Professor
Department of Physical Sciences
📍 2F10 - AB1
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Research Area
Statistical Mechanics, Soft Matter Physics, Biological Physics
Research Interests
My research interests are in developing simple models of complex biological processes and study them by using tools of statistical physics like generating functions, exact transfer matrix, Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics simulations.
Presently, I am working on the following problems:
(1) Unzipping of double stranded DNA and adsorbed polymers
(2) Polymer translocation through a narrow pore
(3) Physics of Active matter
Since 2023 : Professor, IISER Mohali
2017 - 2023 : Associate Professor, IISER Mohali
2009 - 2017 : Assistant Professor, IISER Mohali
2007 - 2009 : PostDoc, Department of Theoretical Physics, TIFR Mumbai
2001 - 2007 : PhD Physics, IOP Bhubaneswar, Homi Bhabha National Inistitue Mumbai
1998 - 2000 : M.Sc. Physics , Kumaon University Nainital
1995 - 1998 : B.Sc., Kumaon University Nainital
Best PhD Thesis Award at 53rd DAE Solid State Physics Symposium, 2008
Ramu Kumar Yadav, Suman M Kalyan, Rajeev Kapri and Abhishek Chaudhuri. Stochastic Resonance in a Model of a Periodically Driven {DNA}: {Multiple} Transitions, Scaling, and Sequence Dependence. Phys. Rev. E 108(2):L022401, 2023. DOI
Rajneesh Kumar, Abhishek Chaudhuri and Rajeev Kapri. Sequencing of Semiflexible Polymers of Varying Bending Rigidity Using Patterned Pores. J. Chem. Phys. 148(16):164901, 2018. DOI
Rajeev Kapri. Unzipping {DNA} by a Periodic Force: {Hysteresis} Loop Area and Its Scaling. Phys. Rev. E 90:062719, 2014. DOI
Rajeev Kapri and Somendra M Bhattacharjee. Manipulating a Single Adsorbed {DNA} for a Critical Endpoint. EPL 83:68002, 2008. DOI
Rajeev Kapri and Somendra M Bhattacharjee. Randomly {Forced DNA}. Phys. Rev. Lett. 98:98101, 2007. DOI
Rajeev Kapri, Somendra M Bhattacharjee and Flavio Seno. Complete {Phase Diagram} of {DNA Unzipping}: {Eye}, {Y Fork}, and {Triple Point}. Phys. Rev. Lett. 93:248102, 2004. DOI