Bio

Research Interests

Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics:

Thermodynamic and transport properties of low-dimensional

electronic systems; Electron transport in biological systems.

Research problems include:

Quantum Optics;

Two-dimensional metal-insulator transition;

Time reversal breaking in strongly correlated electronic systems;

Light induced charge separation in biological systems;

Exactly solvable methods.

Professional Experience:

Visiting Professor, Instituto de Física Teórica da UNESP, São Paulo, Brazil (2012 - 2014).

Associate Professor, Physics Department, City College of New York, New York (2006 onwards).

Research Associate, University of Wisconsin at Madison, Madison, WI (2005 – 2006).

Postdoctoral Member, Bell Laboratories, Lucent Technology, Murray Hill, NJ (2002 – 2005).

Postdoctoral Fellow, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel (1998 – 2002).

Educational Background:

PhD: Physics, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India (1999).

MS: Physics, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, India (1995).

BS: Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Kharagpur, India (1991).