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Faculty Dr. Rohit Babar
Dr. Rohit Babar SRM-AP

Dr. Rohit Babar

Assistant Professor

Department of Physics

Contact Details

rohit.b@srmap.edu.in

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School of Engineering and Sciences Physics Faculty Dr. Rohit Babar

Faculty Information

Education

2019
PhD
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune
India
2011
M.Sc
University of Pune
India
2006
BSc
University of Mumbai
India

Personal Website

Experience

  • 2019 - Research Associate and Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India
  • 2020-2022 - Postdoctoral Fellow and First Research Engineer, Linköping University, Sweden
  • 2022-2025 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungary
  • 2025-now - Assistant professor, Department of Physics, SRM University AP, Amaravati, India

Research Interest

  • I am a computational materials researcher. In our group, we employ first principles calculations to investigate material properties applicable across various domains. Our special interests lies in identifying and engineering materials that are suitable for quantum technology applications.

Awards

  • 2018 - Division of Condensed Matter Physics Graduate Student Travel Award, APS, USA
  • 2018 - SERB International Travel Support, Department of Science & Technology, India
  • 2018 - Infosys Foundation Fellow, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India
  • 2012 - Qualified All India Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering

Memberships

Publications

Patents

Projects

Scholars

Doctoral Scholars

  • Mr Addepalli Sri Udaya Kaleswara Rao Guptha

Interests

  • Disorder in solids
  • Quantum materials
  • Qubit and color center modeling

Thought Leaderships

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Top Achievements

Research Area

Computational Materials and Soft Matter Physics

Group Members

Research Topics

  • Theory of Catalysis: Quantum mechanics and Machine Learning
  • Statistical physics of fracture of disordered materials; Complex systems: socio & econophysics
  • Soft matter and biophysics, rare event sampling
  • Topological quantum materials, transport/ optical properties of 2D materials
  • Machine learning-assisted discovery of materials with targeted properties
  • Quantum transport in magnetic materials for spintronics applications
  • Materials modelling using ab initio calculations
  • Chaos
  • Classical Speed Limits
  • Dynamic Self-Assembly
  • Data-driven in-silico biomolecule design
  • Quantum and classical dynamical systems
  • Modeling qubits and color centers in semiconductors
  • Disorder in solids
  • Quantum materials
  • Qubit and color center modeling

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Education
2006
BSc
University of Mumbai
India
2011
M.Sc
University of Pune
India
2019
PhD
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune
India
Experience
  • 2019 - Research Associate and Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India
  • 2020-2022 - Postdoctoral Fellow and First Research Engineer, Linköping University, Sweden
  • 2022-2025 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungary
  • 2025-now - Assistant professor, Department of Physics, SRM University AP, Amaravati, India
Research Interests
  • I am a computational materials researcher. In our group, we employ first principles calculations to investigate material properties applicable across various domains. Our special interests lies in identifying and engineering materials that are suitable for quantum technology applications.
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2018 - Division of Condensed Matter Physics Graduate Student Travel Award, APS, USA
  • 2018 - SERB International Travel Support, Department of Science & Technology, India
  • 2018 - Infosys Foundation Fellow, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India
  • 2012 - Qualified All India Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
Memberships
Publications
Contact Details

rohit.b@srmap.edu.in

Scholars

Doctoral Scholars

  • Mr Addepalli Sri Udaya Kaleswara Rao Guptha

Interests

  • Disorder in solids
  • Quantum materials
  • Qubit and color center modeling

Education
2006
BSc
University of Mumbai
India
2011
M.Sc
University of Pune
India
2019
PhD
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune
India
Experience
  • 2019 - Research Associate and Postdoctoral Fellow, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India
  • 2020-2022 - Postdoctoral Fellow and First Research Engineer, Linköping University, Sweden
  • 2022-2025 - Postdoctoral Fellow, Wigner Research Centre for Physics, Hungary
  • 2025-now - Assistant professor, Department of Physics, SRM University AP, Amaravati, India
Research Interests
  • I am a computational materials researcher. In our group, we employ first principles calculations to investigate material properties applicable across various domains. Our special interests lies in identifying and engineering materials that are suitable for quantum technology applications.
Awards & Fellowships
  • 2018 - Division of Condensed Matter Physics Graduate Student Travel Award, APS, USA
  • 2018 - SERB International Travel Support, Department of Science & Technology, India
  • 2018 - Infosys Foundation Fellow, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Pune, India
  • 2012 - Qualified All India Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering
Memberships
Publications
Contact Details

rohit.b@srmap.edu.in

Scholars

Doctoral Scholars

  • Mr Addepalli Sri Udaya Kaleswara Rao Guptha