PERSONAL
Dr. Shamik Gupta
Associate Professor
Department of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Mumbai 400005, INDIA.
Education
Ph.D in Physics, 2008 - Tata Institute of Fundamental Research,Mumbai,India. (Advisor: Prof. Mustansir Barma)
Master of Science (Physics): 2002 - The University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
Bachelor of Science (Physics Hons.): 2000 - Presidency College, The University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
Professional Experience
Associate Professor (2022- Present) - Department of Theoretical Physics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research.
Associate Professor (2019- 2022) - Department of Physics, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI).
Assistant Professor (2016 - 2019) - Department of Physics, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Kolkata, India.
Guest Scientist (2015 - 2016) - Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany.
Visiting Scientist (2014 -2015) - Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Florence, Italy.
Post-doctoral Researcher (2012 - 2014) - Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Modèles Statistiques, Université Paris-Sud, France.
Post-doctoral Researcher (2011-2012) - Laboratoire de Physique de l’École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France.
Post-doctoral Researcher (2008-2011) - Physics of Complex Systems, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel.
Awards and Honours
Editorial board member of the IOP Journal Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical
Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship for Experienced Researchers, 2022 -- 2025
Invited Visitor, The University of Sydney Mathematical Research Institute, Sydney, Australia, 2022
CEFIPRA/IFCAR (Indo-French Centre for the Promotion of Advanced Scientific Research) Grant with Professor Julien Barré, University of Orleans, France
Selected as INSA (Indian National Science Academy) Visiting Scientist for the year 2020. Hosted at the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata.
Coordinator of the Affiliated Centre of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy at the Department of Physics, Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute (RKMVERI), Belur Math, Howrah.
Appointed Regular Associate of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy for the period Ist January, 2020 -- 31st December, 2025.
On being recognized as “one of the most highly recognized scientists in the early years of their research careers,” was selected by the Editorial Board of J. Phys. A as an “Emerging Talent” . One of a group of 32 researchers selected worldwide and the only Indian to receive this honor. The event is a part of the Journal of Physics (JPhys) series' 50th anniversary celebrations in 2017.
Chosen to be the Guest Editor of a Special Issue on Long-range Interactions and Synchronization of the IOP journal J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. (2018).
Appointed as Associate of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences (IMSc.), Chennai for the period 2019 -- 2022.
Appointed as Professeur Invité at the Laboratoire de Physique, École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France, 2017.
Invited Visiting Professor, University of Florence and University of Rome "La Sapienza", Italy, Fall 2017.
Best Poster Prize winner, Statphys26, Lyon, July 18-22, 2016.
Winner of the Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical Best Paper Prize 2015, for the paper David S. Dean, Shamik Gupta, Gleb Oshanin, Alberto Rosso and Gregory Schehr, Diffusion in periodic, correlated random forcing landscapes, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 47, 372001 (2014); arxiv:1406.2612
The other two winners are respectively a paper by John Cardy from University of Oxford, U. K.,and a paper by Alexander Zhiboedov and Juan Maldacena from Princeton University, U. S. A.
Participation, on the basis of a competition among young scientists worldwide, in the 58th Meeting of Nobel Laureates of the series Lindau Meeting, Germany, during 29th June to 4th July, 2008.
Fellowship awarded by the Sarojini Damodaran International Fellowship Programme of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai to visit the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel in May, 2008 for a period of one and half months.
Guest of Honor of the Honorable Prime Minister of India to witness the Republic Day Parade at Rajghat, New Delhi on 26th January, 2001.
Ranked First Class First among approximately 200 students in M. Sc. in the University of Calcutta, 2002
Ranked First Class First among approximately 2500 students in B. Sc. in the University of Calcutta, 2000
Gwalior Scindhia Gold Medal from Presidency College, Kolkata for being the topper in the college in B. Sc. (Part 1) Examination, 1999.
Conference Organized
School on Classical and Quantum Long-range Interacting Systems [LINK]
Stochastic thermodynamics: Recent developments [LINK with VIDEOS]
Quantum and Classical Systems with Long-range Interactions [LINK with VIDEOS]
Workshop on Long-range interactions and Synchronization [LINK][VIDEOS]