Principal Investigator
Partha Sharathi Dutta
Associate Professor
Education
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, University of Oldenburg, Germany (Feb. 2011 - Jan. 2013)
Associate Research Fellow, University of Exeter, UK (Jun. - Oct. 2010)
Guest Researcher, University of Stuttgart, Germany (Oct. - Nov. 2009)
PhD: IIT Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
M.Sc: University of Burdwan, West Bengal, India
Work experience
Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (Apr. 2018 - Present)
Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar (Feb. 2013 - Mar. 2018)
Visiting Fellow, Princeton University, NJ, USA (May - Jul. 2017)
Email-id: parthasharathi@iitrpr.ac.in
Current PhD Students
Smita Deb
B.Sc Mathematics, St Xavier’s college Kolkata
M.Sc Mathematics, IIEST Shibpur
Research Interest: I am interested in understanding critical transitions in complex spatiotemporal systems. Currently, I am working on a project which uses machine learning techniques to forewarn critical transitions in complex systems under the influence of diverse types of noise.
Email-id: smita.19maz0004@iitrpr.ac.in
Ravi Kumar K
B.Sc Mathematics, The American College, Madurai
M.Sc Mathematics, Pondicherry University
Research Interest: A lot has already been known regarding the tipping points of autonomous dynamical systems. However, not much is known about tipping points in nonautonomous systems. When the evolution law of a dynamical system explicitly depends on time, the system is called nonautonomous. New concepts are needed to understand tipping points in nonautonomous systems. My work broadly focuses on understanding tipping points in nonautonomous systems.
Email-id: ravi.21maz0002@iitrpr.ac.in
Current Postdoc
Arindam Mandal
PhD, Kalyani University
Research Interest: I am interested in evolutionary game theory. The utilization of common resources poses a perpetual dilemma for communities, as cooperators exercise restraint while defectors strive for disproportionate gains. Specifically, I am trying to understand how the dynamics of coupled human-environment system hinges on incentives for individuals to initiate or adopt behavioral changes.
Lab Alumni
Arzoo Narang
M.Sc Mathematics, Panjab University
PhD, IIT Ropar
PhD degree awarded: 2023
Thesis title: Dynamic processes in complex communities: Interplay of noise, nonlinearity, and network structure
After Dutta Lab: Centre for Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, IIM Ahmedabad, India
Subhendu Bhandary
M.Sc Mathematics, IIT Guwahati
PhD, IIT Ropar
PhD degree awarded: 2023
Thesis title: Stability, Resilience, and Collective Dynamics in Networks of Biological Systems
After Dutta Lab: Bascompte Lab, Structure and Dynamics of Ecological Networks, Dept. of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Taranjot Kaur
M.Sc Mathematics, Delhi University
PhD, IIT Ropar
PhD degree awarded: 2022
Thesis title: Ecosystem Stability Under Environmental Change
After Dutta Lab: Valdovinos Lab, Laboratory of Ecological Networks, Dept. of Environmental Science and Policy, University of California, Davis, USA.
Sukanta Sarkar
M.Sc Mathematics, IIT Madras
PhD, IIT Ropar
PhD degree awarded: 2021
Thesis title: Tipping Points in Complex Systems: From Prediction to Mitigation
After Dutta Lab: The Drake Lab, Laboratory of Population Dynamics, Odum School of Ecology, University of Georgia, Athens, USA.
Ramesh Arumugam
M.Sc Mathematics, IIT Madras
PhD, IIT Ropar
PhD degree awarded: 2018
Thesis title: Synchrony and Stability: Towards Understanding Temporal and Spatial Dynamics of Ecosystems
After Dutta Lab: The Guichard Lab, Theoretical and Marine Ecology, Department of Biology, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
Yogita Sharma
M.Sc Mathematics, Panjab University
PhD, IIT Ropar
PhD degree awarded: 2017
Thesis title: Regime Shifts in Bistable Biological Systems
After Dutta Lab: The Marshall Lab, Divisions of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, USA.
( Joint supervision with Dr. A. K. Gupta)
Anubhav Gupta
BS-MS, IISER Kolkata
MS degree awarded: 2017
MS Thesis title: Increased Persistence via Asynchrony in Oscillating Ecological Populations with Long-range Interaction
After Dutta Lab: Petchey Lab, Predictive Ecology Group, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
(Anubhav was a visiting BS-MS student from IISER Kolkata and I have supervised his final year Master’s Thesis. )
Dr. Krishnendu Pal
Postdoc: Feb - Nov 2021
Ph.D.: S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences
Research Interest: Krishnendu worked on critical transitions in spatiotemporal ecological systems in the presence of correlated stochastic fluctuations.
After Dutta Lab: Physics and Applied Mathematics Unit, ISI Kolkata