Work Experience

Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Dibrugarh University

(August 1st, 2024-Till now  )

Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Dibrugarh University

(November 3rd, 2014-July 31st, 2024 )

Education:

Post-Doctoral Work

High Energy Physics-Theory Group, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar.

(June 2014-October 2014)

Ph.D. in Physics ( 2014)

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

Course-work CPI: 8.86 on a 10.0 scale

Research Area: Superstring theory and related topics.

Thesis Title: Studies on the Physics of branes: from the bulk to the boundary.

Thesis Spervisor: Dr. Tapobrata Sarkar, Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Kanpur, India 208016.

Master of Science in Physics, 2010

(Under M.Sc.-PhD dual degree programme)

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India

Graduated with a CPI of 8 on a 10.0 scale.

Bachelor of Science with Physics Major (Chemistry, Mathematics as Pass course), 2007

Cotton College, Guwahati under Gauhati University.

Ranked 1st class 3rd with 77.8 % marks.

Higher Secondary School Exam (Class XII), 2004

Demow H.S. School, Sivasagar under AHSEC.

Secured 1st division (84.6%) with Physics (92), Chemistry (91), Mathematics(80), English (80) and Assamese(80).

H.S.L.C (Class X), 2002

Demow H.S. School, Sivasagar under SEBA.

Secured 1st division with 88.83% .(English-92, General Mathematics-96, Advanced Mathematics-94, General Science-91, Social Studies-83 and Assamese-77).

Ranked 7th among the board students.

Secured highest marks in English (92) among the board students.

HONORS & AWARDS:

a) Ranked 7th among the board students in HSLC 2002 by SEBA with highest marks in English (92/100).

b) JAM 2007(Joint Entrance Examination for M.Sc in IIT’s): All India Rank 97.

c) CSIR Junior Research Fellowship, September, 2009 (Exam held in December 2008).

Areas of Interest/ Specialization:

• My areas of interest are theoretical high energy physics and string theory. To be more specific, I focus on understanding certain interesting issues in the field of Black Hole Thermodynamics, Quiver Gauge Theory and Gauge-Gravity Duality.

Research Publications: 

1. 1. B Eslam Panah, B Hazarika, P Phukon, ''Thermodynamic topology of topological black hole in F(R)-ModMax gravity’s rainbow'', Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics, Volume 2024, ptae116 (2024). 
   2. Bidyut Hazarika, Prabwal Phukon, ''Thermodynamic topology of D = 4,5 Horava Lifshitz black hole in two ensembles'', Nuclear Physics B, Volume 1006,116649 (2024).
   3. Bidyut Hazarika, Prabwal Phukon, '' Thermodynaic topology of black holes in f(R) gravity'', Progress of Theoritical and Experimental Physics, Volume 2024, Issue 4, 043E01 (2024). 
   4. Naba Jyoti Gogoi, Prabwal Phukon, '' Thermodynamic topology of 4D Euler–Heisenberg-AdS black hole in different ensembles'', Physics of the Dark Universe 44, 101456 (2024).
   5. Naba Jyoti Gogoi, Prabwal Phukon, '' Thermodynaic topology of 4D dyonic AdS black holes in different ensembles'', Physical Review D 108, 066016 (2023).
   6. Naba Jyoti Gogoi, Prabwal Phukon, ''Topology of thermodynaics in R-charged black holes'', Physical Review D 107,106009 (2023).
   7.  Naba Jyoti Gogoi, Gunindra Krishna Mahanta, Prabwal Phukon, ''Geodesics in geometrothermodynamics (GTD) type II geometry of 4D asymptotically anti-de-Sitter black holes'', The European Physical Journal Plus (EPJP), (2023) 138:345.
   8. Naba Jyoti Gogoi, Prabwal Phukon, ''Thermodynamic geometry of 5D R-charged black holes in extended thermodynamic space'', Physical Review D 103, 126008 (2021).
   9.  Subhash Mahapatra, Prabwal Phukon and Tapobrata Sarkar, "Generalized Superconductors and Holographic Optics”, Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 01(2014) 135.
   10. Prabwal Phukon and Tapobrata Sarkar, "R- charged black hole and Holographic optics”, Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 09(2013) 102.
   11.  Prashant Kumar, Subhash Mahapatra, Prabwal Phukon and Tapobrata Sarkar, "Geodesics in Information Geometry: Classical and Quantum Phase Transition", Phys. Rev. E 86, 051117 (2012).
   12.  Prabwal Phukon and Tapobrata Sarkar, "On the Higgsing and Un-Higgsing of Fano-3 folds”, Journal of High Energy Physics (JHEP), 01(2012) 90.
   13.  Subhash Mahapatra, Prabwal Phukon and Tapobrata Sarkar, "Black hole entropy corrections in the grand canonical ensemble”, Physical Review D, 84, 044041 (2011).

Ph.D. Students Currently Carrying Out Their Research Under My Supervision :

1. Naba Jyoti Gogoi: Thermodynamic and Topological Studies on Anti-de-Sitter Black Holes. 

2. Abhishek Baruah:  Holographic Study on Anti-de-Sitter Black Holes.

3. Bidyut Hazarika: A Study on The Thermodynamic Topology of Black Holes in Different Theories of Gravity. 

4. Amijit Bhattacharjee:  A Study on Thermodynamic Geometry: From Gravity to Condensed Matter.

M.Phil. Students Who Have Completed Their Research Under My Supervision : 

1. Naba Jyoti Gogoi (Thermodynamic Geometry of 5D R-charged Black Holes in Extended Thermodynamic Space, 2020).

2. Manash Jyoti Saikia (Thermodynamic Geodesics and Phase Behavior of of 4-dimensional Dyonic AdS Black Hole, 2019).

3. Bhargav Borthakur (Information Geometry Studies on Dyonic Black Holes, 2018).

4. Chayanika Chetia (Thermodynamics of Dyonic Black Holes in Different Ensembles, 2017).

I.M.Sc and M.Sc Students Who Carried Out Their Project Work Under My Supervision : 

1. Mozib Bin Awal 
2. Chiranjib Duwaria 
3. Nishad Barbhuyan 
4. Jyotirudra Chakraborty.
5. Garima Bezbaruah.
6. Shrestha Sarma .
7. Bidyut Hazarika (Currently a Ph.D. Student under my supervision).
8. Himanshu Bora (Currently Assistant Professor at Pub Kamrup College.)
9. Gunindra Krishna Mahanta (Currently at Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai).
10. Pratikshya Priyam Baruah (Currently at IISER, Pune).
11. Aparoopa Apsara Baruah (Currently at PRL, Ahmedabad).
12. Kankana Choudhury.
13. Hansatanu Roy.
14.  Jyotishman Borah ( Currently serving at Assam Police).
15. Anshuman Phukan (Currently at NEIST, Jorhat).
16. Suman Das.

 Undergraduate Courses :

1. Quantum Mechanics I 
2. Statistical Mechanics
3. Electricity and Magnetism
4. Mathematical Physics
5. Advanced Mathematical Physics

 Master Degree courses : 

1. Quantum Mechanics I
2. Quantum Mechanics II
3. Mathematical Physics
4. Classical Mechanics
5. Statistical Mechanics
6. Quantum Field Theory
7. Physics of Black Holes
8. String Theory

Ph.D. Coursework : 

1. Research Methodology 
2. General Relativity
3. Special Topics and Techniques in Theoretical Physics