Short Bio

Subradip is a Ph.D. scholar honored with the esteemed Prime Minister Research Fellowship, currently enrolled in the School of Energy Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India. He completed his undergraduate studies at the National Institute of Technology (NIT) Agartala and proceeded directly to his doctoral program. His doctoral research is conducted under the mentorship of Prof. Suman Chakraborty and Dr. Chirodeep Bakli. Subradip's research primarily focuses on the fascinating domains of Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, particularly on Droplet Dynamics. In his leisure time, he enjoys playing chess, guitar, and sports like cricket and badminton.

Awards and Recognitions

1. Honored with the esteemed Prime Minister Research Fellowship (PMRF) 

2. Secured GATE with AIR 409 in XE  

3. Ishan-Uday Scholarship holder during B.Tech.

Publications

1. S Debnath, V Arya, BH Kim, C Bakli, S Chakraborty, "Interplay of topography, wettability, and confinement controls boiling of water over functionalized graphene interfaces" Energy 333, 137284, weblink: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2025.137284

2. A Kumar, S Debnath, C Bakli, "A facile design of porous heat sink optimized thermodynamically for thermo-hydraulic performance", Applied Thermal Engineering,  weblink: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.applthermaleng.2024.123574 

3. S Debnath, A Chaudhuri, C Bakli, and S Chakraborty, "Anomalous boiling of saline water in graphene nanoconfinement,” APS Global Physics Summit, scheduled for March 2025, Abstract ID: 2979980

4.  S. Debnath; A. Roy; A. Patwari; C. Bakli, and S. Chakraborty, "Tuning the dynamic wetting characteristics of a sessile droplet on a metallic platform through surfactant additives under ambient cooling", Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Fluid, Thermal and Energy Systems, June 6-8, NIT Calicut, Kerala, India, ICFTES-Paper-id:215, 2024.

5. S. Debnath; A. Kumar; C. Bakli, and S. Chakraborty, "Coalescence of Saltwater Droplets Dispersed in Crude Oil: Coupled Effects of Fluid Rheology and Electric Field", Proceedings of the 9th International and 49th National Conference on Fluid Mechanics and Fluid Power (FMFP), FMFP2022–8168, 2022.