Postdoc positions in the group are only available through various postdoctoral fellowship schemes. Currently, the group will only consider applicants with Ph.D. in either Physics, Mathematics, or Engineering. Preferences will be given to applicants with prior expertise in Soft Matter Physics, Biophysics, Computational Physics. Expertise in computation is a requirement.
If you are interested in pursuing postdoctoral research with us through these schemes or other external funding, send me an email, with the following documents:
- A two page research proposal describing the research that you want to pursue with our group.
- A letter of intent describing why our group is the best fit for your future research.
- A link to your coding portfolio, hosted in websites, such as github.
N-PDF: https://serbonline.in/SERB/npdf
D.S. Kothari: http://ugcdskpdf.unipune.ac.in/
Wellcome-DBT ECF: https://indiaalliance.org/news/call-for-applications-ecf
PhD positions are offered only through IISc admission process.
Mid-year admission 2025
We will hire a Ph.D. student through the mid-year admission process at IISc. The student will study the non-Hermitian physics of feedback-driven soft and biological matter and will be involved in computational and analytical research.
Requirements:
- The student should have deep knowledge of the basics of physics, such as PG level classical mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, condensed matter physics, and mathematical physics.
- Prior knowledge of computation is advantageous, but not necessary.
- Prior knowledge of biology and soft materials is not necessary. However, the student is expected to have the curiosity to learn these topics during their Ph.D.
- Our research involves extensive collaboration with experimental groups. The student is expected to be part of these collaborations. Hence, willingness to work with and analyze raw experimental data is a must.
Only IISc undergraduates interested in pursuing their BS or MS thesis may contact us.
To get recommendation letters, you need to work with my group for at least four (4) months. So, if you want to get a recommendation letter in December, you have to start working with us at least from Aug of the same year. Therefore, if you want to pursue your BS or MS thesis with my group, you need to contact me before April of the same year.
Recommendations will not be given in the following cases:
- You have only taken courses from me. Your performance in a class is no measure of your performance as a researcher.
- I am your "dummy" or "co-" advisor. I have no way of judging your capability as a researcher.
- You have worked for less than four months with our group. Four months is the minimum time needed to get a sense of you as a researcher.
If you meet any of these criteria, please do not contact me for recommendation letters in any form.
We currently do not have any positions open for project students /JRF/interns in our group.
I am not in a position to be thesis advisor to any student outside IISc. At this point, I'll only take students from IISc for thesis projects.