Education
1. BSc in Chemistry,
Cotton College , 2010
2. MSc in Physical Chemistry ,
Gauhati University , 2012
3. PhD: Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati (IITG), Title:
Spiral and scroll wave dynamics in an excitable medium and their behavior around excitation patterns and heterogeneities, 2019
Professional Experience
- March 2020-present, Assistant Professor ,
North Gauhati College , North Guwahati
- Feb 2019-Aug 2019, Post Docotoral Fellow,
Saint Louis University, MO, USA
- August 2019-Dec 2019, Guest Faculty ,
Bhattadev University , Bajali, Assam
- August 2012-March 2013, Contractual Faculty ,
Cotton College , Guwahati, Assam
Additional Qualifications
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Qualified National Eligibility Test (CSIR JRF).
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Qualified State Eligibility Test.
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Qualified Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering (GATE).
Awards/ Achievements
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18th rank in the high school leaving certificate (HSLC) examination ,2005.
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1st class 2nd position in B.Sc
(Chemistry) examination,2010.
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Post graduate merit
scholarship for university rank holders, University Grants Commission (UGC),
2010-2012
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1st class 1st position in M.Sc
(Chemistry) examination,
Gauhati University,
2012.
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Best oral presentation award,
CDCS, Tezpur University,
2015.
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Distinguished Poster Award,
International Centre for
Theoretical Physics, Italy,
2016.
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ACS award for demonstrating experiments in the pre-conference workshop of 5th International Conference on Complex Dynamical Systems and Applications,
American Chemical Society (ACS),
2017.
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Post-Doctoral Fellowship,
Saint Louis University, USA,
2019.
International Conferences/ workshops
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International Conference on Nonlinear Dynamics and its Applications in Physical and Biological Sciences (ICNDAPBS), Darjeeling Govt. College, Darjeeling, Nov 01-03, 2014.
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Hands-on Research in Complex Systems School, International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Italy, July 17-29, 2016.
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Dynamics Days Europe International Conference, University of Szeged, Hungary, June 05-09, 2017.
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5th International Conference on Complex Dynamical Systems and Applications, IIT Guwahati, Dec 04-06, 2017.
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Asia-Pacific Conference of Theoretical and Computational Chemistry (APCTCC 8), IIT Bombay, Dec 15-17, 2017.
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Gordon Research Conference on Oscillations and Dynamic Instabilities in Chemical Systems, Les Diablerets, Switzerland, July 08-13, 2018.
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Solvay Workshop on Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems in memory of Prof. Grégoire Nicolis, Brussels, Belgium, June 14-16, 2021.
National Conferences / workshops
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National Symposium on Nonlinear Statistical Physics and Nonlinear Dynamics, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science (IACS), Kolkata, January 02-04, 2014.
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8th Mid-year CRSI (Chemical Research Society of India) National Symposium in Chemistry, CSIR-NEIST, Jorhat, July 10-12, 2014.
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ChemConvene 2015, IIT Guwahati, April 08, 2015.
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Research Scholars’ Congress 2015 (Workshop on Advanced Microsoft Excel, Latex and Lyx), IIT Guwahati, May 23-24, 2015.
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Contemporary Developments in Chemical Sciences (CDCS 2015), Tezpur University, Nov 23-24, 2015.
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National Seminar on Emerging Trends in Chemical Sciences, Gauhati University, Nov 05-06, 2015.
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Ishan Vikas, An Initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, IIT Guwahati, Dec 6-17, 2015. (Member of the organizing committee).
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Frontiers in Chemical Sciences (FICS 2016), IIT Guwahati, Dec 08-10, 2016.
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Ishan Vikas, IIT Guwahati, June 19-28, 2016.(Member of the organizing committee).
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Ishan Vikas:Interaction program for class 10 and 12 students of North-East region, Organized by IIT Guwahati. A program of MHRD, Govt. of India, Dec 2016. (resource person).
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ACS on Campus, conducted by American Chemical Society, IIT Guwahati, Jan 16, 2017.
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ChemConvene 2017, IIT Guwahati, July 25, 2017.
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One day national workshop on Current Advances in Chemistry, organized by Department of Chemistry, Bhattadev University, Bajali. Oct 26, 2019. (Member of the organizing committee)
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5th North-East Green Summit, IIT Guwahati, Nov 16-18, 2020 (technical session coordinator in the 9th technical session).
Journal Publications
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Spirals in a reaction- diffusion system: Dependence of wave dynamics on excitability, Dhriti Mahanta, Nirmali Prabha Das, and Sumana Dutta, Physical Review E, 97, 022206, 2018.
2.
Pinning of scroll waves to flat and highly branched Unexcitable heterogeneities, Dhriti Mahanta, Sumana Dutta, and Oliver Steinbock, Physical Review E 95, 032204,2017
3.
Unpinning of scroll waves under the influence of a thermal gradient, Nirmali Prabha Das, Dhriti Mahanta, and Sumana Dutta, Physical Review E, 90, 022916, 2014.
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Unpinning of scroll waves attached to multiple heterogeneities, Dhriti Mahanta and Sumana Dutta, Physical Review E, 98, 052206, 2018.
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Reconnection of multiple scroll rings in a three dimentional reaction-diffusion system, Dhriti Mahanta and Sumana Dutta, Physical Review E 100, 022222, 2019.
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Nonlinearity in the Realm of Chemistry,Sumana Dutta and Dhriti Mahanta, Physics News 47, 52, 2018.
Book Chapters
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Dynamics and Control of Spiral and Scroll Waves, Sumana Dutta, Nirmali Prabha Das and Dhriti Mahanta, Chapter in the book “Complexity and Synergetics”,Springer International Publishing (2018).
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A Brief Review on the Growth of Chemical Gardens: In nature and in the Laboratory,Dhriti Mahanta, Chapter in the book Emerging Developments in Chemical Sciences, Purbayon Publication, 2019.