Hot and dense quark matter
Thermodynamics of relativistic matter at nonzero temperature and chemical potential, including problems motivated by dense QCD and the physics of strongly interacting matter.
I am a graduate student in Physics at The Ohio State University and a member of the Center for Cosmology and AstroParticle Physics (CCAPP), where I am being advised by Dr. Tyler Gorda.
My current research is centered on quantum field theory at finite temperature and density, with particular emphasis on perturbative descriptions of hot and dense matter. I am interested in the thermodynamics of relativistic gauge theories, scale separation and resummation, and in extending weak-coupling methods across physically relevant regimes of temperature and chemical potential.
My previous work has involved stochastic interacting systems, nonequilibrium statistical mechanics, and spectral questions associated with random tensors.
Contact: majumderswastik09@gmail.com
I am broadly interested in analytical problems in statistical physics, particularly where field-theoretic, perturbative, many-body, and asymptotic methods intersect.
Thermodynamics of relativistic matter at nonzero temperature and chemical potential, including problems motivated by dense QCD and the physics of strongly interacting matter.
Interacting stochastic systems, driven dynamics, transport, and collective behavior in low-dimensional and geometrically constrained systems.
Analytical approaches to many-body statistical physics, emergent behavior, interacting particle systems, and systems with nontrivial geometry.
Eigenvalue and eigenvector distributions of higher-order random tensors and related questions at the interface of mathematical and statistical physics.
Department of Physics
Columbus, Ohio, USA
Graduate Research Associate
TIFR Hyderabad, India
May 2024 – June 2025
Kyoto University, Japan
May 2023 – May 2024
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
Kolkata
India — 2025
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research
Kolkata
India — 2025
Graduate Teaching Associate, Physics 1251: E&M, Waves, Optics, Modern Physics — The Ohio State University
Graduate Teaching Associate, Physics 1251: E&M, Waves, Optics, Modern Physics — The Ohio State University
Teaching Assistant, Statistical Mechanics — Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Teaching Assistant, Probability and Statistics II — Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Teaching Assistant, Condensed Matter Physics — Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Teaching Assistant, Statistical Mechanics — Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
Department of Physics Poster Session · The Ohio State University
August 19, 2026
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata
May 2025
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