Short Curriculum Vitae:
Employment:
12/2024 - Present: Postdoctoral research associate - Theory of Condensed Matter (TCM) group, University of Cambridge
Education:
10/2020-12/2024: PhD in theoretical physics (condensed matter theory) - Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex systems, Dresden - Advisor: Prof. Roderich Moessner - Thesis title: Distubring Flatland: Two Dimensional Gauge Fields and the Complexity Frontier
10/2019 - 07/2020: Msc in Mathematical and Theoretical Physics - University of Oxford
01/2018-07/2018: Visiting student and research intern, Harvard University
08/2015-05/2019: Bsc in Physical Sciences - Yale-NUS College in the National University of Singapore
2003-2015 - Schooling - St. Xavier's Collegiate School, Kolkata, India
Awards:
2025 : Best PhD thesis in physics award (Dresdener promotionpreis physik) - awarded annually to the best doctoral dissertation in physics in the Dresden Max Planck institutes & TU Dresden consortium.
2019: Best undergraduate thesis in the physical sciences (Capstone prize) - awarded annually to the best final year thesis in physical sciences at Yale-NUS College.