Dr. Somrita Ray

DST-INSPIRE Faculty

Areas of Interest : Theoretical Chemistry

• Theory and applications of stochastic resetting
• Statistical physics of protein vibrations
• Stochastic thermodynamics and thermodynamic uncertainty
• Classical and quantum stochastic transport
• Physics of macro-molecules and self-assemblies

Education

• Ph.D, Visva-Bharati University, India.
• M.Sc, Chemistry (Physical Chemistry Specialization), University of Calcutta, India.
• B.Sc, Chemistry (Hons.), Presidency College, University of Calcutta, India.

Latest Publications

• Space-dependent diffusion with resetting: A first-passage study - S. Ray, J. Chem. Phys. 153, 234904, (2020).
• Diffusion with resetting in a logarithmic potential- S. Ray and S. Reuveni, J. Chem. Phys. 152, 234110, (2020).
• Peclet number governs transition to acceleratory restart in drift-diffusion - S. Ray, D. Mondal, and S. Reuveni, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 52, 255002 (2019).
• Stochastic thermodynamics of periodically driven systems: Fluctuation theorem for currents and unification of two classes - S. Ray and A. C. Barato, Phys. Rec. E 96, 052120 (2017).
• Dispersion of the time spent in a state: General expression for unicyclic model and dissipation-less precision - S. Ray and A. C. Barato, J. Phys. A: Math. Theor. 50, 355001 (2017).