Faculty+Members

* The initial part of the email addresses are mentioned below in the Email-Id field. The complete address would be email-id AT physics.iisc.ernet.in Professor, Academic Coordinator (JAP) ||
 * FACULTY**
 * **Chanda Jog**
 * Ph.D.: SUNY Stony Brook (1982)
 * Visiting positions:**
 * Princeton University (1982-84), University of Virginia (1984-86)
 * SUNY Stony Brook (1988, 1990, June-Dec. 1993)
 * Virginia Institute of Theoretical Astronomy (1990, 1992)
 * Univ. of Massachusetts (1992)
 * Observatoire de Paris, France (2003, 2004, 2005, 2006)
 * Univ. of Turku, Finland (2004)
 * Research Interests:**

Galactic Dynamics : spiral structure, lopsided galaxies, warps, vertical structure; Dynamics of interstellar molecular gas clouds; Starburst galaxies; Morphology and dynamics of interacting and merging galaxies.
 * Current research project:**

An Indo-French project titled “Dynamics of Lopsided Spiral Galaxies” with Prof. Francoise Combes, Observatoire de Paris, funded by the IFCPAR. She is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences || ||
 * Tel:+91-80-2293-3285 ||^  ||
 * Email-id: cjjog ||^  ||
 * Web: [|http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~cjjog/] ||^  ||

Professor ||
 * **Arnab Rai Choudhuri**
 * PhD: University of Chicago (1985)

**Research Interests:**
 * Visiting positions:**
 * High Altitude Observatory, Boulder (1985-87)
 * University of Chicago (1989)
 * University of St. Andrews (1991)
 * Kiepenheuer Institut, Freiburg (as Humboldt Fellow, 1994-95)
 * Montana State University (2000)
 * Max-Planck- Institut, Lindau (2002)
 * Eotvos University, Budapest (2004)
 * Cambridge University (2004)
 * Beijing Astronomical Observatory (2006)

Plasma astrophysics. The origin of solar magnetic cycle. Formation of sunspots. Magnetic fields of neutron stars and pulsars. His book The Physics of Fluids and Plasmas: An Introduction for Astrophysicists (Cambridge University Press, 1998) is used as a standard graduate textbook in many universities around the world. He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. || ||
 * Tel: +91-80-2360-3481 ||^  ||
 * Email-id: arnab ||^  ||
 * Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~arnab/ ||^  ||

Assistant Professor ||
 * **Banibrata Mukhopadhyay**
 * PhD: S.N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Jadavpur University (2001)


 * Visiting positions:**
 * Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad (2000-02)
 * IUCAA, Pune (2002-03)
 * University of Oulu, Finland (2003-04)
 * Harvard University (2004-06).
 * African University of Science and Technology (2009, May).
 * Research Interests:**

Physics of gravitation and compact objects. Astrophysical fluid dynamics and accretion disk theory. Hydrodynamic (and hydromagnetic) stability and turbulence. Nuclear astrophysics. Astro-particle physics and cosmology. Field theory in curved space-time. He is

(1) an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences

(2) recipient of M. K. Vainu Bappu Gold Medal 2006 || ||
 * Tel://+//91-80-2293-2799, +91-80-2360-7704 ||^  ||
 * Email-id: bm ||^  ||
 * Web: [|http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~bm/] ||^  ||

Assistant Professor ||
 * **Tarun Deep Saini**
 * PhD: IUCAA, University of Pune (2001)


 * Visiting positions:**
 * Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK (2001-2004)
 * Research Interests:**

Cosmology: Dark energy, Gravitational lensing, Structure formation in the Universe, Large scale structure in the Universe. || ||
 * Tel:+91 80 2293-2866; +91 80 23607705 ||^  ||
 * Email-id: tarun ||^  ||
 * Web: __http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~tarun__ ||^  ||

Assistant Professor ||
 * **Prateek Sharma**
 * PhD: Princeton University (2006)


 * Visiting Positions:**
 * [|Theoretical Astrophysics Center] at [| UC, Berkeley]

Astrophysical Fluid Dynamics: instabilities, buoyancy, [| convection], turbulence Plasma Astrophysics: plasma kinetic processes; [|MHD]; [|cosmic-rays] Numerical Methods: hydro, MHD methods; anisotropic transport in dilute plasmas; Vlasov, PIC methods High Energy Astrophysics: accretion disk transport, outflows & energetics; shocks; particle acceleration; X-ray galaxy clusters || ||
 * Research Interests:**
 * Tel:+91 80 2293-3375 ||^  ||
 * Email-id: prateek ||^  ||
 * Web: __http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~prateek__ ||^  ||