Dr. Shyamal Biswas
Associate Professor
School of Physics
University of Hyderabad, India
Email: sbsp@uohyd.ac.in
Phone: +91-40-2313-4366
About Us
Welcome to our research group! We work on Fundamental Science in the frontier areas of Statistical Mechanics and General Physics [Theory]. Our research methodology is analytical. The research topics of our interest are Quantum Statistical Mechanics, Ultra-cold Atoms, Bose-Einstein Condensation, Casimir Effect, Finite-size Effect, Magnetism, Quantum Scattering, Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics, etc.
Education
- B.Sc. [Physics Honours] , from the Presidency College, University of Calcutta, Calcutta, India (1998-2001)
- M.Sc. [Physics] from the University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India (2001-2003)
- Ph.D. [Science] from the Department of Theoretical Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India [affiliated to Jadavpur University; Ph.D. Supervisor: Prof. Jayanta Kumar Bhattacharjee] (2003-2009)
Research positions and employment
- Aug. 13, 2024-: Associate Professor, School of Physics, University of Hyderabad
- Dec. 2013 - Aug. 2024: Assistant Professor, School of Physics, University of Hyderabad
- Oct. 2013 - Dec. 2013: DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellow, School of Physics, University of Hyderabad
- May 2013 - Sep. 2013: Senior Project Scientist, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India
- Apr. 2010 - Apr. 2013: UGC-DS Kothari Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Physics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India
- Sep. 2009 - Apr. 2010: Research Associate, Department of Theoretical Physics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India
- Sep. 2008 - Apr. 2009: Visiting Research Scholar, Centre for Nonlinear Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong
Notable Awards and Honours
- UGC-DS Kothari Postdoctoral Fellowship-2010
- RRI-Pancharatnam Fellowship-2013 (not availed)
- DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award-2013
Research Interests
My main objective is to analytically explore thermodynamic properties of cold and ultra-cold quantum systems.
Research projects/scheme undertaken
- DST-INSPIRE Faculty Award Scheme (2013-'18)
- SERB-EMEQ Scheme (2019-'22 and 2024-Present)
Courses Taught
I.M.Sc./M.Sc./Ph.D. (Physics) Courses Instructed at the University of Hyderabad:
- Modern Physics
- Mathematical Methods-I & II
- Classical Mechanics
- Electromagnetic Theory-I & II
- Quantum Mechanics-I & II
- Statistical Mechanics
- Advanced Statistical Mechanics
- Many-Body Theory
- Advanced Quantum Mechanics
Our Team
1. Mr. Najirul Islam, Effects of multimode light-matter coupling on semiclassical and quantum Rabi oscillations of a two-level system, University of Hyderabad (2017-'22) [The student moved to TIFR Hyderabad for postdoctoral research after the completion of Ph.D. (Physics).]
2. Mr. Samir Das, Particle scattering by ultracold quantum gases of trapped atoms, University of Hyderabad (2017-'23) [The student moved to IIT-Kanpur for postdoctoral research after the completion of Ph.D. (Physics).]
3. Mr. Bikram Keshari Behera [Ph.D. (Physics) Student, University of Hyderabad (2023-Present)] is currently working with me.
4. Dr. Naresh Saha [IoE-Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Physics, University of Hyderabad (2023-'24)] worked with me on a theoretical problem of Pattern Formation. In December 2024, the fellow moved to Dayananda Sagar University, Bengaluru as an Assistant Professor at the Department of Mathematics.
Dr. Shyamal Biswas
Associate Professor
Notable Research Publications
- S. Biswas, "Finite temperature scaling theory for the collapse of Bose-Einstein condensate", European Physical Journal D 55, 653 (2009).
- S. Biswas, J. K. Bhattacharjee, H. S. Samanta, S. Bhattacharyya, and B. Hu, "The critical Casimir force in the superfluid phase: effect of fluctuations", New Journal of Physics 12, 063039 (2010).
- S. Biswas, S. Sen, and D. Jana, "A complete theory for the magnetism of an ideal gas of electrons", Physics of Plasmas 20, 052503 (2013).
- A. Bhattacharya, S. Das, and S. Biswas, "Particle scattering by harmonically trapped Bose and Fermi gases", Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics 51, 075301 (2018).
- N. Islam and S. Biswas, "Generalization of the Einstein coefficients and rate equations under the quantum Rabi oscillation", Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical 54, 155301 (2021).
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