NISER

Research/Employment
July 2019 - Continuing 
Associate Professor, SPS, NISER, Bhubaneswar, India. Research in theoretical nanoscience, quantum information theory, and game theory.
July 2013 - June 2019
Reader-F, SPS, NISER, Bhubaneswar, India. Research in condensed matter theory and quantum information.
June 2011 - June 2013
Assistant Professor, SPS, NISER, Bhubaneswar, India. Research in condensed matter theory and quantum information.
Dec'2009-Dec'2010
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Phys. & Ast., Univ. of Georgia, Athens, USA. Research in quantum simulations.
Oct'2007-Sep'2009
Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Quantum Information Group, School of Phys. & Ast., Univ. of Leeds, UK. Research in topological quantum computation.
Oct'2005-Sep'2007
CNRS Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre de Physique Theorique, CNRS, Marseille, France. Research in molecular electronics.
Sep'2004-Aug'2005
Research Fellow, Dept. of Physics, Univ. of Salerno, Italy. Research in electron transport in mesostructures.
Education
2000-2004 Ph.D. (Physics)[Submitted: Sep. 2004] Awarded: Aug. 2005, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India. Thesis Title: Electron Transport and Quantum interference at the mesoscopic scale.
1999-2000 Diploma in Advanced Physics (equivalent to M. Phil.), 2000, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India.
1997-1999 M. Sc. Physics (specialization in Solid state Physics), 1999, Dept. of Physics, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, India, I was ranked second in the university.
1994-1997 B. Sc. Physics (Honours), 1997, B. J. B College, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, I secured the first position in the university and was awarded the Gold medal.

THEORETICAL NANOSCIENCE

QUANTUM INFORMATION THEORY 

GAME THEORY

• June 2018 ICTP Research visit award, the Abdus Salam ICTP, Trieste, Italy
• May 2016 DAAD Research Stay Award, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
• June 2014 Finalist, NASI-SCOPUS Young scientist award, Physical Sciences

Book: Electron transport and quantum interference at the mesoscopic scale by Colin Benjamin. Get it from Amazon.

Most of my research articles can be found in arXiv: https://arxiv.org/a/benjamin_c_1.html. The full list is below.

91. Phase vs coin vs position disorder as a probe for the resilience and revival of single particle entanglement in cyclic quantum walks, Dinesh Kumar Panda, Colin Benjamin, arXiv:2410.12710
90. Selection pressure/Noise driven cooperative behaviour in the thermodynamic limit of repeated games, Rajdeep Tah, Colin Benjamin, arXiv:2407.15801
89. Probing Yu-Shiba-Rusinov state via quantum noise and ΔT noise, Tusaradri Mohapatra, Sachiraj Mishra, Colin Benjamin, arXiv:2406.16717
88. Quantum cryptographic protocols with dual messaging system via 2D alternate quantum walks and genuine single particle entangled states, Dinesh Kumar Panda, Colin Benjamin, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 58, 01LT01 (2025).
87. Agent-based Modelling of Quantum Prisoner's Dilemma, Colin Benjamin, Rajdeep Tah, APL Quantum (2024),  arXiv:2404.02216.
86. Reaching Van den Broeck limit in linear response and Whitney limit in nonlinear response in edge mode quantum thermoelectrics and refrigeration, Sachiraj Mishra, Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. B (2024); arXiv:2404.02118
85. Andreev reflection mediated ΔT noise, Sachiraj Mishra, A Rajmohan Dora, Tusaradri Mohapatra, Colin Benjamin, arXiv:2403.10990.
84. Designing three-way entangled and nonlocal two-way entangled single particle states via alternate quantum walks, Dinesh K. Panda, Colin Benjamin, arXiv:2402.05080
83. Game susceptibility, Correlation, and Payoff capacity as a measure of Cooperative behavior in the thermodynamic limit of some Social dilemmas, Colin Benjamin, Rajdeep Tah, Phys. Rev. E (2024); arXiv:2401.18065.
82. Surface-induced odd-frequency spin-triplet superconductivity as a veritable signature of Majorana bound states, Subhajit Pal, Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. B 110, 045432(2024).
81. Switching global correlations on and off in a many-body quantum state by tuning local entanglement, Colin Benjamin, Aditya Dash,  Chaos 33, 091104 (2023).
80. Majorana fermion induced power-law scaling in the violation of Wiedemann-Franz law, Sachiraj Mishra, Ritesh Das, Colin Benjamin, J. Appl. Phys.  136, 224304 (2024).
79. Spin-flip scattering engendered negative ΔT noise, Tusaradri Mohapatra, Colin Benjamin, arXiv:2307.14072
78. Majorana Thermoelectrics and Refrigeration, Sachiraj Mishra, Ritesh Das, Colin Benjamin, J. Appl. Phys. 136, 234401 (2024).
77. Finite temperature quantum noise correlations as a probe for topological helical edge modes, Sachiraj Mishra, Colin Benjamin, Physical Review B 108, 115301 (2023).
76. Recurrent generation of maximally entangled single particle states via quantum walks on cyclic graphs, Dinesh K. Panda, Colin Benjamin, Physical Review A (Letters) 108, L020401 (2023).
75. Resolving degeneracies in Google search via quantum stochastic walks, Colin Benjamin, Naini Dudhe, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (2024) 013402.
74. Yu-Shiba-Rusinov bound states boost odd-frequency superconductivity, Subhajit Pal, Colin Benjamin, Physica E: Low-dimensional Systems and Nanostructures 166, 116127 (2025).
73. Impurity reveals distinct operational phases in quantum thermodynamic cycles, Aditya Prakash, Abhishek Kumar, Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. E 106, 054112 (2022).
72. Probing Majorana Bound States via Thermoelectric Transport, Colin Benjamin, R. Das, EPL (Euro Physics Letters) 146, 16006 (2024).
71. Honing in on a topological zero-bias conductance peak, Subhajit Pal, Colin Benjamin, 2024 J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 36 035601.
70. Vaccination dilemma in the thermodynamic limit, Colin Benjamin, Arjun Krishnan U M, Chaos 33, 023132 (2023).
69. Josephson quantum spin thermodynamics, Subhajit Pal, Colin Benjamin, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 34, 305601 (2022).
68. Probing the topological character of superconductors via non-local Hanbury-Brown and Twiss correlations, Tusaradri Mohapatra, Subhajit Pal, Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. B 106, 125402 (2022).
67. Magic angle twisted bilayer graphene as a highly efficient quantum Otto engine, Ayush Singh, Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. B 104, 125445 (2021).
66. Nash equilibrium mapping vs Hamiltonian dynamics vs Darwinian evolution for some social dilemma games in the thermodynamic limit, Colin Benjamin and Arjun Krishnan U M, The European Physical Journal B 96: 105 (2023).
65. Entanglement and quantum strategies reduce congestion costs in quantum Pigou networks, Naini Dudhe, Colin Benjamin, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 574, 126013 (2021).
64. A thermodynamic probe of the topological phase transition in a Floquet topological insulator, Abhishek Kumar, Colin Benjamin, Journal of Applied Physics 130, 205105 (2021).
63. Exciting odd frequency equal spin-triplet correlations at metal-superconductor interfaces, Subhajit Pal, Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. B 104, 054519 (2021).
62. Generating highly entangled states via discrete-time quantum walks with Parrondo sequences, Dinesh K. Panda, B. Varun Govind, Colin Benjamin, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 608, 128256 (2022).
61. Order from chaos in quantum walks on cyclic graphs, Abhisek Panda, Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. A 104, 012204 (2021). 
60. Testing quantum speedups in exciton transport through a photosynthetic complex using quantum stochastic walks, Naini Dudhe, Pratyush K. Sahoo, Colin Benjamin, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 24, 2601 (2022).
59. Thermodynamic susceptibility as a measure of cooperative behavior in social dilemmas, Colin Benjamin, Aditya Dash, Chaos 30, 093117 (2020).
58. Shot Noise as a probe for the pairing symmetry of Iron pnictide superconductors, Colin Benjamin, Tusaradri Mohapatra, EPL(Euro Phys. Lett.), 132 (2020) 47002.
57. Stability of Majorana bound states in the presence of spin-flip scattering, Subhajit Pal, Colin Benjamin, Physica E 126, 114389 (2021),
56. Disordered contacts can localize helical edge electrons, Arjun Mani, Colin Benjamin, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31, 34LT01 (2019).
55. Disordered contacts can localize chiral edge electrons, Arjun Mani, Colin Benjamin, Journal of Physics and Chemistry of Solids 139, 109313 (2020).
54. Quantized Josephson phase battery, Subhajit Pal, Colin Benjamin, EPL (Euro Physics Letters) 126, 57002 (2019).
53. Optimal quantum refrigeration in strained graphene, Arjun Mani, Colin Benjamin, J. Phys. Chem. C  123, 22858-22864 (2019).
52. Entanglement renders free riding redundant in the thermodynamic limit, Shubhayan Sarkar, Colin Benjamin, Physica A 521, 607 (2019).
51. Quantum Nash equilibrium in the thermodynamic limit, Shubhayan Sarkar, Colin Benjamin, Quantum Information Processing 18: 122 (2019).
50. Triggers for cooperative behavior in the thermodynamic limit: a case study in Public goods game, Colin Benjamin, Shubhayan Sarkar, Chaos 29, 053131 (2019).
49. Spin-flip scattering engendered quantum spin torque in a Josephson junction, Subhajit Pal, Colin Benjamin, Proceedings of the Royal Society A 475: 20180775 (2019).
48. The emergence of cooperation in the thermodynamic limit, Colin Benjamin, Shubhayan Sarkar, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 135, 109762 (2020), Impact Factor:11.8.
47. Are thermal fluctuations the sole reason for finite longitudinal resistance in quantum anomalous Hall experiments?, Arjun Mani, Colin Benjamin, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 30, 37LT01 (2018).
46. Yu-Shiba-Rusinov bound states induced by a spin flipper in the vicinity of a s-wave superconductor, Subhajit Pal, Colin Benjamin, Scientific Reports 8: 11949 (2018).
45. Helical thermoelectrics and refrigeration Arjun Mani, Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. E 97, 022114 (2018).
44. Playing a true Parrondo's game with a three-state coin on a quantum walk, Jishnu Rajendran, Colin Benjamin, EPL (Euro Phys. Lett.) 122, 40004 (2018).
43. Designing a highly efficient graphene quantum spin heat engine, Arjun Mani, Subhajit Pal, Colin Benjamin, Scientific Reports 9: 6018 (2019).
42. Role of helical edge modes in the chiral quantum anomalous Hall state, Arjun Mani, Colin Benjamin, Scientific Reports 8:1335 (2018)
41. Tuning the 0−π Josephson junction with a high spin molecule: Role of tunnel contacts, exchange coupling, electron-electron interactions and high spin states, Subhajit Pal, Colin Benjamin, Scientific Reports 8: 5208 (2018).
40. Strained graphene based highly efficient quantum heat engine operating at maximum power, Arjun Mani, Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. E 96, 032118 (2017).
39. Implementing Parrondo's paradox with two coin quantum walks, Jishnu Rajendran, Colin Benjamin, Royal Society Open Science 5, 171599 (2018).
38. Negating van Enk-Pike's assertion on quantum games OR Is the essence of a quantum game captured completely in the original classical game? Md Jabir T, Nilesh Vyas, Colin Benjamin, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 584, 126360 (2021).
37. Characterizing a high spin magnetic impurity via Andreev reflection spectroscopy, Subhajit Pal, Colin Benjamin, Eur. Phys. J. B (2018) 91: 190.
36. Probing helicity and the topological origins of helicity via non-local Hanbury-Brown and Twiss correlations, Arjun Mani, Colin Benjamin, Scientific Reports 7: 6954 (2017).
35. Fragility of non-local edge mode transport in the quantum spin Hall state, Arjun Mani and Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. Applied 6, 014003  (2016).
34. Topologically induced fractional Hall steps in the integer quantum Hall regime of MoS2, SK Firoz Islam, Colin Benjamin, Nanotechnology 27, 385203 (2016). 
33. A scheme to realize the quantum spin-valley Hall effect in monolayer graphene, SK Firoz Islam, Colin Benjamin, Carbon 110, 304 (2016).
32. Are quantum spin Hall edge modes more resilient to disorder, sample geometry and inelastic scattering than quantum Hall edge modes? Arjun Mani, Colin Benjamin, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 28 145303 (2016).
31. Adiabatically twisting a magnetic molecule to generate pure spin currents in graphene, Firoz Islam, Colin Benjamin, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 28 035305 (2015).
30. Do quantum strategies always win? Namit Anand, Colin Benjamin, Quantum Information Processing 14 (11),  4027-4038 (2015).
29. Strain designed Josephson  junction qubits with topological insulators, Colin Benjamin, Euro Physics Letters (EPL) 110, 50003  (2015).
28. Persistent currents in absence of magnetic field in graphene nanorings: The ambiguous role of inter valley scattering, Colin Benjamin, A M Jayannavar, Appl. Phys. Lett. 104, 053112 (2014).
27. How to detect a genuine quantum pump effect in graphene? Colin Benjamin,  Applied Physics Letters 103, 043120  (2013).
26. Can dephasing generate non-local spin correlations? Colin Benjamin, Euro Physics Letters (EPL) 96, 67001  (2011).
25. Quantum simulation of molecular collisions using superconducting qubits, E J Pritchett, C. Benjamin, A. Galiautdinov, M. Geller, A. Sornborger, P C Stancil and J. M. Martinis, arXiv:1008.0701
24. Detecting Majorana bound states, Colin Benjamin and Jiannis K. Pachos, Phys. Rev. B 81, 085101 (2010).
23.∏-junction qubit in monolayer graphene, Colin Benjamin and Jiannis K. Pachos, Phys.Rev.B 79, 155431 (2009).
22. Entangled states in graphene-detection and use, Colin Benjamin, Graham Creeth and Jiannis K Pachos, J. Phys.: Conf. Ser. 129, 012005 (2008).
21. Detecting entangled states in graphene via crossed Andreev reflection, Colin Benjamin and Jiannis K. Pachos, Phys. Rev. B 78, 235403 (2008).
20. Positive noise cross-correlations in superconducting hybrids: Role of interface transparencies, R. Mélin, C. Benjamin, T. Martin, Phys. Rev. B 77, 094512 (2008).
19. Controllable pi junction in a Josephson quantum-dot device with molecular spin, C. Benjamin, T. Jonckheere, A. Zazunov, T. Martin, Eur. Phys. J. B  57: 279 (2007).
18. Detecting a true quantum pump effect, C. Benjamin, Eur. Phys. J. B  52: 403 (2006).
17. Crossed Andreev reflection as a probe for the pairing symmetry of Ferromagnetic-Superconductors, Colin Benjamin, Phys.Rev.B (Rapid Communication) 74, 180503(R)(2006).
16. Nonlocal pure spin current injection via quantum pumping and crossed Andreev reflection, Colin Benjamin and Roberta Citro, Phys. Rev. B 72, 085340 (2005).
15. Resolving the order parameter of High-Tc Superconductors through quantum pumping spectroscopy, Colin Benjamin,  Phys.Rev.B 71, 174512 (2005).
14. Quantum spin pumping with adiabatically modulated magnetic barriers, Ronald Benjamin and Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. B 69, 085318 (2004).
13. Equilibrium currents in quantum double ring system: A non-trivial role of system-reservoir coupling, Colin Benjamin, A. M. Jayannavar, Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 18, 3343 (2004).
12. Trends in mesoscopic transport, Colin Benjamin and A. M. Jayannavar, National Academy Science Letters 27(5-6):177-186 (2004).
11. Features in evanescent Aharonov-Bohm interferometry, Colin Benjamin and A. M. Jayannavar, Phys. Rev. B 68, 085325 (2003).
10. Fano resonances in presence of dephasing and evanescent modes, Colin Benjamin and A M Jayannavar, Indian J. Physics 77A(6):565 (2003).
9. A comparative study of some models of incoherence at the mesoscopic scale, Colin Benjamin, A. M. Jayannavar,  Int. J. Mod. Phys. B 17, 4733 (2003).
8. Survival of Φ0/2 periodicity in presence of incoherence in asymmetric Aharonov-Bohm rings, Colin Benjamin, Swarnali Bandopadhyay, A. M. Jayannavar, Solid State Commmun. 124, 331 (2002).
7. Wave attenuation model for dephasing and measurement of conditional times, A M Jayannavar, Colin Benjamin, Pramana - J Phys  59: 385, (2002).
6. Wave attenuation to clock sojourn times, Colin Benjamin, A. M. Jayannavar, Solid State Commun. 121, 591, (2002).
5. Study of quantum current enhancement, eigenenergy spectra and magnetic moments in a multiply connected system at equilibrium, Colin Benjamin, A. M. Jayannavar, International Journal of Modern Physics B, 16, 1787 (2002).
4. Dephasing via stochastic absorption: A case study in Aharonov-Bohm oscillations, Colin Benjamin and A. M. Jayannavar, Phys. Rev. B 65, 153309 (2002).
3. Quantum current enhancement effect in hybrid rings at equilibrium, Colin Benjamin, A. M. Jayannavar, Indian J. Physics. A, 77A(2), 119-123 (2003).
2. Current magnification effect in mesoscopic systems at equilibrium, Colin Benjamin and A. M. Jayannavar, Phys. Rev. B 64, 233406 (2001).
1. Role of quantum entanglement due to a magnetic impurity on current magnification effect in mesoscopic open rings, Colin Benjamin, Sandeep K. Joshi, Debendranath Sahoo, A. M. Jayannavar, Mod. Phys. Lett. B 15, 19 (2001).

Recent Papers  

• Theoretical nanoscale science
  1. Probing the topological character of superconductors via non-local Hanbury-Brown and Twiss correlations, Tusaradri Mohapatra, Subhajit Pal, Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. B 106, 125402 (2022).
  2. Finite-temperature quantum noise correlations as a probe for topological helical edge modes, Sachiraj Mishra and Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. B 108, 115301 (2023).
  3. Exciting odd frequency equal spin-triplet correlations at metal-superconductor interfaces, Subhajit Pal, Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. B 104, 054519 (2021).
  4. Surface induced odd-frequency spin-triplet superconductivity as a veritable signature of Majorana bound states, Subhajit Pal and Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. B 110, 045432 (2024).
•  Quantum information theory
  1. Impurity reveals distinct operational phases in quantum thermodynamic cycles, Aditya Prakash, Abhishek Kumar, Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev E 106, 054112 (2022). 
  2. Order from chaos in quantum walks on cyclic graphs, Abhisek Panda, Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. A 104, 012204 (2021).
  3. Resolving degeneracies in Google search via quantum stochastic walks, Colin Benjamin, Naini Dudhe, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment (2024) 013402.
  4. Recurrent generation of maximally entangled single particle states via quantum walks on cyclic graphs, Dinesh K. Panda, Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. A (Letters) 108, L020401 (2023).
• Game Theory
  1. The emergence of Cooperation in the thermodynamic limit, Colin Benjamin, Shubhayan Sarkar, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 135, 109762 (2020).
  2. Nash equilibrium mapping vs. Hamiltonian dynamics vs. Darwinian evolution for some social dilemma games in the thermodynamic limit, Arjun Krishnan U M and Colin Benjamin, The European Physical Journal B 96: 105 (2023).
  3. Vaccination dilemma in the thermodynamic limit, Colin Benjamin, Arjun Krishnan U M, Chaos 33, 023132 (2023).
  4. Thermodynamic susceptibility as a measure of cooperative behavior in social dilemmas, Colin Benjamin, Aditya Dash, Chaos 30, 093117 (2020).

Research Impact

1. Our recent publication in EPL (Euro Physics Letters) on Probing Majorana Bound States via Thermoelectric Transport, has been accorded the honor of being selected as an Editor's Choice Article for 2024, see Editor's Choice Articles - Europhysics Letters - IOPscience.
2. Our paper "Recurrent generation of maximally entangled single particle states via quantum walks on cyclic graphs" has been published as a Letter in Phys. Rev. A.  
3. A review paper on  "Quantum thermodynamic devices: from theoretical proposals to experimental reality" by  Nathan M. Myers, Obinna Abah, and Sebastian Deffner from the University of Maryland, LANL, Durham, UK and Sao Paulo, Brazil in arXiv: 2201.01740 devotes a subsection to our work and explains our paper on quantum Otto engine using magic-angle twisted bilayer graphene published in Phys. Rev. B 104, 125445  (2022) for a wider audience.
4. A recent blog "Quantum Trick or Treat", cites our work: Order from chaos in quantum walks on cyclic graphs, Abhisek Panda, Colin Benjamin, Phys. Rev. A 104, 012204 (2021).
5. AIP has found it newsworthy to accord our newly published article "Thermodynamic susceptibility as a measure of cooperative behavior in social dilemmas" in Chaos with a press release. The press release is interestingly titled "Betrayal or cooperation? Analytical investigation of behavior drivers" and comes with the following tag line- Using game magnetization and susceptibility in an analytic investigation of cooperation with infinite numbers of people. It has been picked up by some of the most prominent science news portals, like EurekAlert https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2020-09/aiop-boc090320.php
   also by PHYS.ORG https://phys.org/news/2020-09-betrayal-cooperation-analytical-behavior-drivers.html
   news(wise) https://www.newswise.com/articles/betrayal-or-cooperation-analytical-investigation-of-behavior-drivers
   7thSpace http://7thspace.com/headlines/1302715/betrayal_or_cooperation__analytical_investigation_of_behavior_drivers.html
   sciencenewsnet.in https://sciencenewsnet.in/betrayal-or-cooperation-analytical-investigation-of-behavior-drivers/
   and ScienceDaily https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/09/200908113235.htm
6. Our new publication in "Chaos" has been accorded the honor of a featured article. It looks at the problem of cooperative behavior with a new tool, thermodynamic susceptibility. While magnetization, the net difference in the fraction of cooperators and defectors is an extremely good macroscopic measure of cooperative behavior, susceptibility is a more sensitive probe for microscopic behavior, e.g., observing small changes in a population adopting a certain strategy. 
7. Our paper "The emergence of cooperation in the thermodynamic limit" has been published as a Letter to the Editor in Chaos, Solitons & Fractals.  
8. Our recent research on reasons for cooperative behavior in the thermodynamic limit using the template of a Public goods game, published in Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science has been selected as a featured article in Chaos.
9. Our recent research on seeing a genuine Parrondo's paradox with quantum walks, published in EPL (Euro Physics Letters) has been featured in EPL Highlights of 2018.
10. Our recent research on seeing a genuine Parrondo's paradox with quantum walks, published in Royal Society Open Science and EPL (Euro Physics Letters) has been featured in Live Science, a website devoted to the science geek, see Weird Paradox Says 2 Losses Equals a Win. And It Could Lead to Fast Quantum Computers by Marcus Woo.
11. Our recent article "Playing a true Parrondo's game with a three-state coin on a quantum walk" published in EPL (Europhysics Letters) has been featured in PHYS.ORG, see Parrondo's paradox with a three-sided coin by Lisa Zyga, Phys.org feature.
12. Our recent research on "Implementing Parrondo's paradox with two coin quantum walks", published in R. Soc. Open Sci. 5, 171599 (2018), has led to the development of limit laws for quantum walks showing Parrondo behavior by Grunbaum and Machida in "Some limit laws for quantum walks with applications to a version of the Parrondo paradox", arXiv:1803.04522
13. Our recent research on a new approach to N-Player games using 1D Ising model, see "Emergence of Cooperation in the thermodynamic limit", arXiv:1803.10083 which is the first analytical correct result to be obtained for games in the thermodynamic limit, while the approach of Adami and Hintze, arXiv:1706.03058  which purports to do that is incorrect as we have shown and which has also been established by other groups, see the essay in the course on Emergence states of matter 569 at UIUC, Course Instructor: Nigel Goldenfeld, by P. Ralegankar, Understanding Emergence of Cooperation using tools from Thermodynamics.
14. The work on fractional steps in the integer quantum Hall effect,  Nanotechnology 27, 385203 (2016), was featured in the Nanotechweb.org website, Nanotechweb.org LAB TALK Sep. 26, 2016.
15. The work on Graphene Josephson qubit,  Phys. Rev. B 79, 155431 (2009), was featured in the Nanotechweb.org website, Belle Dume, Graphene ring hits qubit target, Nanotechweb.org, Technology update October 22nd, 2008.

Thesis Supervised

1. Tusaradri Mohapatra, "On some applications of quantum shot noise and ∆T noise in mesoscopic junctions", Ph D thesis submitted (2024). Has received postdoctoral offers from universities in Israel.
2. Rajdeep Tah, "What begets cooperation in the thermodynamic limit of repeated and quantum social dilemmas?", Master's (2024). He will join Florida State University as a Ph D student in July 2024. He has three submitted manuscripts while working on his thesis with me.
3. Bindia Panigrahi, "Studies in quantum walks,” Master's (2024) from FM University, Balasore. Bindia was a student from FM University, Balasore, who spent the final semester working in our group on her Master's thesis. 
4. Ritesh Das, "Thermoelectric Probes for Majorana Fermions," Master's (2023). He has received Ph. D offers from Delft (Netherlands) and Nebraska-Lincoln (USA). He has one publication and two submitted manuscripts.
5. Naini Dudhe, "On some applications of quantum stochastic walks," Master's (2022). She had three publications when she worked with me on her thesis. 
6. Pravy Prerana, "Split-step quantum walks,” Master's (2022) from IISER, Berhampur. Pravy Prerana was a student from IISER, Berhampur, who spent the final year working in our group on her Master's thesis. 
7. Subhajit Pal, "A spin flipper in the vicinity of a superconductor,” Ph.D. (2022). Next Position: Senior Project Associate, Theoretical Sciences Lab, SPS, NISER. Currently, Postdoctoral Fellow at IISER, Kolkata.
8. Arjun Krishnan U M, "Nash equilibrium mapping versus Darwinian evolution: A case study of some social dilemmas in the thermodynamic limit," Master's (2021). He had two publications when he worked with me on his thesis.
9. Pratyush K. Sahoo, “Quantum stochastic walks and its application in understanding photosynthetic complexes, graphs, and quantum neural networks,” Master's (2020) from IISER, Kolkata. Pratyush K. Sahoo was a student from IISER, Kolkata, who spent the final year working in our group on his Master's thesis. He had one publication.
10. Abhisek Panda, “On quantum walks and quantum games,” Master's (2020). Abhisek Panda got the best thesis award in the School of Physical Sciences, NISER, for 2020. He had one publication.
11. Aditya Dash, "Interpreting Susceptibility and Correlation in the thermodynamic limit of classical and quantum games", Master's (2019). He had two publications.
12. Arjun Mani, "Studies on edge mode transport in quantum Hall, quantum spin Hall, and quantum anomalous Hall samples", Ph.D. (2018). Next Position: Postdoctoral Research Associate at Information Sciences Institute, University of Southern California, USA. Currently, SERB-NPDF at Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata.
13. Shubhayan Sarkar, "The thermodynamic limit of classical and quantum games", Master's (2018). Currently Ph. D. student at Centre for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland. He had four publications.
14. Jishnu Rajendran, "Quantum Walks in quantum games and quantum graphs", Master's (2017). Currently Ph. D. student in Condensed Matter Physics and Quantum Technology group at Department of Physics and Astronomy "E. Majorana", Università degli Studi di Catania, Catania, Italy. He had two publications.
15. Nilesh Vyas, "Random strategies and the equilibrium solution of quantum games", Master's (2017). Currently Ph. D. student at Telecom ParisTech, Paris, France. He had one publication.
16. Namit Anand, "Quantum games, walks, and algorithms", Master's (2016). Currently, Postdoctoral Researcher working in quantum information theory and quantum computation at the Quantum and AI Lab (QuAIL) at NASA Ames Research Center and KBR, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California, USA. He had one publication.
17. Abhishek Kumar, "Weyl semimetal and superconductor junction", Master's (2016).
18. Avradip Ghosh, "Thermoelectric effects in mesoscopic physics and spin transport", Master's (2016).

Research Grants

1. Dept. of Science and Technology (Nanomission) grant on "Topology, spintronics and quantum computation with Dirac materials",  Govt. of India, Grant No. SR/NM/NS1101/2011, from Sep. 2013-Sep.2017. DST Nanomission, in its March 2017 review, rated the progress in this project as Very Good. 
2. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH BOARD, DST, Government of India, grant on "Non-local correlations in nanoscale systems: Role of decoherence, interactions, disorder, and pairing symmetry", Grant No. EMR/2015/001836 from Jul. 2016-Jan. 2020.
3. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH BOARD, DST, Government of India, MATRICS grant on "Nash equilibrium versus Pareto optimality in N-Player games", Grant No. MTR/2018/000070  from Mar. 2019-Mar. 2022.
4. SCIENCE & ENGINEERING RESEARCH BOARD, DST, Government of India, Core research grant on "Josephson junctions with strained Dirac materials and their application in quantum information processing", Grant No. CRG/2019/006258  from Mar. 2020-Dec. 2023.

Courses taught in NISER from July 2011 to July 2022

Mathematical Methods, Quantum and Nanoelectronics, Quantum Information & Quantum Computation, Electromagnetism, Electronics, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, Quantum Mechanics, Mesoscopic Physics, Experimental Lab, Computational Physics Lab

Group Members

SRF: Tusaradri Mohapatra, Dinesh K. Panda, Sachiraj Mishra