Abhishek Dhar (born 31 August 1970) is an Indian physicist specialising in statistical physics and condensed matter physics. He is a professor at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore.[1]
Abhishek Dhar | |
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| Born | 31 August 1970 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Presidency College, Kolkata (BSc) Rajabazar Science College, Kolkata (MSc) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (PhD) |
| Spouse | Ranjini Bandyopadhyay |
| Children | Damini Dhar Bandyopadhyay |
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| Fields | Physics |
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| Thesis | Studies of Nonequilibrium Steady States (1998) |
| Doctoral advisor | Deepak Dhar |
| Website | www |
Education and career
editDhar obtained his PhD in 1998 from the Department of Theoretical Physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. His doctoral advisor was Deepak Dhar. He did post-doctoral research at Indian Institute of Science, Raman Research Institute and University of California, Santa Cruz. Dhar then became a faculty member of the Raman Research Institute and later joined the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences.[2]
Research
editDhar works on the theory and applications of statistical physics to study non-equilibrium problems. His research areas include anomalous heat transport in low dimensional systems[3] and open quantum systems where he made significant contributions in developing an approach using quantum Langevin equations. Dhar also studies large deviations and fluctuation theorems in transport, foundational aspects of statistical mechanics, the measurement problem in quantum mechanics and models of active matter.
Awards
editFor his results in classical and quantum transport in low dimensional systems and contributions to non-equilibrium fluctuation theorems, Dhar was awarded the ICTP prize in 2008[4] and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for Physical Sciences in 2009.[5] He is a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences (2012),[6] the National Academy of Sciences (2018) [7] and the Indian National Science Academy (2020).[8]
References
edit- ^ "People". International Centre for Theoretical Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
- ^ "ICTS Activity Report 2015-17" (PDF). Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ "Anomalous heat transport in one dimensional systems". arXiv:1911.04457. doi:10.3389/fphy.2019.00159.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ "ICTP Prize Winners 2008".
- ^ "Brief Profile of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize Awardee".
- ^ "Prof. Abhishek Dhar elected as IAS fellow".
- ^ "Abhishek Dhar elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India".
- ^ "Abhishek Dhar awarded INSA Fellowship".