Dr. Raghunath Sahoo

Professor
Department of Physics
Indian Institute of Technology Indore, India
Telephone : +91 8989122921/6265 284 066
Email : raghunath [AT] iiti.ac.in, Raghunath.Sahoo [AT] cern.ch

We are looking for potential Ph.D. applicants with UGC-CSIR-JRF or DST-INSPIRE or GATE to work on high-energy experiment (ALICE/CBM) and QGP phenomenology.

Apply for Research Associates to work in ALICE@LHC

Research Interests:

The Global Properties of Quark Gluon Plasma (QGP) created in the Big Bang Experiment.
[ALICE Experiment at LHC, CERN, Switzerland]

Exploration of QCD Phase Diagram and search for the Critical Point

Matter formed at High Baryon Densities
[Compressed Baryonic Matter Experiment (CBM), GSI, Darmstadt, Germany]

Phenomenology of Quark-Gluon Plasma

GRAPES-3 (Gamma Ray Astronomy PeV Energies)

Applications of Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence in High-Energy Physics

Applications of Statistical Mechanics in High-Energy Physics

Publication Summary [Google Scholar (December 2021)]:

Total number of citations:73,501

h-index: 132

Average citations per paper: 102.5

Career Highlights:

Professor, IIT Indore (2022--).

CERN Scientific Associate, CERN, Geneva, Switzerland (01 March 2021 - 31 March 2022).

Associate Professor, IIT Indore (September 2013 - Feb. 2022).

Assistant Professor, IIT Indore (November 2010 - September 2013).

Visiting Professor, Indian Institute of Management Indore (IIM Indore) (2014-15).

Academic Profile:

Associate Fellow, INSA, New Delhi-2024

Chairperson, ALICE-India Collaboration Board (2023-2024)

Excellence in Research Award-2024, IIT Indore, 15th Foundation Day of IIT Indore (17 Feb. 2024)

India's 25 `most productive' scientists [World's top 2 percent in the Alper Doger (AD) Scientific Index 2023 and 2024 (No.1 at IIT Indore), [based on the scientific performance and the added value of the scientific productivity of individual scientists]

UGC Nominee, Dr. H.S. Gour Central University, Sagar, Community Colleges under NSQF (2022-)

Deputy Spokesperson, ALICE-India Collaboration (2021-2022)

Associate Dean, International Relations, IIT Indore (Nov. 2020- Nov. 2023).

Fellow of Institute of Physics, UK (2020)

INFN Fellow at INFN Padova, Italy (July 2009-November 2010) (ALICE @ CERN, Geneva ).

CNRS Postdoctoral Fellow at Subatech, Nantes, France (Nov 2007 - June 2009) (STAR @ Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA).

Visiting Scientist, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar (May-November 2007).

Research Scientist, University of Cape Town, South Africa (May 2007).

Ph.D. (Experimental High Energy Heavy Ion Collisions (Quark Gluon Plasma)) (STAR Experiment at RHIC, Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA) -Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, 2007.

MSc (Physics)-Particle Physics Specialization, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar.

Memberships of Professional Bodies:

Fellow Member, Institute of Physics, United Kingdom

Life Member, Indian Physics Association (Membership No. IND/LM/12729).

Life Member, Indian Science Congress Association (Membership No. L 22300).

Patron Member, Orissa Physical Society (Membership No: 205).

Life Member, Odisha Bigyan Academy (Membership No: 632).

Editor and Reviewer of International Journals and Projects:

Member, Editorial Board, Physics, MDPI, Switzerland (2020-)

Special Issue Editor, MDPI-Physics (Special Issue on "Jean Cleymans: A Life for Physics")

Guest Editor, Advances in High Energy Physics (Special Issue on "Particle Production in Small and Large Systems at High-Energy and High-Density Frontiers")

Guest Editor, Advances in High Energy Physics (Special Issue on "Particle Production in High Energy Collisions 2020")

Guest Editor, Advances in High Energy Physics (Special Issue on "Properties of Chemical and Kinetic Freeze-outs in High-Energy Nuclear Collisions")

Guest Editor, Advances in High Energy Physics (Special Issue on "Properties of Particle Production and System Evolution in BES-wide Energy Range")

Physica Scripta

Heliyon

MDPI-Universe, Switzerland

MDPI-Entropy, Switzerland

MDPI-Particles, Switzerland

Scientific Reports, Nature Publishing

European Physical Journal A

MDPI Physics, Switzerland

DAE-BRNS Projects, DAE-Nuclear Physics and DAE-High Energy Physics Symposia Papers

International Journal of Theoretical Physics (Springer, USA)

Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics, IOP-UK Publishing

Modern Physics Letters A

International Journal of Modern Physics E

Advances in High Energy Physics

Pramana-Journal of Physics

Chinese Physics C

Central European Journal of Physics

Indian Journal of Physics

Physical Science International Journal

Heavy Flavor Research Project, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

SONATA BIS, Panel-ST2, National Science Center, Poland (Narodowe Centrum Nauki - NCN)

Academic Visits to Abroad:

Denmark (2023), Sweden (2023), Romania (2023), Hungary (2021), China (2019), Vietnam (2019), The Netherlands (2017), Switzerland (2003, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021-2022, 2023, 2024), Japan (2015), Poland (2015).

U.S.A. (2004, 2006), Hungary (2005), South Africa (2007), France (2007-2009, 2021, 2024), Italy (2009-2010, 2018), Germany (2014, 2023).

News and Achievements

Congratulations to
Prof. Raghunath Sahoo on being honored as Associate Fellow of INSA, New Delhi for the year 2024.

Congratulations to Neelkamal Mallick for getting INFN Fellowship-2024.

Congratulations to Dr. Sushanta Tripathy for getting the prestigeous Marie-Curie Fellowship to work in Lund University, Sweden.

Congratulations to Dr. Rutuparna Rath for joing GSI Laboratory, Germany for her 2nd postdoctoral position.

Congratulations to Dr. Dushmanta Sahu for getting awarded with PhD degree on 14 June 2024, as the 10th PhD student from the group.

The experimental high energy physics group is delighted to be awarded with "Excellence in Research Award-2024" of IIT Indore on its 15th Foundation day.