processes in ordered solids with a high density of defects
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Role of particle level mechanical susceptibilities in crystal-to-crystal structural transition
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We employ mathematical tools like Mori-Zwanzig projectors and atomistic simulations for phase space sampling or free energy determination
2016 - 2018
Post-doctoral Researcher
Theoretical Physics II: Soft Matter
Heinrich Heine University
Duesseldorf, Germany
Group of: Jürgen Horbach
Research
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Microscopic theory of yielding
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Statistical thermodynamics of stability and structural transitions in solid-solid interfaces like grain boundaries
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Statistical thermodynamics of pleating of elastic membranes
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We developed tailored simulation techniques of Umbrella sampling Monte Carlo and Thermodynamic Integration within Molecular Dynamics to investigate these problems
Education
2010 - 2016
Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, West Bengal, India
Thesis title: Non-affine displacements in crystalline and amorphous matter
Thesis adviser: Surajit Sengupta (1962-2021)
Degree received on: October 27, 2016
2010
M.Sc. in Chemistry
Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, West Bengal, India
2008