CURRENT POSITION
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology- Kharagpur, West Bengal, India - 721302.
EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Physics, 2012-2016
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (Deemed University), Mumbai, India.
Thesis Title: 21-cm signal from the epoch of reionization.
Advisor: Dr. Tirthankar Roy Choudhury
M.Sc. in Physics, 2009-2012
Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad, India.
Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India.
B.Sc. in Physics (Honours), 2006-2009
Ramakrishna Mission Residential College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
Higher Secondary (12th) in Science, 2004-2006
Jangalpara B.C.K.M High School, West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education, West Bengal, India.
Secondary Education (10th), 2002-2004
Jangalpara B.C.K.M High School, West Bengal Board of Secondary Education, West Bengal, India.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Ramanujan Fellow, June 2024-March 2026
Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata (IISER K).
Postdoctoral fellow, September 2023 - June 2024
University of Pennsylvania, Department of Physics & Astronomy.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Haverford College.
Postdoctoral fellow, March 2023 - August 2023
Kapteyn Astronomical Institute, University of Groningen.
The Open University of Israel, Derekh ha-Universita 1, Ra’anana, Israel.
Postdoctoral fellow, November 2021 -February 2023
The Open University of Israel, Derekh ha-Universita 1, Ra’anana, Israel.
Postdoctoral fellow, November 2019 -October 2021
Department of Physics, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
The Open University of Israel, Derekh ha-Universita 1, Ra’anana, Israel.
Postdoctoral fellow, November 2016 -October 2019
Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Postdoctoral fellow, July 2016 - October 2016
National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Pune, India.
PRESENT STUDENTS
Susnata Chattopadhyay (BS-MS, IISER-K), Research Project I (PH4112, Autumn 2025), Research Project II (PH4214, Spring 2026)
Gautam Das (BS-MS 4th Year, IISER-K), Research Project I (PH4112, Autumn 2024), Research Project II (PH4214, Spring 2025), MS thesis Project (PH5101, Aug 2025-July 2026)
Nishant Pradeep Deo (BS-MS, IISER-K), Research Project I (PH4112, Autumn 2024), Research Project II (PH4214, Spring 2025), MS thesis Project (PH5101, Aug 2025-July 2026)
Shantonu Dutta (BS-MS, IISER-K), Research Project II (PH4214, Spring 2026)
Surjo Ghosh (BS-MS, IISER-K), Research Project I (PH4112, Autumn 2025), Research Project II (PH4214, Spring 2026)
Joshi Swara Prashant (BS-MS 3rd Year, IISER-K), Research Project I (PH4112, Autumn 2025), Research Project II (PH4214, Spring 2026)
Deepak A Kudari (BS-MS 4th Year, IISER-K), Research Project I (PH4112, Autumn 2024), Research Project II (PH4214, Spring 2025), MS thesis Project (PH5101, Aug 2025-July 2026)
Ankit Kumar (BS-MS 4th Year, IISER-K), Research Project I (PH4112, Autumn 2024), Research Project II (PH4214, Spring 2025), MS thesis Project (PH5101, Aug 2025-July 2026)
Mahajan Rutvik Ashish (BS-MS, IISER-K), Research Project I (PH4112, Autumn 2024), Research Project II (PH4214, Spring 2025), MS thesis Project (PH5101, Aug 2025-July 2026)
Adil Krishna P (BS-MS, IISER-K), Research Project I (PH4112, Autumn 2025), Research Project II (PH4214, Spring 2026)
Romit Pal Chowdhury (IIT Kharagpur), MSc Thesis (Aug 2025-July 2026)
Mrinal Patra (BS-MS 4th Year, IISER-K), Research Project I (PH4112, Autumn 2024), Research Project II (PH4214, Spring 2025), MS thesis Project (PH5101, Aug 2025-July 2026)
Abhay Kumar Prusty (BS-MS, IISER-K), Research Project I (PH4112, Autumn 2025), Research Project II (PH4214, Spring 2026)
PAST STUDENTS
Priyanshu Mahato (BS-MS, IISER-K), Research Project I (PH4112, Autumn 2024), Research Project II (PH4214, Spring 2025), Independent Study (PH5102, Autumn 2025)
Archis Mukhopadhyay (BS-MS, IISER-K), Research Project I (PH4112, Autumn 2024), Research Project II (PH4214, Spring 2025)
Shibashis Mukhopadhyay (BS-MS, IISER-K), Independent Study (PH5102, Autumn 2025)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2026
'SKIC School 2026 on 21-cm Cosmology' at TIFR, Lecturer and conducted hands-on sessions on 'Parameter Inference from the 21-cm Signal Epoch of Reionization (EoR) & Cosmic Dawn', 5th March 2026.
Research Project II (PH4214), 4 Credit, Jan-March 2026, 6 students - Project Supervisor.
Cosmology (PH4218), 4 Credit, Jan-March 2026, 35 students - Instructor
PH5101-MS Project, Aug 2025-July 2026, IISER Kolkata (7 students, 20 credits)
2025
PH5102-Independent Study, IISER Kolkata, Aug-Dec 2025 (2 students, 4 credits)
Research Project I (PH4112), IISER Kolkata, Aug-December 2025 (5 students, 4 credits).
CS1101 - Introduction to Computer Programming, Aug-Dec 2025, IISER Kolkata (4 credits)
Statistics of the cosmological 21-cm signal, 'Radio Cosmology and Continuum Observations in the SKA Era: A Synergic View' conference+school, ICTS, Bangalore, during 7-18 April 2025. Also led two hands-on sessions on Reionization simulations and inference during the school.
Research Project II (PH4214), IISER Kolkata, Jan-May 2025 (8 students, 4 credits).
IISER Kolkata Summer Internship Program 2025, 19th May to 18th July. Topic: 'Morphology analysis of Cosmic Reionization and Epoch of heating'. 4 Formal students, 10 informal students.
2024
Research Project I (PH4112), IISER Kolkata, July-December 2024 (8 students).
2023
Lecturer for Reionization constraints using 21 cm observations course during 1-8 May 2023 at Largest Cosmological Surveys and Big Data Science advance school organised by ICTS-TIFR, Bangalore, India.