Faculty

Prof. Chhayabrita Maji is a Professor of Physics in the Department of Applied Sciences with two decades of post-PhD research experience in experimental condensed matter physics. Her research spans quantum materials, nanophysics, surface physics, and sustainable alloys designed to advance green technology.

She earned her Ph.D. at UGC-DAE-CSR, Indore, under the mentorship of Dr. Sudipta Roy Barman, before securing a prestigious European Union Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Postdoctoral Fellowship at Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, Germany. There, she conducted advanced research at the BESSY-II Synchrotron facility within the Spin and Topology in Quantum Materials group led by apl. Prof. Dr. Oliver Rader. Her extensive experimental work also extends to major international synchrotron facilities, including Elettra in Italy and KEK in Japan.

Prof. Maji has been awarded the S.N. Bose Fellowship (2008), the DST Woman Scientist Fellowship (2016), the Women in Science award from the Indian Institute of Metals, Bhubaneswar Chapter (2020), and the Kamala Bhagwat Sohonie Science Shikshika Shodhkartri Mention (2022). Her work is widely published in high-impact journals, including Physical Review Letters, Physical Review B, and Applied Physics Letters. She holds lifetime memberships in the Materials Research Society of India and the Electron Microscopy Society of India.

A dedicated educator, she is deeply committed to active learning and has taught across all academic tiers, from undergraduate to advanced Ph.D. courses.

• Graduation In: Physics, Mathematics and Electronics
• Graduation From: RTM Nagpur University
• Graduation Year: 1996

• Post Graduation In: Physics
• Post Graduation From: RTM Nagpur University
• Post Graduation Year: 1998

• Doctorate In: Physics
• Doctorate From: UGC-DAE CSR Indore / Devi Ahilya Vishwavidyalaya
• Doctorate Year: 2006

• Introduction to Quantum Mechanics ans Quantum Computing
• Engineering Physics
• Synthesis and Fabrication of Nanomaterials
• World of Quantum Material and Devices
• Research Methodology
• Magnetic Alloy thin film Characterization
• Basics of Electrical and Electronics Engineering
• Emerging Materials
• Computational Material Science
• Advanced Characterization Techniques
• Electronic Structure and Physics of Material

• Quantum Materials
• Sustainable alloys
• Nanophysics
• Surface Physics

• C. Biswas, A. K. Shukla, S. Banik, S. R. Barman, and A. Chakrabarti, Argon nano-bubbles in Al(111): a photoemission study, Phys. Rev. Lett. 92, 115506 (2004).
• A.Varykhalov, J.Sanchez-Barriga, A. M. Shikin, C. Biswas, E. Vescovo, O.Rader, Electronic and magnetic properties of quasi-freestanding graphene on Ni, Phys. Rev. Lett. 101, 157601 (2008).
• C. Biswas, A. K. Shukla, S. Banik, V. K. Ahire, and S. R. Barman, Plasmons in core-level photoemission spectra of Al(111), Phys. Rev. B 67, 165416 (2003).
• S. R. Barman, C. Biswas, and K. Horn, Electronic excitations on silver surfaces, Phys. Rev. B 69, 045413 (2004).
• A. Chakrabarti, C. Biswas, S. Banik, R. S. Dhaka, A. K. Shukla, S. R. Barman, Influence of Ni doping on the electronic structure of Ni2MnGa, Phys. Rev. B 72, 073103 (2005).
• A. Varykhalov, C. Biswas, W. Gudat, and O. Rader, Fabrication of patterned Au films as supporting templates for one-dimensional magnetic nanostructures, Phys. Rev. B 74, 195420 (2006).
• A. K. Shukla, R. S. Dhaka, C. Biswas, S. Banik, S. R. Barman, K. Horn, Ph. Ebert, and K. Urban, Growth and electronic structure of alkali metal adlayers on icosahedral Al70.5Pd21Mn8.5, Phys. Rev. B 73, 054432 (2006).
• A.K. Shukla, C.Biswas, R. S. Dhaka, S. C. Das, P. Krüger, and S. R. Barman, Influence of sp-d hybridization on the electronic structure of Al-Mn alloys, Phys. Rev. B 77, 195103 (2008).
• R. S. Dhaka , C.Biswas, A. K. Shukla, S. R. Barman, A. Chakrabarti, Xe and Ar nanobubbles in Al studied by photoemission spectroscopy, Phys. Rev. B 77, 104119 (2008).
• A.G. Rybkin, A.M. Shikin, and V.K. Adamchuk, D. Marchenko, C. Biswas, A. Varykhalov and O. Rader, Large spin-orbit splitting in light quantum films: Al/W(110), Phys. Rev. B 82, 233403 (2010).
• Soumyadipta Pal, Sagar Sarkar, S. K. Pandey, Chhayabrita Maji, and Priya Mahadevan, Driving force for martensitic transformation in Ni2Mn1+xSn1−x, Phys. Rev. B 94, 115143 (2016).
• C. Biswas, R. Rawat, and S. R. Barman, Large negative magnetoresistance in a ferromagnetic shape memory alloy: Ni2+xMn1-xGa, Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 202508 (2005).
• Sandeep Singh and C.Biswas*, Magnetoresistance origin in martensitic and austenitic phase of Ni2Mn1+xSn1-x, Appl. Phys. Letts. 98, 212101 (2011).
• Sandeep Singh, Soumyadipta Pal and Chhayabrita Maji*, The resistivity upturn in Ni-Mn-In alloys exhibiting magnetic field induced shift in martensitic transition with and without Co doping, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 856, 157405 (2021).

• Lifetime Member: Material Research Society of India
• Lifetime Member: Electron Microscopy Society of India

• 2005, Marie Curie Fellowship, Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, European Commission, Germany
• 2020, Women in science, Indian Institute of Metals, Bhubaneswar chapter

• 2023 – 2026: Principal Investigator, Development of new Ni-Co-Mn-In based Heusler alloy composition for the purpose of low magnetic field (≤ 1 Tesla) refrigeration at room temperature, SERB-POWER, (₹ 29.7 lacs).
• 2022 – 2025: Principal Investigator, Flexible Ni-Mn-In alloy growth for room temperature and low magnetic field operation, UGC-DAE-CSR, (≈ ₹ 8.5 lacs).
• 2016 – 2018: Principal Investigator, Moulding of two advanced materials for technical applications, SR/WOS-A/PM-11/2016, Department of Science and Technology (₹ 21.8 lacs).
• 2008 – 2013: Principal Investigator, Electronic structure investigation of organic and metallic interfaces and surfaces, SNB/CB/08-09/08, S.N.Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences (≈ ₹ 51 lacs).