Dr. Bhaskar Sen Gupta is an Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Science at IISER Berhampur. He received his Ph.D. in Physics from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Following his doctoral studies, he carried out postdoctoral research at the Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel, Yale University, USA and Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Germany, working on soft condensed matter systems using computational statistical physics and theoretical approaches.
Dr. Bhaskar Sen Gupta’s current research focuses on the physics of nonequilibrium soft matter, with particular emphasis on phase separation, coarsening dynamics, active matter, and amorphous materials. His research seeks to understand how microscopic interactions, transport mechanisms, confinement, and nonequilibrium driving influence the structure and dynamics of complex materials. His research group employs computational statistical physics and scaling approaches to investigate phase separation and coarsening in bulk and confined systems. Another major research direction is the study of dewetting and rupture of active liquid and solid thin films on smooth and heterogeneous substrates. The group investigates how activity, interfacial interactions, and substrate heterogeneity influence film stability, rupture dynamics, morphology, and pattern formation.
The group also studies the mechanical properties of glassy materials, including passive and active glasses. This research focuses on the microscopic origins of deformation, yielding, and mechanical response in amorphous systems, and on how self-propulsion modifies the mechanical behavior of active glasses.
1. Preethi M, Daniya Davis and BSG (2026) arXiv
2. Parameshwaran A and BSG (2026) Submitted to JCP, arXiv
3. Preethi M, Parameshwaran A and BSG (2026) Communications Physics (in press), arXiv
4. Parameshwaran A and BSG (2026) Phys. Rev. E
5. Preethi M. and BSG (2025) Phys. Rev. E. Letter
6. Daniya Davis, Parameshwaran A and BSG (2025) Phys. Rev. E
7. Meenakshi L. and BSG (2025) Phys. Rev. E
8. Parameshwaran A and BSG (2025) Phys. Rev. E
9. Daniya Davis and BSG (2025) Soft Matter
10. R. Bhattacharyya and BSG (2024) Soft Matter
11. Daniya Davis and BSG (2023) Phys. Rev. E
12. R. Bhattacharyya and BSG (2022) Europhysics Letters
13. Meenakshi L. and BSG (2022) Soft Matter
14. R. Bhattacharyya and BSG (2021) Phys. Rev. E
15. S. Niyogi and BSG (2021) Soft Matter
1. Advanced Research Grant: ANRF/ARG/2025/000321 (Dec 2025 – Dec 2028)
Title: Role of structure on the dynamics in driven and active amorphous systems.
Role: Co-PI.
Rs. 98,89,920, PI: Prof. Sarika Maitra Bhattacharyya, NCL Pune, Co-PI: Dr.
Vijayakumar Chikkadi, IISER Pune.
2. Core Research Grant: CRG/2022/009343 (Feb 2023 - May 2026)
Title: Kinetics of Phase Separation in Systems of Non-living and Living Objects
Rs. 30,49,370, Role: PI.
3. Startup Research Grant: SRG/2019/001923 (Dec 2019 - June 2022)
Title: Yielding and Plastic Deformation in Amorphous Materials
Rs. 31,32,500, Role: PI
