Past Seminars and Colloquiums


The Department of Physics regularly organizes seminars and colloquiums in diverse topics that interest the members. A complete list of the seminars and colloquiums held in the Department is as follows.


2022

Dynamical construction of Quadrupolar and Octupolar topological superconductors
Dr. Tanay Nag, Uppsala University, Sweden
September 27, 2022 (Mode: Online)

Malaria parasites as a model system for chiral active matter
Dr. Pintu Patra, University of Heidelberg, Germany
July 07, 2022 (Mode: Online)

Living Glass: Active Matter at High Densities
Prof. Chandan Dasgupta, IISc Bangalore
May 21, 2022 (Mode: Offline)
Keynote address, Department of Physics Symposium 2022

Who ordered LIGO's most massive black hole?
Dr. Gayathri V, University of Florida, USA
May 13, 2022 (Mode: Offline)

2020

Twisted van der Waals Heterostructures
Dr. Pramoda K. Nayak, IIT Madras
October 15, 2020 (Mode: Online)

A Continuous Variable Quantum Repeater
Dr. Kaushik P Seshadreesan, University of Arizona, USA
January 28, 2020 (Mode: Offline)

Past Symposiums


Details on the yearly Department of Physics Symposium are as follows.


2022

May 21, 2022

Keynote Address

Living Glass: Active Matter at High Densities
Prof. Chandan Dasgupta, IISc Bangalore
May 21, 2022 (Mode: Offline)
Keynote address, Department of Physics Symposium 2022

Oral Presentations

Exactly Solvable 1D Quantum Models with Gamma Matrices, Dr. Kusum Dhochak

Origin of carbon in the early Galaxy and CEMP-no stars, Jeena S. K.

Probing topological phases and phase transitions with entanglement, Harikrishnan K. J.

Opening Bandgap in Graphene by hetero-structuring, Nikhil Joseph Joy

Bath engineering in Many body Quantum Heat Engines, Revathy B. S.

Morphology of a flexible transition active copolymer, Dr. Soudamini Sahoo

Generalized SYK models in double scaling limit, Swathi T. S.

Fabrication of stiffness gradient substrate by using surface topography, Indrajit Bhattacharjee

Force-velocity relations in Brownian ratchet systems, Prof. Manoj Gopalakrishnan

Signal Processing Techniques for Dual Polarization Doppler Weather Radar Observations, Aiswarya Lakshmi K.K.

Target search strategy driven by dynamic disorder, Dr. Debarati Chatterjee

TBA, Dr. Soham Manni

In-house experimental setup for measuring Latent Heat of Vaporization of Liquid Nitrogen, Lidhyal Leena A., Veena P., and Karthikeyan M.

Postar Presentations

Spin - Orbit Coupled states of Double Perovskite 4d/5d TMOs, Asha Ann Abraham

Thermal transport in gold decorated graphene, Ranjuna M. K.

Simulation of chitosan to study its dependence on temperature, Aathira Murali

Spin transport properties based on Heusler alloy-Spin gapless semiconductors, Reshna Elsa Philip

Bounds on localizable entanglement in noisy multiparty quantum states, Jithin G. Krishnan

Tumbling dynamics of active polymer in simple shear flow, Siji S. Saju

Study of vesicle motion under thermal and mechanical noise, Sweta Saini and Sidharth K.

Quantum spin ladders in strong rung-coupling limit, Chandrima B. Pushpan

Microphase Separation in Bottlebrush Polymers under poor solvent conditions - A Molecular Simulation Study, Diljith T.

Kicked ising systems as medium for efficient Quantum Otto Heat Engines, Harsh Sharma

Interaction of antimicrobial peptides on Giant unilamellar vesicles, Olivia Vincent and Nithya

Investigation of interaction between Giant Unilamellar Vesicles(GUVs) and sequence-defined macromolecules (SDMs), Shivdas P.

Stationary states of active Brownian particle in harmonic trap without translational diffusion, Urvashi Nakul


2020

September 18, 2020

Universal Scalings in Many Body Quantum Heat Engines, Revathy B. S.

Theoretical insights into the genome interrogation by CRISPR-Cas9, Diljith T.

Estimating thermal conductivity of supported two-dimensional materials - A Micro-Raman based approach, Ranjuna M. K.

Tumbling Dynamics of Polymer in shear flow, Siji S. Saju