Abhishek Dhar

Abhishek Dhar (born 31 August 1970) is an Indian physicist specialising in statistical physics and condensed matter physics. He is a Professor in the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore.[1]

Abhishek Dhar
Born (1970-08-31) 31 August 1970
NationalityIndian
Alma materTata Institute of Fundamental Research (Ph.D.)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Institutions
ThesisStudies of nonequilibrium steady states (1999)
Doctoral advisorDeepak Dhar
Websitewww.icts.res.in/people/abhishek-dhar

Education and Career

Dhar obtained his PhD in 1999 from the Department of Theoretical Physics at Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. His doctoral advisor was Deepak Dhar. He did post-doctoral research at Indian Institute of Science, Raman Research Institute and University of California, Santa Cruz. Dhar then became a faculty member of Raman Research Institute following which he joined the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences.[2]

Research

Dhar works on the theory and applications of statistical physics to study non-equilibrium problems. One of his research areas is transport phenomena. Particularly, stochastic processes such as heat transport in classical low dimensional macroscopic systems and quantum transport. Dhar also studies active matter models, particularly through theoretical investigations of active particles.[1][2]

Awards

For his results in classical and quantum transport in low dimensional systems and contributions to non-equilibrium fluctuation theorems, Dhar was awarded the ICTP prize in 2008[3] and Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar award for Physical Sciences in 2009.[4] He became a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences in 2012.[5] Dhar was elected to the National Academy of Sciences in 2018.[6]

References
  1. "People". International Centre for Theoretical Sciences. Retrieved 4 November 2015.
  2. "ICTS Activity Report 2015-17" (PDF). Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. "ICTP Prize Winners 2008".
  4. "Brief Profile of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar prize Awardee".
  5. "Prof. Abhishek Dhar elected as IAS fellow".
  6. "Abhishek Dhar elected as a fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India".
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