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Dr. Samir Mandal
Professor

  • R.315, Science Block (D2)

Department
Earth and Space Sciences

Research interests

High Energy Astrophysics

Professor, IIST, Thiruvananthapuram (July 2021 – continuing) 

  • Associate Professor, IIST, Thiruvananthapuram (January 2014 - June 2021)
  • Assistant Professor, IIST, Thiruvananthapuram (February 2010 - December 2013)
  • Post Doctoral Fellow at Ben-Gurion University, Israel
  • Visiting Fellow at Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Munich, Germany
  • DST Fast Track Young Scientist
  • Post Doctoral Fellow (AstroSat Project) at Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata
  • Research Fellow (ISRO-RESPOND Project) at Indian Centre for Space Physics, Kolkata
  • CSIR/JRF at Jadavpur University, Kolkata

Education

  • Ph. D. Jadavpur University, Kolkata
  • M. Sc. Calcutta University, Kolkata

Area of Interest

  • Accretion physics of compact X-ray binaries; Particle acceleration and non-thermal processes; Radiation hydrodynamics;
  • Physics of astrophysical jets; Study of AGNs and TDEs; Classification and properties of cosmic sources using machine
  • learning methods; Simulation of detector characteristics in the X-ray domain

Courses

2025:
Galaxies: Structure, Dynamics and Evolution (ESA622 & ESA422)
Observational Astronomy Lab (ESA641 & ESA441)

2024:
High Energy Astrophysics (ESA663 & ESA463)
Observational Astronomy Lab (ESA641 & ESA441)
Introduction to Programming and Data Handling (ESA614 & ESA414)

2023:
Electrodynamics and Special Relativity (PH211) – UG
High Energy Astrophysics (ESA463 & ESA663)
Radiation Processes in Astrophysics (ESA412 & ESA612)
Observational Astronomy Lab (ESA641 & ESA441)
Data Analysis Astronomy Lab (ESA431 & ESA631)

2022:
Radiation Processes in Astrophysics (ESA412 & ESA612)
High Energy Astrophysics (ESA463 & ESA663)
Observational Astronomy Lab (ESA641 & ESA441)
Data Analysis Astronomy Lab (ESA431 & ESA631)

2021:
Computational Astrophysics (ESA614 & ESA414)
High Energy Astrophysics (ESA463 & ESA663)
Observational Astronomy Lab (ESA641 & ESA441)

2020:
High Energy Astrophysics (ESA463 & ESA663)
Observational Astronomy Lab (ESA641 & ESA441)
Computational Astrophysics (ESA614 & ESA414)
Data Analysis Astronomy Lab (ESA431 & ESA631)

2019:
Structure and Evolution of Stars (ESA421 & ESA621)
Computational Astrophysics (ESA614 & ESA414)
Observational Astronomy Lab (ESA641 & ESA441)

2018:
Astrophysical Concepts (ES323) -- UG
Computational Astrophysics (ESA614 & ESA414)
Observational Astronomy Lab (ESA641 & ESA441)
Data Analysis Astronomy Lab (ESA431 & ESA631)

  1. Jeya Raman (ongoing)
  2. Swasthik Visakh S. (ongoing)
  3. Geethu Prabhakar, Accretion Scenario of Black Hole X-ray Binaries During Outburst (Completed in 2023)
  4. Anesha U., Study of Spectral Signatures and Accretion Dynamics of Black Holes During Outbursts (Completed in 2020)

  1. Invited talk on Spectro-Polarimetry Studies of X-ray binaries on 15th February 2024 at SAC Ahmedabad
  2. Invited talk on Spectral, Timing and Polarization properties of black hole X-ray binaries on 4th January 2024 at IISER Kolkata
  3. Talk on the Role of XSPECT in exploring accretion physics in black hole X-ray binaries in the meeting on Science with XSPECT onboard XpoSAT on 22nd September 2021 at URSC, Bangalore
  4. Visited IIT Guwahati for research collaboration during 27-29 March 2017 and delivered one seminar
  5. Public seminar in the overview of instrumentation and Science of AstroSat on 7th October 2015 at IIST
  6. Visited IIT Guwahati for research collaboration during 15-23 May 2014 and delivered a seminar at the Physics department
  7. Visited ARIES Nainital during 14-21 May 2012 for research collaboration and deliver one institute colloquium
  8. Delivered a talk on Atomic & Molecular Spectroscopy in Astrophysics on 2nd April 2012 in the workshop on Atomic and Molecular Physics at IIST
  9. Delivered a seminar on the Accretion disk spectrum of Black Holes: Theory confronts Observation on 19th January 2010 at IIST
  10. Delivered a seminar on Accretion disk spectrum of quasar to nano-quasar: Theory confronts Observation on 19th November 2008 at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Beer-Sheva, Israel
  11. Invited seminar on Accretion disk spectrum of Black Holes: Theory confronts Observation 2nd September 2008 at ARIES Nainital
  12. Invited talk on the Spectral Properties of Two-Component Accretion Flows Around Black Holes on 15th December 2007 at IISc Bangalore
  13. Delivered a seminar at Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate, Italy, September 2003
  14. Invited talk at Institute Service d’Astrophysique du CEA/Saclay, France, August 2003
  15. Delivered a seminar at Observatoire Astronomique de Strasbourg, France, August 2003

  1. Shashank Shukla, X-ray polarization study of black hole X-ray binaries (2024)
  2. Shubhankar Ravindra Gharote, Revealing the spectral signature of mass loss: jets/outflows (2023)
  3. Samrat Ghosh, Study of Newly Identified AGNs using Chandra X-ray Observatory (2023)
  4. Shivam Kumaran, Classification of Faint X-ray sources associated with Globular Cluster Using Machine Learning (2022)
  5. Prasoon Chakraborty, X-ray properties of gamma-ray emitting narrow-line Seyfert 1 galaxies (2022)
  6. Saurabh Yeole, X-ray spectral and timing characteristics of Seyfert 1 galaxies (2021)
  7. Kiran Jayasurya, Spectroscopic Study of Nuclear Transients (2020)
  8. Ravishankan B. T., Investigation of Reflection Features in the Spectra of Black Hole X-ray Binaries (2019)
  9. Akriti Singh, Understanding Nuclear Transients (2019)
  10. Prem Prakash, Polarization Study in Compact X-Ray Binary Systems (2018)

  1. Debasmita Mondal, Modeling of X-ray light curves of H 1743-322 for accretion analysis (2024)
  2. Kanishka Arora, Spectral Data Analysis of X-Ray Binary: JU15437 (2023)
  3. Suraj Kumar Tripathy, Timing Properties of Newly Identified AGNs in Chandra (2022)
  4. Ushasi Bhowmick, Study of X-ray binary system MAXI-J0637+430 (2020)
  5. Shivam Kumaran, MAXI J1820+070 Timing and Spectral Analysis (2020)
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