DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS

Dr. Pallabi Pathak

Designation : Assistant Professor
Department : Physics
Contact No. : 09706719499
Email : pallabipathak.ustm@gmail.com
Google Scholar link : https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=RL61DEwAAAAJ&hl=en‪
Research Gate link : https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Pallabi-Pathak

Qualifications

Post doctorate (Institute for Plasma research, Gujarat).
Ph.D. in Physics (Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati).
M.Sc. in Physics (Gauhati University).

Areas of Interest/Specialization

1. Waves and instabilities in Plasma
2. Nonlinear modeling of Plasma Waves
3. Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Technology
4. Plasma Diagnostics

 

Experiences

1. 3 years experience of post doctoral research in plasma diagnostics.
2. Associated with USTM as an Assistant Professor since August 2023.

Achievement

1. Best poster prize in 2^nd National Symposium on Nonlinear and Complex Phenomenon held at IASST, Guwahati during 26-28 March 2015.
2. Best poster award (Basic Plasma Section) in 30^th National Symposium on Plasma Science and Technology held at SINP, Kolkata during 1-4 December 2015.
3. CSIR-SRF Award in April 2018 from Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Govt. of India, New Delhi.
4. Best Poster award in 12^th International Conference on Plasma Science and Applications (ICPSA-2019) held at Lucknow University, India during 11-14 November, 2019.

Projects associated with

1. June 2020- June 2023: Post doctorate on “The tomographic diagnostic of Helicon Experiment for Negative Hydrogen Ion (HELEN) device” at Institute for Plasma Research, Gandhinagar, Gujarat, India.
2. May 2014-September 2019: Ph.D. on “Studies on the characteristics of Peregrine soliton in multicomponent plasma with negative ions” at Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India.
3. September 2013-April 2014:   JRF on Project entitled “Investigation on rogue wave in multicomponent plasma with negative ions” at Institute.

Peer Reviewed Publications

1. Pallabi Pathak, S. K. Sharma, Y. Nakamura and H. Bailung, “Observation of Second Order Ion Acoustic Peregrine Breather in Multicomponent Plasma with Negative Ions”, Physics of Plasmas 22 022107, 2016.
2. Pallabi Pathak, S. K. Sharma, Y. Nakamura and H. Bailung, “Observation of Ion Acoustic Multi-Peregrine Solitons in Multicomponent Plasma with Negative Ions”, Physics Letters A 381 4011, 2017.
3. Pallabi Pathak, “Ion Acoustic Peregrine Soliton under Enhanced Dissipation”, Frontiers in Physics 8 603221, 2021.
4. Pallabi Pathak and M. Bandyopadhyay, “Parametric Investigation for Modulation Instability of Ion Wave in Negative Ion Plasma Sources”, Physica Scripta, 96115601, 2021.
5. Pallabi Pathak and H. Bailung, “Experiments on Large Amplitude Ion Acoustic Shock Wave in a Multicomponent Plasma”, Submitted

Book Chapters

1. Pallabi Pathak, Chapter: “An Introduction to Plasma Waves, Book: Plasma science: An introduction and its applications”, Editor: Prof. Joyanti Chutia, Former director and Emeritus Scientist, Institute of Advanced Study in Science and Technology, ISBN: 978-93-88645-62-1
2. Pallabi Pathak, Chapter: “Solitons in Plasma, Book: An Introduction to Plasma and Fusion Science”, Editor: Dr. Partha Saikia, Assistant Professor, Joya Gogoi College, Golaghat, Assam, Publisher: Akinik Publications, New Delhi, ISBN: 978-93-90420-21-6

Presentations in National/International Conferences:

1. Pathak, S. K. Sharma and H. Bailung, “Observation of high amplitude ion acoustic Peregrine soliton in multicomponent plasma with negative ions” 29^th National symposium on Plasma Science and Technology held at M. G. University, Kottayam during 8-11 December 2014.
2. Pathak, S. K. Sharma and H. Bailung, “Characteristics of high amplitude ion acoustic Peregrine soliton in multicomponent plasma with negative ions” 2^nd National symposium on Nonlinear and Complex Phenomenon held at IASST, Guwahati during 26-28 March 2015. (Best Poster)
3. Pathak, S. K. Sharma and H. Bailung, “Observation of ion-acoustic Kuznetsov-Ma soliton in multicomponent plasma with critical concentration of negative ions” 30^th National symposium on Plasma Science and Technology held at SINP, Kolkata during 1-4 December 2015. (Best Poster)
4. Pathak, S. K. Sharma and H. Bailung, “Super rogue wave in plasma” 10^th Asia Plasma & Fusion Association conference held at IPR, Gandhinagar during 14-18 December 2015.
5. Pathak, S. K. Sharma and H. Bailung, “Rogue waves in plasma” 62^ndAnnual Technical session of Assam Science Society and national seminar on “Science and Technology for Human Welfare”, February 27, 2017.
6. Pathak, S. K. Sharma and H. Bailung, “Observation of high amplitude ion-acoustic shock in multicomponent plasma with negative ions” 32^nd National symposium on Plasma Science and Technology held at IPR, Gandhinagar during 7-10 November 2017.
7. Pathak, S. K. Sharma and H. Bailung, “Observation of Rogue Waves in Multicomponent Plasma” National Conference on Recent Advances in Science and Technology (NCRAST-2018) held at Assam Science and Technology University, Guwahati, Assam during 15 – 17 March, 2018.
8. Pathak and H. Bailung, “Ion Acoustic Peregrine Soliton under Enhanced Dissipation” 12^th International Conference on Plasma Science and Applications (ICPSA-2019) held at Lucknow University, India during 11-14 November, 2019. (Best Poster)

Workshop/School attended:

1. DST-SERB School on “PLASMA THEORY” held at IASST, Guwahati during 9 – 29 November 2016.
2. 3^rd ASEAN School on Plasma and Nuclear Fusion (ASPNF) held at Kasetsart University, Bangkok during January 30 – February 3, 2017.
3. “One-Day Workshop on Vacuum Technology and its Application in Optical Science” held at IIT Guwahati on 19th August 2017.
4. DST-SERB School on PLASMA DEVICES: SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY” held at CEERI, Pilani, Rajasthan during 04 – 22 December, 2017.

Programming proficiency:

• Matlab
• Mathematica
• Python
• Fortran-90

 

Professional Affiliation

1. Member of “ Association of Asia Pacific Physical Societies – Division of Plasma
Physics (AAPPS-DPP)”
2. Life member of “Plasma Science Society of India”
3. Life member of “Physics Academy of North-East”

Mentorship:

M.Sc. dissertations:

1. Characteristics of modified Korteweg – de Vries (KdV) solitons in multicomponent plasma with negative ions by Pratima Borah, 2015, Gauhati University
2. Plasma Sheath Characteristics in a magnetized plasma , M. Akand, Omar F. Siddique and S. Ahmed Laskar, USTM, pursuing.

Participation in Faculty Development Program:

1. Participated and successfully completed the Faculty Development Program on “Mentoring Pedagogy and Classroom Delivery Technique” 2024, Organized by AIU, USTM and AIDC

Available Programmes:

• B.Sc. Physics
  

• M.Sc. Physics

• Ph.D. Physics