Faculty Information

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Moupriya Das

Assistant Professor

Office:

A11-424
School of Chemical Sciences

Personal Information

Professional Experience

Assistant Professor, IIT Mandi, (January 2022)

Researcher, Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stockholm, Sweden, June 2021 – January 2022

Guest Scientist, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany, March 2019 – June 2021

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, USA, March 2016 – October 2018

Educational Background

Ph. D from Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India (Advisor: Prof. Deb Shankar Ray), 2010 - 2015

M.Sc. (Post B. Sc. Integrated Research Program) from Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2008 - 2010

B.Sc. (Chemistry) from Jadavpur University, 2005 - 2008

Research Area

Broad Area

Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics and Dynamical Systems Theory

Specific Areas

1. Stochastic thermodynamics

Applications in

Chemical reaction networks

Chemical computations

Finite-time computation

2. Soft condensed matter

Study of properties of simple fluids using the aids of dynamical systems theory

3. Transport phenomena

Spontaneous and driven transport over energy and entropy barriers

4. Climate science

Linkage between climate change and economy

Stochastic and dynamical modifications to Integrated Assessment Model

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Teaching

CY513 - Reaction Dynamics, Kinetics and Catalysis

CY521 - Mathematics for Chemists

Awards, Recognition and Membership

Member of American Physical Society

Ramanujan Fellowship awarded by SERB, Govt. Of India (August 2021)

DST Inspire Faculty Fellowship awarded by DST, Govt. Of India (July 2018)

Senior Research Fellowship (SRF) by CSIR, India (2013-2015)

Junior Research Fellowship (SRF) by CSIR, India (2010-2013). All India Rank: 43

Post B. Sc. Integrated Research Fellowship awarded by Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, India (2008 - 2010)