Somajit Dey

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PhD candidate/Senior Research Fellow in Theoretical/Computational Physics. I have just submitted my final thesis. On the side, I actively develop, maintain and contribute to free and open source projects.

🏡 India.

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Current goals

Right now I am seeking a Post Doctoral position/fellowship in Theoretical/Computational Physics or the rather nascent interdisciplinary fields where physicists can contribute meaningfully.

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Research interests

My interests are wide. Here are a few of them:

Modelling and simulating lyotropic liquid crystals. (Worked on this)
Developing more efficient integrators for large scale molecular dynamics simulations. (Worked on this)
Lipid or copolymer based nanoparticles for cellular delivery of therapeutics. (Worked on this)
Open and non-equilibrium systems - spontaneous emergence of organized structures without violating the 2nd law. Origin of Life.
Complex systems; Collective dynamics, self-organization, emergence and universality, as found in biological and ecological systems.
General models for the phenomena of jamming in different systems.
Computational research on the physical chemistry of proteins.
Quantum biology.
The postulates of special relativity. (Worked on this)
Tilted smectic phase in thermotropic liquid crystals. (Worked on this)

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Experience

5 years of successful (in terms of publication in esteemed peer-reviewed journals), self-motivated research in highly efficient modelling and simulation of complex systems with applications in academia, medicine, industry and education (see Research papers).
Successful, solo (single-authored) research in topics such as special relativity and computational methodology (see Research papers).
Corresponding author in all research publications till date.
Conceived of, developed and actively maintaining many well-accepted free and open-source projects spanning a wide range - from decentralized chat apps and remote shells, to command-line utilities and various useful libraries (see Software Projects).
Contributed to popular open-source projects maintained by others.
Taught Physics to final year high school students for 3 years.

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Qualification

Awaiting PhD in Theoretical Physics, after submitting my thesis.

M.Sc. in Physics from University of Calcutta, India.

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Skills

Coarse-grained modeling
Molecular dynamics simulation
Modern Fortran
OpenMP
OpenMPI (working knowledge)
Bash scripting
C
C++ (working knowledge)
Python (working knowledge)
Go (learning)
MS Word
MS PowerPoint
Inkscape

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Attitude

My training in Physics, and my experiences in software development, I believe, have made me a problem-solver at heart. Every work I do, be it my Physics research or FOSS projects, I religiously strive for these :

Clarity
Originality and Novelty
Efficiency and Minimalism
Enhancement / Expansion / Broadening of scope
Informing / Guiding / Inspiring future works

I love the world of ideas and it gives me goosebumps every time a beautiful idea could be materialized into tangible reality at the end of a research or software project. And that is why, I am always open to ideas as well.

Am a big fan of egoless programming, and I consciously make an effort to be as tolerant and inclusive as humanly possible. I derive great joy from technical discussions and communications with kindred spirits and the community at large. Working with a multicultural, interdisciplinary team would be an awesome experience to learn and give that I am looking forward to.

I am mostly self-taught, self-driven and self-motivated and thus, have an independent spirit - I like to do and try things myself rather than always requiring someone else to push or guide. I like to play at work using heuristic techniques that allow me to learn and adapt rapidly. I am quick to admit my mistakes and get on with a better idea / technique that I may come across. And I am not afraid to fail, but I can never accept not even trying merely because of a lack of confidence.

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Works

Research papers	Software projects

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Achievements

Project IPNS-Link won a 5000 USD Next Step Microgrant from Protocol Labs.
Project ipfs-chat accepted in the official list of awesome IPFS apps.
Project redis-client accepted in the official list maintained by Redis Ltd.
Multiple research papers published in renowned peer-reviewed journals.
CSIR (NET) Senior Research Fellow, 2017-2020
CSIR (NET) Junior Research Fellow, 2015-2017
27th Rank obtained in JRF (NET)-CSIR, December, 2014 (includes eligibility for lecturership).
INSPIRE Scholarship, 2010-2015