Dr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra

Dr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra

Associate Professor · Department of Physics

Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Research Group
Quantum Fluids & Many-Body Dynamics Group
QFMD

Research Interest: Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Fluids, Ultracold Atoms, Many-Body Dynamics and Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics

Profile

Academic and professional information

Research Interest

Quantum Fluids & Many-Body Dynamics Group (QFMD)

Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics, Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics, Ultracold Atoms and Quantum Fluids.

My research focuses on theoretical studies of quantum many-body systems, ultracold atomic gases, Bose-Einstein condensates, quantum turbulence, vortices, atomtronics, spin-orbit coupled condensates and related nonlinear quantum phenomena.

Current Position

Associate Professor

Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Assam – 781039, India

Education & Employment

Academic qualifications and professional experience

Education

B.Sc
Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India — 2002
M.Sc
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India — 2004
PhD
Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India — 2011
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Employment

Associate Professor
Department of Physics, IIT Guwahati
May 2023 –
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics, IIT Guwahati
Feb. 2016 – May 2023
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Chemical Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel
2012–2016
Postdoctoral Researcher
Laboratoire de Physique Statistique, Ecole Normale Superieure, Paris, France
2011–2012
Researcher
High Performance Computing group and Department of Physics, IIT Kanpur
2011

Awards & Fellowships

  • Selected for Tenure track Assistant Professor in Instituto De Ciencias Fisicas, Universidad Nacional Autonoma De Mexico, 2015.
  • VATAT fellowship for outstanding Post-doctoral researchers from China and India offered by the government of Israel, 2012–2015.
  • D. S. Kothari Fellowship to carry out postdoctoral research in India, 2011.

Quantum Fluids & Many-Body Dynamics Group

QFMD · Theoretical studies of complex quantum and many-body systems

The Quantum Fluids & Many-Body Dynamics Group (QFMD) focuses on theoretical investigations of quantum many-body systems, quantum fluids and non-equilibrium phenomena.

Current research directions include ultracold atomic gases, Bose-Einstein condensates, quantum droplets, quantum turbulence, vortices, atomtronics, spin-orbit coupled systems and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics.

The group also explores nonlinear dynamics, collective phenomena, energy transport, statistical properties and emergent behavior in complex many-body systems.

Contact

Department of Physics, IIT Guwahati

Office

Dr. Pankaj Kumar Mishra

Associate Professor
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati

Room No. 205, Annex Building
Department of Physics
IIT Guwahati
Assam – 781039, India

Contact Details

Office: +91 361 258 3567

Residence: +91 361 291 9343

Email:
pankaj.mishra [at] iitg.ac.in

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