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S.No
 Name
 Designation
 Research Field
 Contact
01
 Balakrishnan V.
 Professor

 Dynamical Systems , Quantum Dynamics and Stochastics
 vbalki at iitm.ac.in              home Page  +91-44-2257 4853 
HSB 315
02
 Bisht, P.B Professor 
Ultrafast Lasers and Fluorescence Microscopy laboratory
Fluroscence upconversion, Ultrafast laser spectroscopy and Fluorescence Microscopy
 prem at physics.iitm.ac.in       
+91-44-2257 4866
HSB 307 
03
 Deshmukh P. C. Professor
Atomic and Molecular Physics
Photoabsoption Processes in Free/Confined atoms, molecules and ions
 pcd at physics.iitm.ac.in,           Home Page
phypcd at iitm.ac.in
+91-44-2257 4855/5851
HSB 232 
04
 Ganesan A. R. Associate Professor Adaptive Optics, Vision Science, Laser Instrumentation, Interferometry, Holography and Optical metrology arg at physics.iitm.ac.in        Home Page
+91-44-2257 4891
MSB 350 
05
 Gopalakrishnan, Manoj Assistant Professor
Theoretical Biophysics, Stochastic Processes, Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics
manoj at physics.iitm.ac.in
+91-44-2257 4894
HSB 224        
06
 Govindarajan, Suresh

 		Professor
Dynamical Systems, Statistical Physics and Field Theory
Quantum Field Theory, String Theory, Black Holes

  suresh at physics.iitm.ac.in  
+91-44-2257 4867               home PageHSB 315A
07
 Gupte N. M.  Professor Non-linear dynamics, Chaos, Statistical physics gupte  at physics.iitm.ac.in     
+91-44-2257 4861 
HSB 312         
08
 Hariharan K. Professor Solidstate Ionics / Electronics khariharan at physics.iitm.ac.in    
+91-44-2257 4856
HSB 101 
09
 Harish Kumar N. Assistant Professor Superconductivity, Novel magnetic materials, Instrumentation and automation
 harish at physics.iitm.ac.in
+91-44-2257 4879    
HSB 213A 
10
 Jain M. K. Assistant Professor Semiconductor Physics
Semiconductor, Photovoltaics, Chemical Sensors 		mkj at physics.iitm.ac.in
+91-44-2257 4880
HSB213A 
11
 Kadhane, Umesh R. Assistant Professor Atomic and Molecular Physics, High and low energy collision physics, Ion storage, Molecular ion spectroscopy and mass spectroscopy umesh at physics.iitm.ac.in
+91-44-2257 4896
 
12
 Kasiviswanathan S.


 		Professor Interface and Surface Science of Thin Films, Tunneling Spectroscopy, Surface Plasmon Resonance and SPR Microscopy, DMS and MCD, DSP based Physical Measurements.
 kasi at physics.iitm.ac.in 
+91-44-2257 4868  
MSB 124   
13
 Kothiyal M. P.  Professor Applied Optics, Interferometry, Optical Instrumentation and testing kothiyal at physics.iitm.ac.in
+91-44-2257 4857
HSB 323
14
 Lakshmi Bala S.  Professor
Classical and quantum dynamical systems, Nonlinear dynamics and chaos, Chaos in gauge theories, Quantum information theory
 slbala at physics.iitm.ac.in
 +91-44-2257 4869       
HSB 309A        
15
 Lakshminarayan, Arul Associate Professor
Quantum Chaos, Quantum Information theory, Chaos and Transport, Mathematical Physics
 arul at physics.iitm.ac.in          home Page
+91-44-2257 4878
HSB 215 
16
 Libby, James Assistant Professor
Experimental particle physics, CP-violation and flavour physics
libby at physics.iitm.ac.in          +91-44-2257-4885
HSB 116 A 
17
 Markandeyulu G.

 		Professor Magnetism and magnetic materials  mark at physics.iitm.ac.in
+91-44-2257 4870         
HSB  103 
18
 Murugavel P. Assistant Professor Physics of dielectric, ferroelectric and magnetoelectric oxide materials in Bulk, Film and Nanocrystalline forms muruga at physics.iitm.ac.in
+91-44-2257 4897
HSB 222
19
 Murthy V. R. K. Professor Microwave physics and materials

 		vrkm at physics.iitm.ac.in
+91-44-2257 4859
HSB 223A
20
 Murty V. S. Professor
Solid state physics, Magnetic resonance
 vsmurty at physics.iitm.ac.in  
+91-44-2257 4871
HSB 211 
21
 Narayanan, Rajesh
Assistant Professor
 Condensed Matter Theory:  Quantum Field Theories applied to condensed matter systems, Quantum Phase Transitions, Strong disorder physics

 rnarayanan at physics.iitm.ac.in
+91-44-2257 4858
HSB 201
22
 Natarajan T. S. Professor Conducting polymers, Molecular electronics, Instrumentation tsn at physics.iitm.ac.in        
+91-44-2257 4860
HSB 304A
23
 Nirmala R.
Assistant Professor
 Rare earth intermetallics  
nirmala at physics.iitm.ac.in
24
 Padhan, Prahallad
Assistant Professor
 Experimental Condensed Matter Physics  
padhan at physics.iitm.ac.in
25
 Pattabiraman M.
 Assistant Professor Experimental Atomic Physics, Magnetism and Magnetometry,  Low Temperature Condensed Matter Physics pattu at physics.iitm.ac.in
 +91-44-2257 4890
HSB 114
26
 Ramachandrao Rao M. S. Professor
Electronic and Magnetic Materials. Thin films and bulk Oxide electronics, Magnetotransport studies in manganites and SPINTRONICS
 msrrao at physics.iitm.ac.in    Home Page
+91-44-2257 4872
MSRC 101 
27
 Ramaprabhu S. Professor
Hydrogen Storage in materials & nanomaterials; Hydrogen storage devices; Synthesis of CNTs; CNT based PEM Fuel Cells, Micro Fuel Cells, DMFC, CNT based alkaline fuel cells and Li-ion battery ; CNT field emission and photovoltaic; alloy hydride thin film hydrogen sensors & CNT based Supercapacitors.
 ramp at physics.iitm.ac.in       Home Page
+91-44-2257 4862
HSB 111 
28
 Rangarajan G. Professor
Low Temperature Physics, Super Conductivity
 rajan at physics.iitm.ac.in
29
 Sankaranarayanan V. Professor
Low Temperature Physics, Super Conductivity
 vsn at physics.iitm.ac.in
 +91-44-2257 4873
HSB 114
30
 Santhosh P. N. Assistant Professor Magnetism in Condensed Matter Physics, Electroceramics, Magnetic Materials, Low Temperature Characterization of Advanced Materials santhosh at physics.iitm.ac.in
 +91-44-2257 4882
HSB 110 

31
 Satyanarayana M. V. Associate Professor
Quantum optics, Laser physics, Photonics
 mvs at physics.iitm.ac.in
 +91-44-2257 4874
HSB 310C 
32
 Sethupathi K. Professor
Low Temperature Physics, Superconductivity
 ksethu at physics.iitm.ac.in
 +91-44-2257 4875
HSB 110  
33
 Simha, Aditi
Assistant Professor
 Non-Equilibrium Statistical Physics:Heat Conduction, Drifting Flux Lattices, Sedimental suspensions, Sheared Complex Fluids, 'Active' Matter, Transition rates in some nonequilibrium steady states.  
aditi at physics.iitm.ac.in
34
 Subramanian V. Associate Professor manianvs at physics.iitm.ac.in    Home Page
+91-44-2257 4883
HSB 222 
35
 Subrahmanyam A. Professor Semiconductor devices, Photovoltaics manu at physics.iitm.ac.in          Home Page
+91-44-2257 4865
HSB 224A
36
 Sunil Kumar P. B. Professor
Complex Fluids, Biological Physics and Statistical Mechanics
 sunil at physics.iitm.ac.in           Home Page
+91-44-2257 4876
HSB 213 
37
 Tripathy, Prasanta
 Assistant Professor

 String Theory
 prasanta at physics.iitm.ac.in
+91-44-2257 4889
HSB 202
38
 Vijayan C. Professor Non-linear Optics, Optical Processes and Materials such as semiconductor Quantum dots (nanostructures),  Porphyrins and dyes cvijayan at physics.iitm.ac.in       Home Page
+91-44-2257 4877
HSB 225
                                                 



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