Gautam Sengupta

Gautam Sengupta is a Professor in the Department of Physics at the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. His research specialization centers on String Theory and its applications to quantum gravity and condensed matter systems.

Education:

• PhD, Institute of Physics Bhubaneswar (1992)
• M.Phil., Institute of Physics Bhubaneswar (1988)
• M.Sc., IIT Kharagpur (1986)
• B.Sc., Calcutta University (1983)

Research Interests: Professor Sengupta's work explores fundamental aspects of quantum gravity through AdS-CFT correspondence, holographic entanglement, and quantum information in black hole thermodynamics. His investigations bridge string theory, conformal field theories, and topological phases of matter, with particular focus on holographic models of superconductivity and condensed matter phenomena.

Publications: His recent articles (2015-2017) predominantly investigate thermodynamic properties of black holes in AdS space, phase transitions in holographic superconductors, and geometric approaches to entanglement thermodynamics, demonstrating consistent focus on gauge/gravity duality applications.

Awards:

• Golda Meir Foundation Fellowship Prize for work on Black Holes in String Theory
• Golda Meir Foundation Fellowship Prize for work in Four Dimensional Classical Solutions in String Theory