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EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Ph. D., (Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata) University of Calcutta (2000)
Successfully completed the Post-M.Sc. Associateship Course in Physics (1990-'91)
M. Sc. (Physics), University of Calcutta (1989)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Reader in Physics, West Bengal State University, Barasat, West Bengal (2009– ),
[Postgraduate]
Reader in Physics, Jadavpur University, West Bengal (2008 – 2009, on Lien) [Undergraduate & Postgraduate]
Guest Lecturer in Chemistry, Scottish Church College, Kolkata, West Bengal (2007 – 2008) [Postgraduate]
Guest Lecturer in Physics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal (2003-2004 & 2004-2005) [Postgraduate]
Lecturer (subsequently Reader) in Physics, Scottish Church College, Kolkata, West Bengal (1997 – 2008) [Undergraduate]
Lecturer in Physics, Durgapur Govt. College, Durgapur, West Bengal (1996 – 1997) [Undergraduate]
COURSES TAUGHT
Postgraduate Courses:
Introductory Solid State Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Physics of Disordered Solids
Lattice Dynamics
Superconductivity
Undergraduate Courses:
Mathematical Methods of Physics
Classical Mechanics
Kinetic Theory of Gases
Special Theory of Relativity
Atomic and Molecular Physics
Statistical Mechanics
Solid State Physics
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Electronic correlation in condensed matter systems
Disordered solids
Electronic transport in fractals and hierarchical structures
Renormalization Group and Critical Phenomena
Physics Teaching
RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS (2004-2010)
Condensed Matter Physics:
1.Quasi-one dimensional graphite ribbon structures in the presence of a magnetic field and the on-site Coulomb correlation at half-filling, J. Chowdhury, S. Sil, S. N. Karmakar and B. Bhattacharyya, European Physical Journal B 76 (2010) 435
2.Effect of external electric field on thecharge density waves in one-dimensional Hubbard superlattices, J. Chowdhury, S. N. Karmakar and Bibhas Bhattacharyya, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 21 (2009) 015302
3.Ground-state phase diagram and magnetoconductance of a one-dimensional
Hubbard superlattice at half filling, J. Chowdhury, S. N. Karmakar and Bibhas Bhattacharyya, Physical Review B 75 (2007) 235117
4.Effect of Fibonacci modulation on superconductivity, Sanjay Gupta, Shreekantha Sil and Bibhas Bhattacharyya, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 18 (2006) 1987
5.Fibonacci–Hubbard chain at zero and finite temperatures, Sanjay Gupta, Shreekantha Sil and Bibhas Bhattacharyya, Physica B 355 (2005) 299
6.Half-filled Hubbard ring with alternating site potentials in a magnetic field, Sanjay Gupta, Shreekantha Sil and Bibhas Bhattacharyya, Physics Letters A 324 (2004) 494
Physics Teaching:
1.Bounds on the ground state energy: Application of the variational principle, Bibhas Bhattacharyya, American Journal of Physics 77 (2009) 44
2.Reply to comment on 'looking back into Bohr's atom', Bibhas Bhattacharyya,
European Journal of Physics 27 (2006) L41
3.Looking back into Bohr’s atom, Bibhas Bhattacharyya, European Journal of Physics 27 (2006) 497
OTHER PUBLICATIONS (2004-2010)
History of Science:
1.A Resume of the Role of the Scottish Church College in the Domain of Physical Sciences, Arup Roy and Bibhas Bhattacharyya, Scottish Chuch College 175th Year Commemoration Volume, Scottish Church College, Kolkata (2008) 96
INVITED TALKS (2004-2010)
Effect of electronic correlation in one-dimensional superlattices: a theoretical investigation, Department of Solid State Physics, Indian association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata on December 4, 2008.
Phase Transitions and Critical Phenomena, UGC-Academic Staff College, University of Calcutta on September 10 and September 11, 2008.
AREAS OF INTEREST OTHER THAN PHYSICS TEACHING/ RESEARCH
Literature
History of Science
Physiology and Medicine
Popularization of Science
AWARDS/FELLOWSHIPS/PRIZES/DISTINCTIONS
Senior Research Fellowship, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, West Bengal (1991 – 1996)
Certificate of Merit (CSIR, India): CSIR-UGC National Eligibility Test in Physical Science, (Among top 9 candidates) (1990)
National Scholarship from Govt. of India, for academic excellence in B. Sc. (Physics Honours) Examination (1987-'88)
Felicitation from Govt. of West Bengal: Securing 12th position in the Merit List of West Bengal Council of Higher Secondary Education (1984)
Certificate of Merit (AIMT): Talent Search Test in Mathematics conducted by Association for Improvement of Mathematics Teaching (AIMT), Calcutta (1984)
CONTACT ADDRESS :
Dr. Bibhas Bhattacharyya
Department of Physics
West Bengal State University,
Berunanpukuria, Malikapur,
Barasat, Kolkata 700 126
West Bengal
INDIA
email ID: bibhasb@gmail .com
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