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Faculty


Listed below, in alphabetical order, are members of the faculty of the Department, the location of their offices, their contact e-mail addresses and extension phone numbers.

HSB stands for the Humanities and Sciences Block, where most of the offices of the faculty are located. MSB and MSRC are the Mechanical Sciences Block and Material Science Research Centre, both of which are adjacent to the HSB.

If you are dialling from outside IIT Madras, please prefix 2257 to reach the office phone numbers.

Clicking on the names of the faculty leads to pages containing their essential academic profile. The pages also contain links to their personal pages, if avialable.


S.No.
Name
Designation
Research Field
Contact
E-Mail
Phone
Office
01
Aravind G.
Assistant Professor

Photoelectron spectroscopy, Photoabsorption studies on Biomolecules and Reactions involving trapped ions to study the constituents and dynamics of the Inter-Stellar Medium (ISM)

 

aravind

 

4863
HSB 232
02
Balakrishnan V.
Professor

Dynamical Systems , Quantum Dynamics and Stochastics
vbalki   
4853
HSB 315
03
Bisht, P.B Professor 
Ultrafast Lasers and Fluorescence Microscopy laboratory, Fluroscence upconversion, Ultrafast laser spectroscopy and Fluorescence Microscopy
prem
4866 
HSB 307 
04
Dawood Kothawala Assistant Professor Semiclassical Gravity, Quantum Mechanics of Black Holes, QFT with Minimal Length Scale
dawood
4848
HSB 224D
05
Deshmukh P. C. Professor
Atomic and Molecular Physics
Photoabsoption Processes in Free/Confined atoms, molecules and ions
pcd

4855
HSB 232 
06
Dillip K. Satapathy Assistant Professor Complex fluids in confinement,  physics of complex oxide heterostructures, x-ray and neutron scattering characterization of materials
dks
4899
HSB 119A
07
Ganesan A. R. Associate Professor Adaptive Optics, Vision Science, Laser Instrumentation, Interferometry, Holography and Optical metrology
arg
4891 
MSB 350
08
Gopalakrishnan, Manoj Assistant Professor
Theoretical Biophysics, Stochastic Processes, Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics
manoj
4894 

HSB 224     
09
Govindarajan, Suresh

Professor
Dynamical Systems, Statistical Physics and Field Theory
Quantum Field Theory, String Theory, Black Holes
suresh
4867 
HSB315A 
10
Gupte N. M.  Professor Non-linear dynamics, Chaos, Statistical physics
gupte 
4861
HSB 312    
11
Hariharan K. Professor Solidstate Ionics / Electronics
khariharan
4856 
HSB 101 
12
Harish Kumar N. Associate Professor Superconductivity, Novel magnetic materials, Instrumentation and automation
harish
4879  
HSB 213A 
13
Jain M. K. Assistant Professor Semiconductor Physics
Semiconductor, Photovoltaics, Chemical Sensors
mkj
4880
HSB213A 
14

Kasiviswanathan S.



Professor Interface and Surface Science of Thin Films, Tunneling Spectroscopy, Surface Plasmon Resonance and SPR Microscopy, DMS and MCD, DSP based Physical Measurements.
kasi
4868  
HSB 124 
15
Kothiyal M. P.  Professor Applied Optics, Interferometry, Optical Instrumentation and testing
kothiyal 
4857
HSB 323 
16
Krishnamurthy C. V.  Associate Professor Modeling and simulation of electromagnetic, acoustic, elastic wave propagation and scattering; Nonlinear ultrasonic wave propagation in liquids and solids; Modeling and simulation of heat transport in micro- and nanoscale structures; Infrared thermography; Quantitative imaging schemes; Tomography; Material characterization
cvkmind
4864
HSB 202B
17
Lakshmi Bala S.  Professor
Classical and quantum dynamical systems, Nonlinear dynamics and chaos, Chaos in gauge theories, Quantum information theory
slbala  
4869
HSB 309A 
18
Lakshminarayan, Arul Professor
Quantum Chaos, Quantum Information theory, Chaos and Transport, Mathematical Physics
arul
4878 
HSB 215
19
Libby, James Associate Professor Experimental particle physics, CP-violation and flavour physics
libby 
4885
HSB 116 A 
20
Manu Jaiswal Assistant Professor Condensed Matter Physics
manu_jaiswal
4893
HSB 224C
21
Markandeyulu G.

Professor Magnetism and magnetic materials
mark
4870
HSB  103 
22
Murugavel P. Assistant Professor Physics of dielectric, ferroelectric and magnetoelectric oxide materials in Bulk, Film and Nanocrystalline forms
muruga
4897
HSB 222
23
Murthy V. R. K. Professor Microwave physics and materials
vrkm
4859
HSB 223A
24
Nanda, Ranjit Kumar Assistant Professor Condensed Matter Theory (Electronic Structure)
nandab
4887
HSB 224E
25
Narayanan, Rajesh 
Associate Professor
Condensed Matter Theory:  Quantum Field Theories applied to condensed matter systems, Quantum Phase Transitions, Strong disorder physics
rnarayanan
4858
HSB 201
26
Natarajan T. S. Professor Conducting polymers, Molecular electronics, Instrumentation
tsn
4860 
HSB 328C

27

Nirmala R. 
Assistant Professor
Rare earth intermetallics   
nirmala
4888
HSB 117
28
Padhan, Prahallad 
Assistant Professor
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics   
padhan
4884
HSB 213
29
Pattabiraman M.
Assistant Professor Experimental Atomic Physics, Quantum Optics and Magnetometry

pattu

4890
HSB 114
30
Prafulla Kumar Behera Associate Professor Experimental particle physics


behera

4898 
HSB 111A 
31
Ramachandrao Rao M. S. Professor Electronic and Magnetic Materials: Oxide Electronics, Thin films and Nanostructures, ZnO nanostructures for light emission, nanocrystalline diamond for mechanical and electronic applications, Magnetic nanoparticles, Nanoparticles for photovoltaic applications, Magnetoelectric coupling in oxides, Magnetotransport, and SPINTRONICS.
msrrao
4872
MSRC 101 
32
Ramaprabhu S. Professor
Synthesis of CNTs, CNCs, Graphene, Nano Composites, Metal Oxide Nano Structures, Alloys and their Applications inHydrogen Production, Hydrogen storage, hydrogen sensors,Chemical and bio sensors, PEMFC, Micro Fuel Cells, DMFC, DEFC, Alkaline fuel cells, Li-ion battery, Supercapacitors,Field emission, photovoltaic, Nano Fluids, Switchable Mirrors and Optical Shutters, Filter for Water purification, Carbon dioxide Capture and Bio Medical Applications.

ramp

4862
HSB 111  
33
Sankaranarayanan V. Professor
Low Temperature Physics, Super Conductivity
vsn
4873 
HSB 114
34
Santhosh P. N. Associate Professor Magnetism in Condensed Matter Physics, Electroceramics, Magnetic Materials, Low Temperature Characterization of Advanced Materials
santhosh
4882
HSB 110  
35
Satyanarayana M. V. Professor
Quantum optics, Laser physics, Photonics
mvs
4874
HSB 310C 
36
Sethupathi K. Professor Low Temperature Physics, Superconductivity
ksethu
4875
HSB 110  
37
Simha, Aditi 
Assistant Professor
Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics:Heat Conduction, Drifting Flux Lattices, Sedimental suspensions, Sheared Complex Fluids, 'Active' Matter, Transition rates in some nonequilibrium steady states.   
aditi
4881
HSB 218A
38
Somnath Chanda Roy Assistant Professor Thin Films, Materials Science, TiO2 nanotubes and Photocatalysis
somnath
4886
HSB 119  
39
Srinivas V. Professor Experimental condensed Matter Physics, Low temperature Electronic properties, Magnetic Properties of intermetalic alloys and Low dimensional and disordered materials.

veeturi

4896
HSB 111A
40
Sriramkumar L . Associate Professor Semi-classical Gravity and Cosmology

sriram

4854
HSB 202

41

Subramanian V. Associate Professor
Microwave and Dielectrics, Semiconductors
manianvs
4883 
HSB 222 

42

Subrahmanyam A. Professor Semiconductor devices, Photovoltaics
manu
4865 
HSB 224A
43
Sudakar Chandran
Assistant Professor Oxides and Nitrides, Magnetic materials, Spectroscopic techniques (such as Raman, XPS, UV-Vis, IR), Defect-structure property correlations, Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, Materials for memory and energy applications

csudakar

4895 
HSB 224
44
Sunethra Ramanan Assistant Professor
Nuclear Structure, Renormalization Group Approaches, Cold atomic gases in traps and lattices, Computational Many-Body Physics
suna
4871 
HSB 119A
45
Sunil Kumar P. B. Professor
Complex Fluids, Biological Physics and Statistical Mechanics
sunil
4876 
HSB 213 
46
Tripathy, Prasanta
Assistant Professor

String Theory
prasanta

4889
HSB 202
47
Vijayan C. Professor Non-linear Optics, Optical Processes and Materials such as semiconductor Quantum dots (nanostructures),  Porphyrins and dyes

cvijayan

4877
HSB 224B