Regular Faculty
Uma Divakaran
Associate Professor · Head
Joined: 2017
Research: Non-equilibrium dynamics; quantum phase transitions; quantum information
Jayakumar Balakrishnan
Associate Professor
Joined: 2017
Research: Experimental condensed matter physics; 2D materials and perovskites
Prithvi Narayan P
Associate Professor
Joined: 2018
Research: Quantum field theory; string theory
Soham Manni
Assistant Professor
Joined: 2018
Research: Experimental condensed matter physics; magnetism and superconductivity; material science - single crystal growth
Kusum Dhochak
Assistant Professor
Joined: 2019
Research: Strongly correlated electron systems; quantum spin liquids; topological phases; disorder
Bibhu Ranjan Sarangi
Associate Professor
Joined: 2019
Research: Soft-matter physics; active matter systems; mechanobiology
Projjwal Banerjee
Associate Professor
Joined: 2019
Research: Theoretical astrophyics; stellar evolution; galactic chemical evolution; big bang nucleosynthesis
Amit Kumar Pal
Associate Professor
Joined: 2019
Research: Quantum information; open quantum systems; many-body quantum metrology; non-hermitian topology
Vishwas Venkatesh
Assistant Professor
Joined: 2019
Research: Amorphous solids; supercooled liquids; active matter systems; rheology
Ajeesh M. Omanakuttan
Assistant Professor
Joined: 2024
Research: Experimental condensed matter physics; quantum materials under extreme conditions
Manoj Gopalakrishnan
Professor
Joined: 2024
Research: Nonequilibrium statistical physics; stochastic processes; theoretical biophysics and soft matter
Akanksha Bhardwaj
Assistant Professor
Joined: 2025
Research: Higgs and top physics; effective field theory; beyond standard model physics; collider phenomenology
Nirmal Roy
Assistant Professor
Joined: 2026
Research: Experimental Condensed Matter Physics; 2D Materials; Slidetronics; Interfacial Ferroelectricity; Correlated Materials; Nanomagnetism