Tapan Chandra Adhyapak
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics, IISER Tirupati
Email: adhyapak [AT] iisertirupati.ac.in
Phone: +91 877 2500 943
Group WebpageResearch Interests
- Physics of active particles
- Nonequilibrium statistical physics
- Driven soft and biological systems
We are interested in the broad research areas of active matter, nonequilibrium statistical physics, driven soft matter and biological systems. We use analytical and numerical methods to study these systems both at the single particle level and also at large length and time scales. Additionally, in suitable situations, we employ methods that bridge these two separate realms.
Educational and Professional Career
- Assistant Professor (April 2019-): Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati, India
- Postdoctoral Fellow (Jul 2018 - April 2019): Max-Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz, Germany
- Postdoctoral Fellow (June 2016 - June 2018): Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
- Postdoctoral Fellow (December 2012 - May 2016): Technische Universitaet (TU) Berlin, Germany
- Ph.D (February 2013): Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
Honours and Awards
- CSIR SRF and CSIR JRF (2007 and 2005 respectively)
- Institute Silver Medal, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (2004)
- Institute Merit Scholarship, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (2003)
- Maloti Das Memorial Award (best Sc. Graduate), Pandu College, Gauhati University (2002)
Selected Publications
- T.C. Adhyapak and S. Jabbari-Farouji, "Ewald sum for the hydrodynamic interactions of rigid spherical microswimmers", J. Chem. Phys., 149, 144110 (2018)
- T.C. Adhyapak and S. Jabbari-Farouji, "Flow properties and hydrodynamic interactions of rigid spherical microswimmers", Phys. Rev. E, 96, 052608 (2017)
- C.A. Whitfield, T.C. Adhyapak , A. Tiribocchi, G.P. Alexander, D Marenduzzo, and S. Ramaswamy, "Hydrodynamic instabilities in active cholesteric liquid crystals", Eur. Phys. J. E, 40, 50 (2017)
- T.C. Adhyapak and H. Stark, "Dynamics of a bacterial flagellum under reverse rotation", Soft Matter, 12, 5621 (2016)
- T.C. Adhyapak and H. Stark, "Zipping and entanglement in flagellar bundle of E. coli: Role of motile cell body", Phys. Rev. E, 92, 052701 (2015)
- T.C. Adhyapak, S. Ramaswamy, and J. Toner, "Live Soap: Stability, Order, and Fluctuations in Apolar Active Smectics", Phys. Rev. Lett., 110, 118102 (2013)
Teaching
- PH 312/612: Electrodynamics