Departments at IISER Kolakata
Department of Biological Sciences
The Department of Biological Sciences has been conducting research and teaching in a broad spectrum of areas in Biology. Their research encourages interdisciplinary scientific explorations along with applications to address health and environmental issues.
- Molecular Simulations, Biomedical Instrumentation
- Cancer Biochemistry, Immunological inspection
- Bioinformatics and Biostatistics, Microbiological and Virological Methods
- Genomics, Proteomics, Lab Tools and Techniques, Enzymology, Protein Engineering.
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Department of Chemical Sciences
The Department has incarnated the Institute's mission of excellence in both research and teaching with state-of-the-art instrumentations. Biochemical, computational and functional material chemistry form the backbone of applied chemistry research here.
- Spectroscopic data analysis, End-to-end molecular synthesis
- Drug discovery and delivery, polymer development
- Density functional theory (DFT), Materials Technology
- Lab tools, and techniques
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Department of Physical Sciences
The department's research portfolio encompasses almost all major areas of physics. With a diverse faculty possessing a wide variety of research interests, DPS engenders a truly vibrant atmosphere. Our members seek to pose cutting-edge questions, and answer them adopting a blend of creativity, ingenuity and state-of-the-art research methods.
- Quantum Computing, Semi-conductor technologies
- Electronics, High-Performance-Computation
- Fiber Optics, Numerical Simulation (MCMC, MD)
- Non-linear Dynamics, Biophotonics, Quantum Cryptography
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Department of Mathematics and Statistics
An integral part of the institute, the department of mathematics and statistics is committed to its central theme of integrating undergraduate education with research. Innovative research in exciting fields of statistics applied mathematics, and numerical analysis form their cornerstone with high industrial applicability.
- Linear Algebra, Advanced Calculus, Statistical analysis and pattern recognition
- Numeracy skills, Optimization Techniques
- Data Structures and Algorithms, AI methodology, Machine Learning Methods
- Multivariate Analysis, Time Series and Stochastic Processes
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Department of Earth Sciences
The Department of Earth Sciences is committed to building a community of researchers including students and faculty members. The goal of the Department is to develop a modern center for Earth Science Education and Research in three core areas: Environmental and ecological studies in modern and ancient systems, Isotope Geochemistry and Biogeochemical studies, Solid Earth studies.
- Climate Modelling, Seismic data analysis and interpretation
- Geoinformatics, Petrology, Remote sensing and GIS
- Analytical tools and techniques, Sustainability measurements
- Petrology, Crystallography, Global Tectonics