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Dr. Victor Mukherjee

Assistant Professor

Physical Sciences

mukherjeev@iiserbpr.ac.in

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Academic Background

  • 2005 - 2011: M.Sc. & PhD, IIT Kanpur, India

  • 2002 - 2005: B.Sc., Presidency College, University of Calcutta, India

Professional Experience 

  • November 2018 - Present: Assistant Professor, IISER Berhampur, India

  • April 2015 - October 2018: Postdoctoral Researcher, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel

  • November 2012 - March 2015: Postdoctoral Researcher, Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy & Ulm University, Germany

  • December 2011 - October 2012: Postdoctoral Researcher, IPHT, CEA Saclay, France

Research Interests

  • Dynamics of quantum phase transitions

  • Thermodynamics of quantum systems

  • Control of quantum systems

  • Time crystals

Research Group

  • Postdoc: Rahul Ghosh

  • PhD students: Bandita Das, Shishira Mahunta

  • Masters project students: Subharthi Paul, Mrutyunjaya Sahoo

About me

I am a theoretical physicist, working on the fields of quantum phase transitions, open quantum systems, quantum control, quantum thermodynamics and time crystals.

Biography

  • Assistant Professor: IISER Berhampur, India (November 2018 - Present).
  • Postdoctoral Researcher: Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel (April 2015 - October 2018)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher: Scuola Normale Superiore, Italy & Ulm University, Germany (November 2012 - March 2015)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher: IPHT, CEA Saclay, France (December 2011 - October 2012)
  • PhD - 2011, IIT Kanpur, India                       

Research Projects

1. Control in quantum technologies (SERB, ongoing)

2. Thermodynamics and quantum advantage of many-body quantum thermal machines (SERB, completed)

Key Publications

1. Bandita Das, Noufal Jaseem, Victor Mukherjee, Discrete time crystals in the presence of non-Markovian dynamics, Phys. Rev. A 110, 012208 (2024).

2. Victor Mukherjee and Uma Divakaran, The promises and challenges of many-body quantum technologies: A focus on quantum engines, Nat Commun 15, 3170 (2024).

3. Revathy B. S., Victor Mukherjee, Uma Divakaran and Adolfo del Campo, Universal finite-time thermodynamics of many-body quantum machines from Kibble-Zurek scaling, Phys. Rev. Research 2, 043247 (2020).

4. Victor Mukherjee, Analia Zwick, Arnab Ghosh, Xi Chen and Gershon Kurizki, Enhanced precision bound of low-temperature quantum thermometry via dynamical control, Commun Phys 2, 162 (2019).

5. Wolfgang Niedenzu, Victor Mukherjee, Arnab Ghosh, Abraham G. Kofman and Gershon Kurizki, Quantum engine efficiency bound beyond the second law of thermodynamics, Nat. Commun. 9, 165 (2018).

6. Victor Mukherjee, Alberto Carlini, Andrea Mari, Tommaso Caneva, Simone Montangero, Tommaso Calarco, Rosario Fazio, and Vittorio Giovannetti, Speeding up and slowing down the relaxation of a qubit by optimal control, Phys. Rev. A 88, 062326 (2013).

7. Victor Mukherjee, Uma Divakaran, Amit Dutta and Diptiman Sen, Quenching dynamics of a quantum XY spin- 1 / 2 chain in a transverse field, Phys. Rev. B 76, 174303 (2007).

Contact Details

Full Name

Victor Mukherjee


Email

mukherjeev@iiserbpr.ac.in


Address

IISER Berhampur


Personal Website

https://sites.google.com/view/victor-mukherjee/home