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Greetings! I am Sabyasachi Chakraborty, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, a position I have held since August 2022. My research primarily focuses on theoretical particle physics, particularly on physics beyond the Standard Model.

My work spans effective field theories, axions and other light new particles, flavor physics, collider phenomenology, and aspects of particle physics at the interface with cosmology and astrophysics. More information is available in my research page and CV.

Research

Research Interests

My research broadly explores theoretical particle physics across the theory, cosmic, intensity and energy frontiers.

Theory Frontier

  • Soft-Collinear EFT for Axions & Gravity
  • Renormalization Schemes in Axion EFT
  • Supersoft Supersymmetry
Theory Frontier

Cosmic Frontier

  • Wess-Zumino-Witten Interactions & Stellar Cooling
  • Electroweak Phase Transition & Ultrarelativistic Bubbles
  • Light Dark Matter Models
Cosmic Frontier

Intensity Frontier

  • Axion & Dark Photon Searches
  • Phenomenological Model of Mesons
  • Applications of Heavy Quark Effective Theories
Intensity Frontier

Energy Frontier

  • Soft Tracks as a Tool for New Physics
  • Collider Phenomenology for Beyond Standard Model Physics
Energy Frontier
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Experience

  • Assistant Professor, IIT Kanpur
    2022 — Present
    Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, India
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, SISSA
    2021 — 2022
    International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste, Italy
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Florida State University
    2018 — 2021
    Tallahassee, Florida, USA
  • Visiting Fellow, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
    2015 — 2018
    Mumbai, India

Education

  • PhD in Theoretical Particle Physics
    2010 — 2015
    Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, India
  • MSc in Physics
    2008 — 2010
    Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
  • BSc in Physics (Hons.)
    2005 — 2008
    Presidency College, Kolkata, India
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Awards

  • 2013: CERN Summer School
  • 2012: DST Travel Grant, Asia Europe Pacific Summer School, Fukuoka, Japan
  • 2012: DST Travel Grant, PSI Zuoz Summer School, Switzerland
  • 2010–2015: CSIR Junior and Senior Research Fellowship, India
  • 2008: Silver Medalist, Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Grants

  • 2023–2025: IIT Kanpur Initiation Grant (PHY/2022220)
  • 2023–2025: SERB Start-up Research Grant (SERB-SRG/2023/001162)
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