Dr Tanmoy Bhattacharya |  External Professor | Best Researcher Award

External Professor at Santa Fe Institute,United States🎓

🧑‍🎓Education🎓

Tanmoy Bhattacharya’s academic journey began at the prestigious Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, where he earned his B.Sc. in Physics in 1982, followed by an M.Sc. in Physics in 1984 under the guidance of Prof. Debabrata Basu. He then pursued his Ph.D. in Physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Bombay, India, completing his dissertation on “Tree Unitarity Breakdown in Spontaneously Broken N=1 Supergravity Theories and Phenomenology of a Superlight Gravitino” in 1989 under the mentorship of Prof. Probir Roy.

💼Work Experience

Bhattacharya’s professional career began with post-doctoral fellowships at Brookhaven National Laboratory, Centre de Energie Atomique in Saclay, and Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) between 1989 and 1995. He transitioned to a staff role at LANL in 1995 and has been a significant contributor to the laboratory ever since. His roles have evolved from Limited Term Staff Member to Scientist 5 and Laboratory Fellow, reflecting his growing expertise and leadership within the institution. Additionally, he served as a Professor at the Santa Fe Institute from 2006 to 2017 and continues to contribute as an External Professor.

🛠️Skills

Tanmoy Bhattacharya possesses a wide range of skills, including expertise in theoretical physics, computational biology, and microbiology. His technical skills extend to programming and software development, having contributed to the creation of tools like hyperTeX, the hyperref LaTeX package, and the development of the Apache webserver. His ability to lead large-scale research collaborations and his contributions to computational methods in high-energy physics and lattice quantum chromodynamics demonstrate his proficiency in both scientific research and technical innovation.

🏆Awards and Honors

Bhattacharya has been the recipient of numerous prestigious awards throughout his career. Some of his notable honors include the Los Alamos Distinguished Performance Award (1999, 2022), the Duke CHAVI-ID Outstanding Contributions Award (2015), and recognition as a Highly Cited Researcher by Clarivate Analytics in multiple years (2016, 2018, 2019, 2020). In 2020, he was named a Los Alamos Laboratory Fellow, a testament to his exceptional contributions to the scientific community. Most recently, in 2023, he was recognized among the top scientists in Biology and Biochemistry by research.com and was part of the LANL team that won an R&D 100 award for the “CANDLE” project.

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