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Supurna Sinha | |
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| Born | Durham, North Carolina |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Jadavpur University, Bachelors Syracuse University, Masters, PhD |
| Spouse | Joseph Samuel |
| Awards | NSF Travel Grant |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics |
| Doctoral advisor | Maria Cristina Marchetti |
Supurna Sinha (IPA: /suːˈpʊrna ˈsɪnha/), born on 10th March 1963, is an Indian theoretical physicist with research into statistical mechanics and quantum information. She worked at the Raman Research Institute until her retirement in 2023.
Life and Career
[edit]Sinha was born in Durham, North Carolina on March 10th, 1963.[1] Her father, Surajit Sinha, was an anthropology professor and her mother, Purnima Sinha, was a professor of physics. Her mother was the first woman to receive a PhD in physics from Kolkata University and worked under Professor S. N. Bose, the pioneer of Bose-Einstein statistics. Supurna Sinha describes her mother as the most significant influence on her to study science.[2] She explains in her shared work with her mother Like Mother, Like Daughter that her interest in fine arts and mathematics was piqued due to the environment in which she was raised.[2]
Sinha attended grade school in Kolkata and Shantiniketan. Her physics teacher, Anjan Dasgupta, sparked her interest in physics
in South Point High School, located in Kolkata. She then went on to earn her bachelors of science in physics from Jadavpur University in 1984 and then attained her masters and PhD in physics from Syracuse University in 1992.[1] Another inspiration was her PhD guide, Professor Maria Cristina Marchetti, who was the only woman on the physics faculty at Syracuse. During her time there, she also met her future husband, theoretical physicist Joseph Samuel.
After graduation, she did post-doc work at the Indian Institute of Science and later at the Center for Theoretical Sciences in Bengaluru before securing a permanent position at the Raman Research Institute. Sinha worked there for many years and held visiting positions at several different institutions across the world before retiring in 2023.[1] These locations include Universidad de Los Andes (Bogota), INFN (Naponi) and Durham University (UK) and so on.
When she isn’t involving herself in physics, she enjoys a variety of art activities, including watercolor painting, oil painting, and digital art. She has also written a book called Little Bagha, for children.[3]
Scientific Achievements
[edit]Her research mainly focuses on equilibrium and nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. More specifically, the research focuses on diffusion in the quantum domain both for a neutral particle and a charged particle in a magnetic field. Recently, she has been studying the statistical mechanics of semiflexible polymers, trying to understand how the elasticity of biopolymers, like DNA, plays a role in packaging DNA molecules inside the cell nucleus. Single-molecule experiments on biopolymers provide a good setting for this kind of research. She has also become interested in studying interferometric effects in classical and quantum optics, aiming to explore topics related to classical and quantum information theory.
Prof. Supurna Sinha received an NSF travel grant for going to a conference on Non-equilibrium Statistical Mechanics in honor of E. G. D. Cohen’s 65th birthday celebration in 1988 at the University of Buffalo, US. She also received a research assistantship supported by an NSF grant during 1991-1992.[1]
Publications
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Prof. Supurna Sinha| Imprints Collection | Raman Research Institute". wwws.rri.res.in. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
- ^ a b "purnima supurnasinha.pdf. | Contributors | Women in Science | Initiatives | Resources | public | Indian Academy of Sciences". www.ias.ac.in. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
- ^ "Raman Research Institute". wwws.rri.res.in. Retrieved 2024-12-08.