National Institute of Technology Rourkela

राष्ट्रीय प्रौद्योगिकी संस्थान राउरकेला

ଜାତୀୟ ପ୍ରଯୁକ୍ତି ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠାନ ରାଉରକେଲା

An Institute of National Importance

Faculty Profile

EXPERTISE INFORMATION

Research Group
  • Soft Matter and Polymer Physics
Areas of Interest
  • Biophysics, soft matter physics, simulation of protein structural dynamics and folding.

Mithun Biswas Assistant Professor Grade-I

Physics and Astronomy

biswasm@nitrkl.ac.in

0661 - 246 2821

10

PUBLICATIONS

2

SPONSORED PROJECTS

3

DOCTORAL STUDENTS

1

CONTINUING EDUCATION

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Mithun Biswas

Assistant Professor Grade-I

Physics and Astronomy

Room Number: PH-309

Department of Physics and Astronomy, National Institute of Technology Rourkela, Sundargarh, Odisha, India - 769008

2012

Ph.D.
Biophysics
University of Heidelberg, Germany

2006

M.Sc
Physics
IIT Bombay

2004

B.Sc (Hons)
Physics
Presidency College, University of Calcutta

Teaching Experience
  • Physics,  NIT Rourkela,   15 Feb 2018 - Present
Post Doctoral Research Experience
  • Biophysics,  University of Freiburg, Germany,   01 Jul 2015 - 30 Nov 2017
  • Biophysics,  Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany,   01 Mar 2012 - 30 Jun 2015
Laboratory Development
  • Computational Biophysics,  NIT Rourkela,   This lab is involved in the development and application of biomolecular simulation methods.

Optimum Resolution to Model Protein Association Reactions in Crowded Environment Department of Biotechnology (DBT)
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Running   Sponsored
Role of soft interactions in protein association reactions in crowed environment. SERB
  • Principal Investigator
  • 36
  • Completed   Sponsored

Total Publications: 10

S. K. Sahu and M. Biswas,"Modeling protein association from homogeneous to mixed environments: A reaction-diffusion dynamics approach", Journal of Molecular Graphics and Modelling, vol.107, pp.107936, Elsevier 2021, 10.1016/j.jmgm.2021.107936       Article

Symposium on Progress in High Performance Computing: Recent Advances and Challenges Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (Conference)

  • PH3003 : Heat and Thermodynamics {Theory}
  • PH4002 : Electrodynamics {Theory}
  • PH4004 : Statistical Mechanics {Theory}
  • PH4009 : Electrodynamics {Theory}
  • PH405 : Statistical Mechanics {Theory}
  • PH6124 : Classical Molecular Simulations {Theory}
  • PH1070 : Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH2071 : Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH4073 : Computer Programming Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH4074 : Computational Physics Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH475 : Fortran Programming Laboratory {Practical}
  • PH574 : Computational Laboratory-II {Practical}

Ph.D. Students [3]
Computational soft matter physics
Sweta Pradhan
Enrolled: Jul 2019
Continuing
Supervisor
Phase Transition in Biological Cell
Sanchari Chakraborty
Enrolled: Sep 2020
Continuing
Supervisor
BIOPHYSICS (Modelling a crowded cell)
Rajendra Rath
Enrolled: Aug 2021
Continuing
Supervisor

Awards And Honours
  • National Scholarship and State Merit Award,   1999
Memberships / Fellowships
  • Heidelberg Graduate School Fellowship,   2009
  • CSIR-UGC Junior Research Fellowship,   2006
  • Visiting Student Research Programme (VSRP) fellowship,   2005