Group leader
Dr. Tapan C. Adhyapak
Tapan is currently working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at IISER Tirupati. He works in the broad research areas of active matter, nonequilibrium statistical physics, driven soft and biological systems.
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Tapan did his M.Sc. from IIT Guwahati and PhD from IISc., Bengaluru. After that he completed two postdoctoral fellowships at the Technical University, Berlin and Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, respectively and did a short postdoctoral stint at the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz before joining IISER Tirupati in 2019.
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Reach me at: adhyapak [at] labs.iisertirupati.ac.in
Current members
Ambareesh Shrivastav (I-PhD, 2018 - present)
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Research Interests : Active Matter Hydrodynamics, Microswimmer-Surface Interactions, Electrohydrodynamics, Shape Anisotropy in Active Matter, Synthetic Active Matter, Collective Behavior & Emergent Phenomena
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Previous Affiliation :​ Central University of Jharkhand [ B. Sc. (Applied Physics) ]
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Hobbies : Chess, Nature Photography, Music, Stock Trading
Derek C. Gomes (I-PhD, 2018 - present)
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Research Interests : Micro-swimmer Physics, Active Suspensions, Nonlinear Dynamical Systems
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Previous Affiliation :​ St. Xavier’s College, Kolkata [ B. Sc. (Physics) ]
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Hobbies : Reading, music, and some amateur attempts at gardening
B. Vignesh (PhD, 2020 - present)
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Research Interests : Biological Soft and Active Matter, Statistical Mechanics
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Previous Affiliation :​ NIT Trichy [ BTech, Mech Engg]
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Hobbies : Watching football
Job Joseph (PhD, 2025 - present)
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Research Interests : Micro-swimmer Physics, Collective Dynamics
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Previous Affiliation :​ St. Berchmans College, Kerala [ M. Sc. (Physics) ]
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Hobbies : Reading, Aquascaping, Gaming
S G M Rasheed (BSMS, 2021 - present)
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Research Interests : Active Matter Physics, Collective Behavior, Biophysics
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Hobbies : Yoga, Badminton, Running
Mahendradev Dinesan (BSMS, 2021 - present)
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Read more about my work here.
Reach me at: mahendradevdinesan211095 [at] students.iisertirupati.ac.in
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Research Interests : Topological Defects in Nematics, Active Passive Mixtures, Collective Behaviour
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Hobbies : Reading, Cricket, Badminton
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Anuradha (BSMS, IISER Tirupati)
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Deeksha Rani (BSMS, IISER Tirupati)
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Harshini K (BSMS, NISER Bhuvaneshwar)
Past Members
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Chinmay Ajay Pabshettiwar (BS-MS 2017), Current Affiliation : PhD student, Leiden University, The Netherlands
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Pranav Gopalan R K (BS-MS 2019), Current Affiliation : PhD student, University of Konstanz, Germany
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Sneha Prakash Yechuri (BS-MS 2018), Current Affiliation : IIM Shilong
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Anhadsigh Kripal Bagga (BS-MS 2019), Current Affiliation : PhD student, University of Warwick, UK
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Aditya Selvarajan (BS-MS 2019), Current Affiliation : PhD student, IIT Kanpur
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Karan Gill (BS-MS 2019), Current Affiliation : PhD student, University of Göttingen, Germany
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Ajay Benny (BS-MS 2020)
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Anukrishna P (BS-MS 2020)
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Jasna Thasneen (BS-MS 2020)
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Viraja Dodderi (BS-MS 2020)
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Aparna D (BS-MS 2020)
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Sri Sai Charan (BS-MS 2021), Current Affiliation : Masters Thesis, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata