{"id":6592,"date":"2025-04-01T15:59:53","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T10:29:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.10.0.172\/sbsweb\/?page_id=6592"},"modified":"2026-11-03T14:56:50","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T09:26:50","slug":"physics-research-areas-ph-d-and-ms-r-admission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/physics\/physics-research-areas-ph-d-and-ms-r-admission\/","title":{"rendered":"Physics Research Areas (Ph.D. and MS (R) Admission)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6592\" class=\"elementor elementor-6592\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69401d6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"69401d6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67836f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"67836f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Areas<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7dc9f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b7dc9f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tInterdisciplinary connections are central to research in the Department of Physics, where fundamental questions and emerging applications bring together ideas from mathematics, chemistry, materials science, engineering, and the life sciences. Theoretical, experimental, and computational approaches complement one another in research spanning high-energy physics and gravitation, quantum information, condensed matter physics, nanoscience, photonics, statistical physics, and biophysics.\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73bfdbb elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"73bfdbb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">01 High-Energy Theory, Gravitation and Mathematical Physics<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38c64e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"38c64e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>String theory; black holes and quantum gravity; quantum field theory; AdS\/CFT correspondence and holography; mathematical structures of fundamental theories; stochastic processes and chaos.<\/p><p><strong>ASSOCIATED FACULTY<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/abhishek-chowdhury\/\">Dr. Abhishek Chowdhury<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/chandrasekhar\/\">Prof. Chandrasekhar Bhamidipati<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/nirmalendu-acharyya\/\">Dr. Nirmalendu Acharyya<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2868f40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2868f40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">02 Experimental High-Energy and Particle Physics<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b5735bb elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b5735bb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Heavy-flavor physics, including beauty and charm; CP violation; precision tests of the Standard Model; searches for physics beyond the Standard Model.<\/p><p><strong>ASSOCIATED FACULTY<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/seemabahinipati\/\"> Dr. Seema Bahinipati<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f837e0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f837e0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">03 Quantum Information, Foundations and Quantum Technologies<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ffa6cf1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ffa6cf1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Quantum information theory and computation; quantum communication; foundations of quantum mechanics, contextuality and nonlocality; quantum state preparation and sensing; quantum simulation on digital and analog hardware; quantum many-body approaches to information processing; open quantum systems and decoherence.<\/p><p><strong>ASSOCIATED FACULTY<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/dsaha\/\">Dr. Debashis Saha<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/pramod-padmanabhan\/\">Dr. Pramod Padmanabhan<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/roopayan\/\">Dr. Roopayan Ghosh<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/malaybnj\/\">Dr. Malay Kumar Bandyopadhyay<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/nirmalendu-acharyya\/\">Dr. Nirmalendu Acharyya<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/rjha\/\">Prof. Rajan Jha<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6daa37d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6daa37d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">04 Theoretical Condensed Matter, Quantum Materials and Transport<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-567bb69 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"567bb69\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Quantum many-body systems and collective phenomena; equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics; quantum materials and topological phases; quantum geometry and topological superconductivity; non-Hermitian systems; quantum thermodynamics; electronic, phononic, thermoelectric, and photonic transport in nanoscale structures; theoretical models of spin\u2013orbit-coupled systems<\/p><p><strong>ASSOCIATED FACULTY<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/malaybnj\/\">Dr. Malay Kumar Bandyopadhyay<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/pramod-padmanabhan\/\">Dr. Pramod Padmanabhan<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/roopayan\/\">Dr. Roopayan Ghosh<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/manishkumar\/\">Dr. Manish Kumar Mohanta (Ramanujan Faculty)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a731698 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a731698\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">05 Experimental Condensed Matter, Magnetism and Spintronics<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6858878 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6858878\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Strongly correlated electron systems; high-temperature superconductivity; low-dimensional and frustrated magnetism; multiferroics; Quantum Materials, thermoelectric and magnetocaloric materials; spintronics and spin dynamics; spin\u2013orbit torques and spin Hall phenomena in Weyl semimetals; spin Hall nano-oscillators and their synchronization in coupled networks; nanoscale spintronic devices.<\/p><p><strong>ASSOCIATED FACULTY<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/niharika\/\">Prof. Niharika Mohapatra<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/nilamani-behera\/\">Dr. Nilamani Behera<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b3463b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b3463b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">06 Computational Materials Physics and Molecular Simulations<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-439cfae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"439cfae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>First-principles electronic-structure calculations and density functional theory; atomistic and molecular dynamics simulations; machine-learning interatomic potentials; computational studies of quantum and energy materials; spin\u2013orbit-coupled systems and nanoclusters; quantum and thermal transport; ionic solvation and transport in battery electrolytes; electrode\u2013electrolyte interfaces; multiscale modeling of<br \/>materials and biological systems.<\/p><p><strong>ASSOCIATED FACULTY<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/hemantkumar\/\">Dr. Hemant Kumar<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/saroj-kumar-nayak\/\">Prof. Saroj Kumar Nayak<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/manishkumar\/\">Dr. Manish Kumar Mohanta (Ramanujan Faculty)<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-959faac elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"959faac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">07 Nanomaterials, Surfaces, Interfaces and Functional Devices<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7c679c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7c679c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Two-dimensional materials, semiconductor nanostructures, nanoclusters and molecular electronic materials; metal\u2013organic frameworks; surface and interface physics; growth, modification and characterization of thin films and nanomaterials; ion-beam engineering and defect modification; scanning\u00a0 tunneling and atomic force microscopy; electron microscopy and in-situ characterization; X-ray and ion-scattering techniques; nanoscale materials and devices for energy, electronics and sensing applications.<\/p><p><strong>ASSOCIATED FACULTY<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/avijitkumar\/\">Dr. Avijit Kumar<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/pv-satyam\/\">Prof. Parlapalli Venkata Satyam<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/srath\/\">Dr. Satchidananda Rath<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/shyamal\/\">Prof. Shyamal Chatterjee<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/niharika\/\">Prof. Niharika Mohapatra<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/saroj-kumar-nayak\/\">Prof. Saroj Kumar Nayak<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca5d9fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ca5d9fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">08 Optics, Photonics and Optoelectronics<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd056d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cd056d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Light manipulation using submicron and subwavelength structures; nanophotonic waveguides and optical resonators; classical and quantum interferometry; structured light; quantum optics: single-photon generation, detection, and applications; plasmonics and advanced photonic materials; ultrafast optical processes; semiconductor optoelectronics; photonic sensing and biosensing; flexible and wearable photonics; industrial photonics and optical instrumentation.<\/p><p><strong>ASSOCIATED FACULTY<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/rjha\/\">Prof. Rajan Jha<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/srath\/\">Dr. Satchidananda Rath<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/nirmalendu-acharyya\/\">Dr. Nirmalendu Acharyya<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb60227 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"eb60227\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">09 Soft Matter, Biophysics and Nonequilibrium Phenomena<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05c8cfa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"05c8cfa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Polymer and colloidal physics; phase behavior, critical phenomena, coarsening and aging dynamics; self-assembly and wetting; active and complex fluids; membrane-mediated nanoparticle interactions and cellular uptake; structure and dynamics of biological macromolecules; DNA physics, genome organization and gene regulation; rheology of soft materials and nanomaterial dispersions; computational and quantum approaches to biological systems.<\/p><p><strong>ASSOCIATED FACULTY<\/strong><\/p><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/indreshyadav\/\">Dr. Indresh Yadav<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/jiarul\/\">Dr. Jiarul Midya<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/hemantkumar\/\">Dr. Hemant Kumar<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/srath\/\">Dr. Satchidananda Rath<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/saroj-kumar-nayak\/\">Prof. Saroj Kumar Nayak<\/a><\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220e4d4 elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"220e4d4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c91676d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"c91676d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Research Areas<\/h3>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21933c4 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21933c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Department of Physics is actively engaged in cutting-edge research across a wide spectrum of theoretical, experimental, and computational physics. The faculty and students work collaboratively to explore fundamental questions in science while also contributing to technological innovations.<\/p><p><span style=\"color: #7b0000;\"><b>Atomistic Modeling and Molecular Simulations:<\/b><\/span> First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulations; Nanostructures; Quantum Transport; Quantum Biology; Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics; Quantum Dissipation &amp; Decoherence; DNA Breathing Dynamics; Energy Materials; Ionic Transport in Liquid and Solid Electrolyte; Electrode\/Electrolyte Interface; Genome Organization<br \/><strong>Associated Faculty:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/hemantkumar\/\">Dr. Hemant Kumar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/saroj-kumar-nayak\/\">Prof. Saroj Kumar Nayak<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #7b0000;\"><b>Experimental Condensed Matter Physics:<\/b><\/span> Electronic and Magnetic Properties of 2D Materials and other nanomaterials; Functional Materials; Energy Storage; Energy Materials; Molecular Electronics; Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM); Strongly Correlated Electron Systems, Multiferroics, High-Tc Superconductors, Low-Dimensional &amp; Frustrated Magnetic Systems, Magnetocaloric Intermetallics; Surface and Interface Physics; In-Situ Microscopy; Electron Microscopy (SEM, TEM, STEM, HRTEM, Aberration-Corrected TEM); X-Ray Scattering; Ion Scattering (RBS, Channelling); Synthesis of Nanomaterials Using Ion Beam; Harsh Environment Electronics.<br \/><strong>Associated Faculty:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/avijitkumar\/\">Dr. Avijit kumar<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/niharika\/\">Dr. Niharika Mohapatra<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/pv-satyam\/\">Prof. Parlapalli Venkata Satyam<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/saroj-kumar-nayak\/\">Prof. Saroj Kumar Nayak<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/srath\/\">Dr. Satchidananda Rath<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/shyamal\/\">Dr. Shyamal Chatterjee<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #7b0000;\"><b>Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics \/ Statistical Mechanics:<\/b> <\/span>Phase Transitions &amp; Critical Phenomena; Domain Coarsening; Aging Dynamics in Non-Equilibrium Systems; Open Quantum Systems;<br \/><strong>Associated Faculty:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/malaybnj\/\">Dr. Malay Kumar Bandyopadhyay<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #7b0000;\"><b>Theoretical High Energy Physics:<\/b><\/span> String Theory; Black Holes; Quantum Field Theory (QFT); Moonshine; General Relativity and Quantum Gravity; Thermodynamics and Phase Transitions;<br \/><strong>Associated Faculty:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/abhishek-chowdhury\/\">Dr. Abhishek Chowdhury,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/chandrasekhar\/\">Dr. Chandrasekhar Bhamidipati<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/nirmalendu-acharyya\/\">Dr. Nirmalendu Acharyya<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #7b0000;\"><b>Experimental High Energy Physics:<\/b><\/span> B Physics; Charm Physics; CP Violation; Beyond Standard Model Physics<br \/><strong>Associated Faculty:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/seemabahinipati\/\">Dr. Seema Bahinipati<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #7b0000;\"><b>Soft Matter and Biophysics:<\/b><\/span> Soft Matter Physics; Biophysics; Physics of DNAs; Polymer Physics; Colloidal Science; Nanoparticle Cellular Uptake; Membrane-Nanoparticle Interactions; Self-Assembly; Polymer Phase Behavior; Wetting Phenomena; Polymer-Grafted Nanoparticles; Biosensing, Rheology of Soft Matter and Nanomaterials; Physics of gene regulation; Ion transport; Solvation dynamics in polymer and composite electrolytes<br \/><strong>Associated Faculty:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/indreshyadav\/\">Dr. Indresh Yadav<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/jiarul\/\">Dr. Jiarul Midya<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/sbs.iitbbs.ac.in\/index.php\/hemantkumar\/\">Dr. Hemant Kumar<\/a><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #7b0000;\"><b>Optics and Photonics: <\/b><\/span> Ultrafast Processes Using Femtosecond Laser; 2D materials for Solar Cells, Optoelectronics, and Sensing Applications; Photonic Nanostructures, Nano Waveguides and Resonators; Semi-Classical and Quantum Interferometers; Structured Light; Flexible and Wearable Photonics; 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