DST INSPIRE Faculty, Dept. of Earth Sciences, IIEST Shibpur, Howrah, 2022 - 2027 (Presently working)
Research Associate, Zurek's Lab, SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA, 2021 - 2022
Researcher, Center for Evolution of Earth and Dynamics, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway, 2019 - 2021
Ph. D (Topic: Computational Mineralogy), Jadavpur University, 2018
M.Sc, Physics, Jadavpur University, 2012
B.Sc, Physics, Jadavpur University, 2010
My research primarily involves focussed theoretical investigation of specific atomic scale phenomenon on the domain of mineral physics, such as cation ordering, crystal defects and their effects on mechanical and electronic behaviour of materials. Using first principles Density Functional Theory (DFT) and Molecular Dynamics (MD), I explore phase diagrams and high pressure–temperature behaviour of minerals, which are of both basic and industrial interests.
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Anjitha Karangara and Pratik Kumar Das, High pressure phase of Magnesiowustite: Implications to the mineralogy of super-Earths, EGU General Assembly, 2024
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Pratik Kumar Das and Anjitha Karangara, First principle investigations on the water budget in olivine phases: Implications towards the behavior of hydrous mantle, EGU General Assembly, 2024
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Nisha Geng, Katerina P. Hilleke, Francesco Belli, Pratik Kumar Das, Eva Zurek, Superconductivity in CH4 and BH4- containing compounds derived from the high-pressure superhydrides, 44, 101443, Materials Today Physics, 2024
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Das, P.K., Mandal, N., Arya, A.,, p-T dependent structural transformations of Zn-monochalcogenides to switch their semiconductor – metal transition: A DFT study, 497, 1-10, Applied Physics A, 2023
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Das, P. K., Mondal, S. K., Mandal, N., First principles prediction of exceptional mechanical and electronic behaviour of Titanite (CaTiSiO5), 15, 100964, Materialia, 2021
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Mondal S. K., Das, P. K., Mandal, N., Arya, A.,, A novel approach to quantify the structural distortions of U/Th snub-disphenoids and their role in zircon to reidite type phase transitions of uranothorite, 32, 145401, Journal of Physics: Condensed matter, 2020
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Das P. K., Mohn C. E., Brodholt J. P., Trønnes R. G., High-pressure silica phase transitions: Implications for deep mantle dynamics and silica crystallization in the protocore, 105, 1014-1020, American Mineralogists, 2020
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Das PK, Mohn CE, Trønnes RG & Brodholt JP, Silica Phase Transitions at Lowermost Mantle and Core Conditions, Goldschmidt2019, 728, Goldschmidt, 2019
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Das, P.K., Mandal, N., Arya, A., Effects of Fe substitution on B3-B1 phase transition and structural, vibrational, and electronic properties of ZnS from DFT calculations, 121, 085101, Journal of Applied Physics, 2017
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Das, P.K., Mandal, N., Arya, A., Effects of cation ordering on the elastic and electronic properties of Mg-Fe silicate phases at high pressures, 122, 225107, Journal of Applied Physics, 2017
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