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

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.

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.

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