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Diptarka Das
Ph.D., University of Kentucky, 2014
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics
Research Interest
Areas of Interest: Conformal field theories, Non-equilibrium physics, String theory
RM-602, IIT Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, U.P., India
Education
PhD, University of Kentucky, Lexington August 2010 - May 2014.
M.Sc., Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani.(completed in May, 2010).
B.E., Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, Pilani.(completed in May, 2010).
Teaching Area
IIT-K Physics 652A : Introduction to Conformal Field Theory, Monsoon 2023
IIT-K Physics 112A : Classical Dynamics, Spring 2023
LETHEP Lectures : Universalities of out of equilibrium, set of 4 lectures, Monsoon 2022.
IIT-K Physics 690K : Quantum Information & Computation, Spring 2021, 2022 : link to some lectures. [Taught with Prof. Saikat Ghosh]
IIT-K Physics 421A Monsoon 2019, 2020, 2021 : Mathematical Methods for Physics - I.
IIT-K Physics 422A Spring 2019, 2020: Mathematical Methods for Physics - II.
IMPRS Bootcamp Holography November 2017, Set of 3 lectures.
Selected Publications
Publications at https://arxiv.org/a/das_d_1.html.
Awards & Fellowships
Graduate Fellow at Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics, Santa Barbara, USA, Spring 2014.
Max Steckler Fellowship, University of Kentucky (2010).
Awarded the best “Academic Achiever”, of the batch from BITS Physics Society (2009).
Indian Academy of Sciences, summer fellowship, (2008).
Professional Experience
Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, November 2018 - current.
Junior Scientist in Albert Einstein Institute - Max Planck Institute for Gravitationsphysik, Potsdam, October 2017 - October 2018.
Postdoctoral scholar in Department of Physics, University of California, San Diego, September 2014 - August 2017.
Grader for Graduate-level Quantum Field Theory (Fall 2011, Spring 2012) and Quantum Mechanics (Fall 2011) in University of Kentucky.
Teaching Assistant for undergraduate physics courses and laboratories, PHY–231 (2012–13), PHY–242 (2010– 11) in University of Kentucky.
Taught course on Holography for graduate students in IMPRS programme, Max Planck, Potsdam (2017).
Delivered a pedagogical review lecture on topics in conformal field theory at the IMPRS excursion for Max Planck, Potsdam, graduate students in Bollmannsruh (2018).
Research Activities
The IIT-K string theory group webpage is hosted here, which I am a part of.
Preprints of my papers are available here.
Research is partially supported by Max Planck Partner Group and SERB, Matrics.