Das Group of Quantum Matter Theory
TanmoyDas1
Tanmoy Das - PI

Associaistant Professor

Department of Physics 

Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012

Contact: +91 80 2293 3166
Email: tnmydas@iisc.ac.in, tnmydas@gmail.com
Positions/Educations
  • 2015 – Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science.
  • 2010 – 2015 Adjunct Research Assistant Professor at Northeastern University, Boston, USA.
  • 2014 – 2015 Senior Research Scientist at Graphene Research Center, NUS, Singapore.
  • 2010 – 2014 Postdoctoral fellow at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico, USA.
  • 2009 – 2010 Postdoctoral fellow at Northeastern University, Boston, MA USA.
  • 2005 – 2009 PhD at Northeastern University, Boston, MA USA.
Awards
  • 2021 Listed among the World’s Top 2% Scientists published by Stanford University.
  • 2021 APJ Abdul Kalam HPC Award in Young Researcher by Hewlett-Packard and Intel.
  • 2020 Top cited paper award from the IOP Publishing.
  • 2017 Infosys Young Investigator award
  • 2013 High Impact Science Achievement award in the Early Career from the NERSC supercomputer center at LBNL, Berkeley, USA.
  • 2012 Postdoc Distinguished Performance Award at Los Alamos National Laboratory, USA.
  • 2012 Best poster at Material Research Science (MRS), San Francisco, USA.
Administrative Assistance:
R. Yashaswini
Administrative Assistance:
Contact: +91 80 2293 2010
Email: yashaschaarvi@gmail.com
Current postdocs

Currently we have an open postdoc position in our group. Email us to apply.

Current PhDs
Priyanshi



 Priyanshi

Email: priyanshi1@iisc.ac.in

Education: MSc (2016) University of Delhi, India

Research interests: Non-Hermitian Quantum theory, Anyon's Fock Space


Rahul_Satapathy


Rahul Satapathy

Email: rahulsatapat@iisc.ac.in

Education: MSc (2023) NIT Rourkela, India

Research interests: He is developing quantum trajectory approach to solve open quantum systems.

Gurpreet_Singh



Gurpreet Singh 

Email: gorugurpreet324@gmail.com 

Education: MSc (2024) JNU, India

Research interests: Band structure and variational calculations of Fractional Orbitals and Fractional Quantum Hall States

Former Postdocs
AnanayaGhatak
Ananya Ghatak (2015-2018)

Email: gananya04@gmail.com

Education:  PhD (2015) Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi, India.

Thesis on “Various Interactions in Quantum Theories”
Research interests:
Non-Hermitian quantum theory
Positions:

2024 - present: Postdoc at University of Crete, Greece

2022-2024: Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) at Cardiff University, United Kingdom
2018-2022: Postdoc at University of Amsterdam, Netherlands

RajeshSharma
Rajesh Sharma (2021-2024)

Email: sharmarajesh0387@gmail.com

Education: 2014 – 2018 PhD at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology, Surat, Gujarat, India.

Research Interests:  DFT and QMC simulation of quantum materials and low-dimensional model systems. 

Positions:

- 2025-present : Assistant Professor at Dr. B. R. Ambedkar Institute of Technology, Port Blair, India


Former PhD Students
Yogendra
K. B. Yogendra (PhD 2025)

Email: balayogi.kale@gmail.com

Education: BTech (2016) in Electronics and Communications Engineering from RGUKT, Andhra Pradesh

Interests: Quantum and Classical Spin Liquids, Kitaev Model, Fractional Orbitals, Majorana flat bands
Thesis:
Quantum Glass, Spin Liquids, Fragmentation, Fractional Orbitals, and Flat Band Physics in Classical and Quantum Spin Models .  PDF
Position:

2025 - Postdoc at  Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore

PriyoAdhikary
Priyo Adhikary (PhD 2022)

Email: priyophysics@gmail.com
Education: MSc (2014)  Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
Interests:
Theory of superconductivity, Kondo insulator,
Thesis:
 Superconductivity in strongly correlated
systems: Heavy fermions, Cuprates, Infinite-layer Nickelates.
PDF
Position: 

2024- present: Postdoc at Purdue University, USA

2022- 2024: Postdoc at Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India

SujayRay
Sujay Ray (PhD 2022)


Email: raysujay91@gmail.com

Education: BSc (2014) Presidency College, Kolkata

Interests: Strong correlated electrons, Skyrmions, topological band theory, Monte Carlo method, DMFT, Tensor network
Thesis:
 Correlation, superconductivity, and topology in twisted and untwisted layered systems.  PDF
Position:
 

2022-present: Postdoc at  University of Fribourg, Switzerland

GauravGupta
Gaurav Gupta (PhD 2018)


Email: gkgupta.bhu@gmail.com 

Education: BSc (2013): Banaras Hindu University, India Research Interests: Topological phases, spin-orbit density wave, correlated electrons, Band structure calculations

Thesis: Interplay of Interaction and Topology - From Topological Band Theory to Topological Field Theory.    PDF 

Position: 2018- 2022 Post-Doctoral Fellow, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel

Former Project Students

  •  Ekta (Winter project, 2024, IIT Mandi):
           "Exact diagonalization of Spin-Fermion mode"
  • Rabi Narayan Mishra (Summer project, 2023, NISER, Bhubaneswar):

            "Second Quantization of Anyons" 

Prithwiraj Das (Summer project 2022, NISER, Bhubaneswar):  NISER Bhubaneswar

  •                 "Quantum Mechanics of Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians"

  • Suman Karmakar (MS project 2023: IISc Bangalore):  Now at BARC, Mumbai
                "Classical Spin Liquid and Fragmentation in Square Kagome Lattice"  Phys. Rev. B 110, L060401 (2024)

  • Arpit Raj (BS project 2019: IISc Bangalore):  Now at PhD student at Northeastern University, Boston
                "Rigidity of topological invariants to symmetry breakings" Phys. Rev. B 103, 075139 (2021)

  • Nepal Banerjee (Post MSc Project 2017-2018 from Presidency University, Kolkata):  PhD at University of Seoul

                "Rigidity of topological invariants to symmetry breakingsPhys. Rev. B 103, 075139 (2021)

  • Sayantan Roy (BS Project 2016-2017 from IISc Bangalore):  PhD candidate at Ohio State University USA
                   "Simulating Spin Systems with Neural network" 

  • Pranoy Subhash Varma (Summer 2015 from IIT Madras):  
                 "Quantum oscillations from `open' Fermi surface in YBa2Cu3O6" arXiv:1602.05269 

  • Sanjib Das (Summer 2015 from IISER Mohali): PhD: Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics, IFW Dresden, Germany
                    "Importance of Feshbach resonance to the emergent phenomena of condensed matter systems"