Sumit Kumar Birwa 

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Assistant Research Professor,  Oct 2025 - Present, DAMTP, University of Cambridge

Senior Research Associate,  Jul 2025 - Sept 2025, DAMTP, University of Cambridge

Postdoc,  Dec 2019 - Jul 2025, DAMTP, University of Cambridge

Advisor: Prof. Raymond Goldstein

Ph. D.,  Aug 2013- Nov 2019, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences

Advisors: Prof. Rama Govindarajan and Prof. Narayanan Menon

Collaborators: Shubha Tewari, Bulbul Chakraborty, Nalini Easwar, and G. Rajalakshmi.

Research Interests: Soft matter: Granular systems, Fluid dynamics, Biophysics, Elastic instabilities.

Hobbies: Theatre, Cricket, and Tabla