Arindam Ghosh | |
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| Alma mater | (B.Sc)University of Calcutta (M.Sc), (PhD)Indian Institute of Science (Postdoctoral research)University of Cambridge |
| Awards | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology B. M. Birla Science Prize in Physics DAE Raja Ramanna Prize Lecture in Physics YIM Young Scientist Award, Boston Oxford Instruments Young NanoScientist Award Infosys Prize (2020) in Physical Sciences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Condensed Matter Physics |
| Institutions | Indian Institute of Science |
Arindam Ghosh is anIndian experimental condensed matterphysicist and a professor in the Department of Physics,Indian Institute of Science,Bangalore,India. He was awarded theShanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for science and technology, the highest science award in India, for the year 2012 in physical sciences category.[1] In 2020, he was awarded theInfosys Prize for Physical Science, the most prestigious award that recognizes achievements in science and research, in India.[2][3]
Ghosh obtained his BSc degree with physics honours fromSt. Xaviers College, Kolkata which was then part of theCalcutta University (1991). Following the graduation, he became an Integrated PhD student at IISc, Bangalore where he did his masters (1994) and PhD (1999) in Physics. He was then a postdoctoral research associate at theUniversity of Cambridge, UK (2000–2005). Ghosh then came back to IISc to take up a position as an assistant professor (2005–2011) followed by an associate professor (2011–2017). In 2017, he was promoted to a full professor of physics at the Department of Physics, IISc Bangalore.[4] During his tenure at IISc, he was also a visiting research fellow in Nanotechnology at T J WatsonResearch Center ofIBM, Yorktown Heights, New York, US (May 2009 – Sept 2009).
In December 2020, he received theInfosys Prize for Physical Sciencesfor his development of atomically thin two-dimensional semiconductors to build a new generation of functional electronic, thermoelectric and optoelectronic devices.[2][3]
His current research interests include the transport properties of two-dimensional electronic systems insemiconductors, carbon-based low-dimensional systems, optoelectronic properties of atomically-thin semiconductor membranes, magneticnanostructures, and structural stability of nanoscale systems such as metallicnanowires andnanoparticles.[5]