Liton Majumdar

NISER NEWS, RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS AND OUTREACH

  • Research highlighted in Nature India on 12 July 2022: Atmospheric chemistry of a Jupiter-like exoplanet revealed

  • Dr. Liton Majumdar of SEPS awarded with the Mathematical Research Impact Centric Support (MATRICS) by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India in 2022.

  • Dr. Liton Majumdar of SEPS awarded with the Start-up Research Grant (SRG) by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India in 2021.

  • Dr. Liton Majumdar of SEPS selected as a Fellow of Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS) in 2020.

  • Dr. Liton Majumdar of SEPS selected as a Visiting Associate of the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India in 2020.

  • Looking for hiring Ph.D. students through the NISER Ph.D. Program: 2022-23 (Summer Session). Interested candidates can apply in the School of Earth and Planetary Sciences here if they have an interest in star and planet Formation, astrochemistry/molecular astrophysics, radio (NASA DSN, GBT, Yebes)/sub-mm (ALMA, NOEMA, IRAM 30m)/infrared astronomy (SOFIA, JWST) to study origin of sun-like stars and planetary systems such as our own solar-system, Exoplanets and its atmospheres.

  • Looking for hiring highly motivated and bright postdoctoral candidates interested in different interdisciplinary areas of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences such as Astrochemistry/Molecular Astrophysics, Interstellar Medium, Star and Planet formation, Radio/Sub-millimeter/Infrared astronomy, Exo-Planetary and Solar-system Science, etc. The candidate will have access to the IRAM-30m, ARO-12m, Nobeyama-45m, ALMA Cycle 6 and 7, SOFIA Cycle 7 data, as well as NASA's JWST-MIRI guaranteed time observations. Please contact me (liton@niser.ac.in) with your CV, research interest and statement addressing the scientific objective.

    PhDs with Physics/Astronomy & Astrophysics/Planetary & Space Science or relevant background may apply. Candidates with good scientific programming to build modeling tools [e.g. using Fortran, Python, or similar langugage], astronomical data analysis [e.g. Radio or Sub-mm (GILDAS, CASA) or Infrared or related analysis in astropython] skills are highly encouraged.

    Candidates interested in applying for National Post Doctoral Fellowship (N-PDF) or CSIR Research Associateship can send their CVs along with a brief research statement vi email, liton@niser.ac.in

  • Dr. Liton Majumdar of SEPS is one of the co-authors of the latest A&A article, which reports the first discovery of a circumbinary planetary system using ALMA. Link for the press release from CNRS of France which is the French state research organisation and is the largest fundamental science agency in Europe. Note: Discovery of a Circumbinary Planetary System: Spirals induced by the three putative planets, GG Tau Ac (black), GG Tau Ad (cyan), and GG Tau Ae (blue). The white ellipses indicate the approximate inner and outer edge of the dust ring, Phoung et al. (2020)

  • Dr. Liton Majumdar of SEPS awarded with the prestigious Ramanujan Fellowship by the Science and Engineering Research Board (SERB) of Department of Science and Technology (DST), Govt. of India after he joined NISER, Bhubaneswar as a faculty.

  • Dr. Liton Majumdar of SEPS selected as a Life Member of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI).