Principal Investigator

Dr. Ritu Gupta is an experimental condensed matter physicist with specialized expertise in crystal growth design and characterizations. Her research focus revolves around the growth and characterization of fascinating quantum materials, including Quantum Spin Liquids, van der Waals materials, and complex low-dimensional magnetic systems, along with the exploration of Dirac and Weyl semimetals. She adeptly tunes their properties using external factors like pressure, strain, and disorder.

During her doctoral studies at IIT Kanpur, Dr. Gupta specialized in the fields of superconductivity and magnetism. She worked in the growth of single and polycrystalline samples within the RPt2Si2 series, employing a range of techniques. She conducted extensive property analyses using various characterization methods, which further she tuned with chemical pressure. Additionally, she gained valuable experience during a six-month research stint at Neel Laboratory in Grenoble, France, supported by the Raman Charapk Fellowship. During this period, she conducted transport measurements under hydrostatic pressure.

In her initial postdoctoral role at the Paul Scherrer Institute, Dr. Gupta delved into the phase diagram of strongly correlated electronic systems, employing pressure and doping as tools of investigation. Her utilization of muon spin relaxation techniques allowed for a deep exploration of these states under various conditions. Subsequently, at Geneva University during her second postdoctoral appointment, Dr. Gupta honed her skills in growing single crystals of 2D topological-magnetic materials, insulators, and superconductors using a variety of advanced techniques.

Dr. Gupta's current research at IIT Ropar remains focused on the growth and characterization of intriguing quantum materials, including Quantum Spin Liquids (QSL), van der Waals materials, and complex low-dimensional magnetic systems while continuing to explore Dirac and Weyl semimetals. She remains actively engaged in the manipulation of their properties through external stimuli such as pressure, strain, and disorder. Beyond materials research, Dr. Gupta maintains a keen interest in the investigation of fascinating quantum phenomena, including unconventional superconductivity, non-Fermi Liquid behavior, and anomalous critical phenomena at low temperatures, particularly in proximity to quantum critical points influenced by quantum critical fluctuations.