About
Rajesh Singh is an assistant professor in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras, Chennai. His research interests are in the field of theoretical soft condensed matter physics. His research group at IIT Madras studies the physics of soft, active, and living materials using tools from statistical mechanics, fluid mechanics, computational physics, and Bayesian statistics.
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Scientific positions and education
Since 21 | Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Madras, Chennai |
2018-21 | Postdoctoral research associate, DAMTP, University of Cambridge |
2012-18 | PhD, The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai |
2010-12 | MSc, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur |
2007-10 | BSc, Hindu College, University of Delhi |
Awards and fellowships
2022 | Start-up Research Grant, SERB, India |
2021 | RAMP Early Career Investigator Award, Royal Society, United Kingdom |
2021 | Early Career Fellowship (declined), Leverhulme Trust, United Kingdom |
2017 | Newton International Fellowship, Royal Society-SERB, United Kingdom |
Contact
Rajesh Singh
Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
IIT Madras, Chennai, India
rsingh [at] physics.iitm.ac.in