Biography

Dr. Asoka Biswas received her Ph.D in Physics in 2005 from Physical Research Laboratory, India, specializing in physical implementation of quantum computation and information. She was a Post-doctoral research fellow under the Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) fellowship in University of Southern California and worked on quantum control of decoherence and Quantum computation in spin system. After that she joined the University of Toronto for her next post-doc under the Prize post-doctoral fellowship and continued her work on decoherence control. Presently she is an Associate Professor and the Head of the Department, in the Dept. of Physics, IIT-Ropar.

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Area of Research

Quantum Information theory, quantum thermodynamics

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Education

• Ph.D., Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, India, 2005
• M.Sc., University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, 1999
• B.Sc., University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, 1997

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Work Experience

• Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, 2018 - present
• Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, 2010-2018
• Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Toronto, Canada, 2007-09
• Visiting Scientist, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, 2007-09
• Post-doctoral Research Fellow, University of Southern California, USA, 2005-07
• Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Physical Research Lab., India, 2004-05
• Senior Research Fellow, Physical Research Lab., India, 2002-04
• Junior Research Fellow, Physical Research Lab, India, 2000-02