Curriculum Vitæ: Santosh Prasad Gupta
Karl-Franzens Universität Graz
Institute of Molecular Biosciences
Humboldtstrasse 50/2
Phone: +436*********
Email: *******.*****@***-****.**
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Personal
Date of Birth : October 15, 1985.
Sex : Male
Marital status : Unmarried.
Citizenship : Indian.
Height: 172 cm.
Father’s name: Rama Prasad Gupta
Mother’s name: Kesharee Devi
Education
Post-Doc (From May 2014 to Present)
Institute of Molecular Biosciences
Karl-Franzens Universität Graz
Graz, Austria
Group: Georg Pabst
http://www.uni-graz.at/ pabstg/group.html
PhD (Soft Condensed Matter Physics) (2008-2014)
Raman Research Institute, Bangalore (India)
Thesis Title: Studies on Novel Phase Behavior of Ionic Amphiphile-Water Systems Thesis Supervisor: Dr. V. A. Raghunathan
MSc (Physics) (2005-2007)
Specialization : Electronics (76.67%)
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curriculum vitæ: Santosh Prasad Gupta
D. D. U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, UP
BSc (Physics) (2002-2005)
Subjects : Physics, Maths, Chemistry (78.39%)
D. D. U. Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, UP
Intermediate (Mathematics group) (2002)
Subjects : Hindi, English, Physics, Mathathematics, Chemistry (77.80%) U. P. Board, UP
High School (Science group) (2000)
Subjects : Hindi, English, Science, Social Science, Mathematics, Sanskrit (61.33%) U. P. Board, UP
Awards & Fellowship
Gold-Medal in M.Sc (Physics) from D D U Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur, 2007.
NET(National Eligibility test in Physical Science), Rank JRF, 2007.
GATE (Graduate Aptitude test in Physical Science), Rank 70, 2008.
JEST (joint screening test), Rank 225, 2008.
SRF (Senior Research Felloship) at Raman Research Institute, Bangalore. Reserch Interests and Teaching Interests
Self assembly in the surfactant system interaction in the lipid bilayer system.
Currently working on "Modulation of Inter- and Intramembrane Coupling in Lipid Bilayers via the Aqueous Phase".
Publications & preprints
Controlling the thermodynamic stability of intermediate phases in a cationic-amphiphile-water sys- tem with strongly binding counterions, PRE, 88, 012503, 2013.
Salt induced isotropic phase of Amphiphile bilayers. (Manuscript under preparation)
Swelling behavior of novel isotropic phase of the bilayers in the anionic-amphiphile-water system.
(Manuscript under preparation)
Helfrich-Hurauld instabilty in the system of worm-like micelles. (Manuscript under preparation)
Polymer induced sponge phase in the cationic-amphiphile-water system. (Manuscript under prepa- ration)
Formation and stability of Hexatic phase in the anionic-amphiphile-water systemwith strongly bind- ing counterions. (Manuscript under preparation)
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curriculum vitæ: Santosh Prasad Gupta
Conferences/Workshops/Schools attended
School on Understanding Molecular Simulation 17th - 28th August 2009, JNCASR, Bangalore.
17th NCLC (National Conference on Liquid Crystals), 15th-17th November 2010, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat.
Soft Matter Chemistry, 9th-11th November 2011, RRI, Bangalore.
18th NCLC, 15th-17th November 2011, NERIST, Nirjuli, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh.
ISMC2013 (International Soft Matter Conference),15th-19th September, University La Sapienza, Pi- azzale Aldo Moro, 5, Rome, Italy.
Soft-Inter 2014: Soft Interactions in Biological and Biominetic self-assemblies, 7th-13th September 2014, Saint Malo, France.
9th Christmas Biophysics Workshop, 15th-16th December 2014, Buzet, Croatia.
Joint Annual Meeting of the Austrian Physical Society and the Swiss Physical Society, 1st-4th Septem- ber 2015.
Presentations/Talks/poster given in national/international meetings
17th NCLC (National Conference on Liquid Crystals), November 2010, Veer Narmad South Gujarat University, Surat, Gujarat. Title : Formation of Mesh Phases in a Cationic Surfactant System with Strongly Bound Counterions. (poster on 16/11/2010).
18th NCLC, November 2011, NERIST, Nirjuli, Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, India. Title : Effect of strongly bound species on the phase behavior of a cationic surfactant. (talk on 17/11/2011).
ISMC2013, 15-19 September 2013, University La Sapienza, Piazzale Aldo Moro, 5, Rome, Italy. Title
: Salt Induced Isotropic phase of bilayers. (poster on 19/09/2013).
Joint Annual Meeting of the Austrian Physical Society and the Swiss Physical Society, 1st-4th Septem- ber 2015. Title : Io-mediated membrane interactions under constrained and unconstrained condi- tions. (talk on 02/09/2015).
Skills/Experience
Technical
Small angle X-ray scattering, Polarizing Optical Microscopy, Cryogenic-Scanning Electron Mi- croscopy.
Synchrotron Beamline experience :
Max-lab, Beamline I911-SAXS (From 6thJun 2104 to 11thJun 2014), Lund, Sweden. Elettra SAXS beamline (From 17th March 2015 to 21th March 2015), Trieste, Italy. ESRF MX-1630 (From 12th April 2015 to 13th April 2015), Grenoble, France. Operating Systems : Windows.
Programming Languages : C, matlab, mathematica.
Tools : fit2d, origin.
Other : LATEX, MS-Office, Xfig, GIMP.
Spoken language: Hindi, English, Sanskrit, Bhojpuri. 3
curriculum vitæ: Santosh Prasad Gupta
References
Dr. V. A. Raghunathan,
Soft CondensedMatter Group, Raman Research
Institute,
Sadashivanagar, Bangalore-560080 (India)
Phone No. : 234*********
Email: *******@***.***.**
Dr. Yashodhan Hatwalne
Soft CondensedMatter Group, Raman Research
Institute,
Sadashivanagar, Bangalore-560080 (India)
Phone No. :234*********
Email: ****@***.***.**
Georg Pabst, DI Dr. Univ.-Doz.
Institute of Molecular Biosciences
University of Graz
Schmiedlstr. 6
A-8042 Graz, Austria
Phone: ++43-316-****-***
Fax: ++43-316-****-***
Email: text *****.*****@***-****.**
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