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Debashis Ghoshal

Debashis Ghoshal
Debashis Ghoshal
Professor
Centre/School/Special Centre
School of Physical Sciences
Off. Phone
011-26704708
Email
dghoshal@jnu.ac.in, dghoshal@mail.jnu.ac.in
Personal Webpage
http://www.jnu.ac.in
Qualifications

Ph.D.(Physics), Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai (1993).
M.Sc. (Physics), University of Poona, Pune (1988)
B.Sc. (Physics Hons.), St. Xavier's College, Calcutta University (1985)

Areas of Interest/Specialization

String theory, Quantum field theory, Cosmology of the early universe

Experience

Professor of Physics, SPS, JNU, New Delhi, Jul 2007 onward
Professor (G), Harish-Chandra Research Institute (HRI), Allahabad, (Feb 2004 - Jun 2007)
Reader (F), HRI, Allahabad, (Aug 2001 - Aug 2004)
Fellow, HRI, Allahabad, (Nov 1998 - Jul 2001)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Ludwigs Maximillian University, Munich, (Nov 1996 - Sep 1998)
Postdoctoral Fellow, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, (Oct 1995 - Sep 1996)
Postdoctoral Fellow, HRI, Allahabad, (Oct 1993 - Aug 1995)

Awards & Honours

JSPS Fellowship for Senior Scientists (2004-05)
Alexander-von-Humboldt Fellowship (1997-1998)

International Collaboration/Consultancy

Associate Editor, General Relativity & Gravitation (Springer), since Jan 2007
Member, Editorial Board, Pramana: Journal of Physics (Indian Academy of Sciences & Springer), since Jan 2013

Best Peer Reviewed Publications

D. Ghoshal, p-Adic string theories provide lattice discretization to the ordinary string worldsheet, Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 (2006) 151601.
Debajyoti Choudhury, Debashis Ghoshal, Dileep P. Jatkar, Sudhakar Panda, On the cosmological relevance of the tachyon, Phys.Lett. B544 (2002) 231.
Debashis Ghoshal and Ashoke Sen, Tachyon condensation and brane descent relations in p- adic string theory, Nucl.Phys. B584 (2000) 300.
Stefan Foerste, Debashis Ghoshal and Stefan Theisen, Stringy corrections to the Wilson loop in N=4 superYang-Mills theory, JHEP 9908 (1999) 013.
Debashis Ghoshal and Cumrun Vafa, c = 1 String as the topological theory of the conifold, Nucl.Phys. B453 (1995) 121.

Recent Peer Reviewed Journals/Books

Debashis Ghoshal (Ed.), Current Perspectives in High Energy Physics: Lectures from the SERC Schools, Hindustan Book Agency, New Delhi (2005).