Debayan Mitra

Department of Physics, Harvard University Phone: (408) 724-7434 17 Oxford St., Cambridge, MA-02138 Email: [email protected]

PARTICULARS

Harvard University Cambridge, U.S.A. Postdoctoral Researcher 2018-present

EDUCATION Princeton University Princeton, U.S.A. Ph.D. in Physics 2012-2018

Ecole Polytechnique Palaiseau, France Ingnieur polytechnicien promotion X2009 2009-2012 Masters degree with specialization in condensed matter physics

Presidency University Kolkata, India B. Sc. in Physics 2006-2009 First Departmental Rank

CURRENT STATUS U.S. F-1 visa status with OPT extension, Citizen of India.

RESEARCH INTERESTS My research interests span the areas of quantum mechanics, atomic, molecular physics and condensed matter physics. I have a specific interest in ultracold-atoms and molecules as a platform for quantum simulation and its interface with solid-state physics.

ACADEMIC HONORS • Awarded Grand Prix du stage de recherche at Ecole polytechnique, Palaiseau, France, 2012. • Gold Medal at the National Graduate Physics Examination, India, 2008-2009. • Undergraduate Associate, Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kokata, India, 2007.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE • Postdoctoral Researcher, Harvard University, 2018 - present. Building a cryogenic buffer gas cooled molecular beam experiment with a linear triatomic molecule (CaOH). Eventual laser slowing and 3D MOT with a goal of loading in optical tweezers. • Research Assistant, Princeton University, 2013 - 2018. Built the Princeton Quantum Gas Microscopy experimental setup. Work focussed on the Fermi-Hubbard model. • Research Intern, IBM Almaden Research Center, California, Apr - Sep. 2012. Studied the inverse spin-Hall effect in various ferromagnetic-paramagnetic interfaces using FMR spectroscopy. • Undergraduate Research, L.S.I., Ecole Polytechnique, 2010-2012 Studied the thermodynamic susceptibility of spin injection. • Research Intern, SPINTEC, Grenoble, Jul - Aug. 2011. Studied radio frequency spin-torque oscillations in multilayered synthetic anti-ferromagnets. TEACHING EXPERIENCE • Teaching Assistant. PHY 103-105: Mechanics. Taught lab sections during Fall 2013, 2014 and 2016, Princeton University. Awarded a department teaching award in 2017 for my contributions as a TA. • Teaching Assistant. PHY 101: Introductory Physics. Taught lab sections, Fall 2015, Princeton University.

PUBLICATIONS 1. D. Mitra, et. al. “Phase separation and pair condensation in a spin-imbalanced 2D Fermi gas”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 117, 093601 (2016) 2. P. T. Brown, et. al. “Spin-imbalance in a 2D Fermi-Hubbard system”, Science 357, 6358 (2017) 3. D. Mitra, et. al. “Quantum gas microscopy of an attractive FermiHubbard system”, Nature Physics volume 14, pages 173177 (2018) 4. E. Guardado-Sanchez, et. al. “Probing quench dynamics across a quantum phase transition into a 2D Ising antiferromagnet”, Phys. Rev. X 8, 021069 (2018) 5. P. T. Brown, et. al. “Bad metallic transport in a cold atom Fermi-Hubbard system”, Science 363, 6425 (2019)

TALKS 1. DAMOP 2018 “Signatures of a massive collective mode of attractive fermions in an optical lattice: The η-mode”, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, May 2018. 2. Invited Talk “Quantum Gas Microscopy of the Fermi-Hubbard Model in and out-of equilibrium”, Doyle Group, Harvard University, Cambridge, January 2018. 3. Invited Talk “Quantum Gas Microscopy of the Fermi-Hubbard Model in and out-of equilibrium”, Will Group, Columbia University, New York, December 2017. 4. DAMOP 2017 “Observation of charge density wave correlations in the attractive Fermi-Hubbard model”, Sacremento, California, June 2017. 5. DAMOP 2016 “Pair condensation in a spin-imbalanced 2D Fermi gas”, Providence, Rhode Island, May 2016.

LANGUAGES Proficient in English, French and Spanish. Native speaker of Hindi and Bengali.

REFERENCES

Prof. Waseem Bakr Prof. Dr. Stuart Parkin Dept. of Physics Director Princeton, NJ 08544 Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics Phone: (609) 258-4494 Weinberg 2 [email protected] 06120 Halle, Germany Phone: +49 345 5582-657 [email protected]

Prof. David Huse Prof. Herman Verlinde Dept. of Physics Dept. of Physics Princeton, NJ 08544 Princeton, NJ 08544 Phone: (609) 258-4407 Phone: (609) 258-5585 [email protected] [email protected]

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