Swastibrata Bhattacharyya

Assistant Professor, Gr-I

Computational Condensed Matter, Density Functional

About the Faculty:

Dr. Swastibrata Bhattacharyya completed her PhD from IISc Bangalore in 2014. In her PhD Dr. Bhattacharyya studied strain dependent tuning of electronic properties in several low dimensional materials which include two dimensional semiconducting transitional metal dichalcogenides, carbon nanotube, bilayer graphene and boron nitride nanoribbons. After PhD she joined a Post-doctoral research in Yokohama National University Japan (2014-2018), where she developed a method to do phase field simulation of alloys from first principles, without any thermodynamical parameter. She joined Department of Physics, BITS-Pilani K. K. Birla Campus in Nov, 2018 as an assistant professor.

Her broad area of research is: Theoretical and Computational Condensed Mater Physics.

Education +

PhD from IISc Bangalore
MSc in Physics from IIT Guwahati
MTech in Electronics Design and Technology from Tezpur University
BSc(Hons) in Physics from Miranda House, Delhi University

Research area of interest +

2D materials: MXenes, TMDCs, Graphene, van der Waals heterostructures
Straintronics, defects and tuning materials properties
Photocatalytic water splitting
Thermoelectric materials

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Member of editorial board

Guest editor, Discover Applied Sciences (Open access journal), 2025-

Article collection: Materials Science: Recent Advances on van der Waals Heterostructures: Synthesis, Properties and Applications

PhD student, conference presentation

PhD student award

Research article

Open position

PhD position in condensed matter physics is available

Applications are invited for a fully funded PhD position under the following two projects:

Project Title: 2D heterostructures for gas sensing and catalytic applications

Id : BITS025F001483

To apply: https://bitspilaniedu.com/rmit/bitsrmitphdwebsite/ResearchProjectApply.aspx?progCode=499

Supervisors: Prof. Swastibrata Bhattacharyya, Dept. of Physics, BITS-Pilani K. K. Birla Goa Campus and Prof. Michelle Spencer, STEM College, RMIT, Melbourne, Australia

Highlights:

Acquire an internationally recognised qualification from an Indian Institute of Eminence (BITS Pilani) and a top Australian University (RMIT)
Receive a full RMIT tuition fee scholarship for the duration of your enrolment
Receive a generous scholarship with nominal tuition fee from BITS
Benefit from the combined expertise of two leading universities and access world-class research facilities
Travel to Australia for up to one year of candidature and be supported by an Australian stipend for the duration of your year in Melbourne

Eligibility:

M.Sc/M.Tech/ME and equivalent in Physics/Chemistry/Nanoscience/Materials with “First Division/Class” or equivalent. The applicant should have a strong motivation to do research in the field of computational condensed matter physics. Knowledge of density functional theory (DFT) is desirable but not essential.
Please refer to the admission portal for eligibility requirement: https://bitsrmit.in/study-with-us/bits-rmit-phd-program/

How to apply:

You can search for the project ids (BITSRMIT024B001225 and BITS025F001483) on the research projects page to apply.

Closing date: TBA (~Feb/March 2026 for the August 2026 intake.)

To register and apply visit:

https://bitspilaniedu.com/rmit/bitsrmitphdwebsite/ProjectsResearch.aspx?bitrmite

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