Profile: Prof. Swapan K Pati

Prof. Swapan K Pati

Education

BSc Midnapore College, West Bengal, India
MSc Kalyani University, West Bengal, India
PhD Solid State and Structural Chemistry Unit, IISc, Bangalore, India
Postdocs University of California, Davis, USA
NorthWestern University, USA

Currently

Professor Theoretical Sciences Unit and New Chemistry Unit, JNCASR, Bangalore, India

Visiting Faculty

  • Department of Physics, University of Tokyo, Japan
  • Waseda University, Japan
  • Max Planck Institute for Physics of Complex Systems, Dresden, Germany
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, USA

Honours and Awards

Junior Associate Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy, since 2003
M.R.S.I Materials Research Society of India Medal (2006)
C.R.S.I Chemical Research Society of India Bronze Medal (2007)
Young Affiliate The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS), since 2007
Swaranjayanti Fellowship Department of Science and Technology of India (2006-07)
Distinguished Lectureship Award Chemical Society of Japan (Asian Symposium) on 29th March, 2009
B. M. Birla Science Prize Prize for Physics, 2008
F. A. Sc. Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, 2009
Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize Awarded by Govt. Of India in Chemical Sciences, 2010
F. N. A. Sc. Fellow of Indian National Academy of Sciences, 2010

Journal Activities

Guest Editor Journal of Materials Chemistry, 19, 4281–4436 (2009)
Advisory Board Member Journal of Materials Chemistry, Royal Society, London (2009 - 2011)
Editorial Advisory Board Member Journal of Physical Chemistry, American Chemical Society, USA (2009 - 2011)
Editorial Board Member Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research, Published by National Institute of Science Communication and Information Resources, India

Membership of Professional Bodies

Member American Physical Society (APS)
Member American Chemical Society (ACS)
Member The Academy of Sciences for the Developing World (TWAS)

Teaching Activities

JT-201 Solid State Physics, August-December, 2001, jointly with Prof. S. Narasimhan
JT-302 Topics in Condensed Matter Theory, January-April, 2002
JT-303 Quantum Mechanics-II, January-April, 2003, 2006
JT-301 Physical Chemistry, August - December, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, jointly with Prof. S. Balasubramanian
JT-206 Basics in Nanoscience & Technology, January - April, 2005, 2006, 2007, jointly with Prof. G.U.Kulkarni
JT-203 Quantum Mechanics I, August - December, 2005, 2007
JT-205 Quantum Mechanics I, August - December, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010

Links

JNCASR Theoretical Sciences Unit

Last updated: 30 May 2011