Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

1. M. Sc. (Physics), University of Calcutta (1984)
2. Ph.D. (Condensed Matter physics), University of Calcutta (1993)
3. Postdoctoral Fellow (French Govt. C.I.E.S. Fellowship): Grenoble High Magnetic Field Lab (GHMFL), France, 1993-94
4. Postdoctoral Fellow (UNESCO Short-term Fellowship): GHMFL, France, 1993-94
5. Postdoctotal Fellow (Alexander von Humboldt Fellowship): University of Göttingen, Germany & GHMFL, France (1994-96)
6. Lecturer: Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata (1996 - 1998)
7. Reader: Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata (1998 - 2002)
8. Associate Professor: Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata (2002 - 2006)
9. Professor: Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata (2006 - 2014)
10. Senior Professor: Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata (2014 - 2021)
11. DAE - Raja Ramanna Chair Professor: S. N. Bose National Centre, Kolkata

1. Elected Fellow of Indian National Science Academy, 2021
2. Elected Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences, 2019
3. Research award from Third World Academy of Sciences, Italy, 2002
4. SINP Foundation Day Awards for high quality publications in 2010 and 2011

Topological Insulator, Dirac/Weyl Semimetals and study of magnetic, optical and electronic properties

Strongly correlated electron system (Superconductivity, Metal-Insulator Transitions, Colossal Magnetoresitance)

Charge/Spin Density Wave, van der Waals systems, etc

• Nodal line in the charge density wave state of YTe3 and the influence of twin domains: S Sarkar, J Bhattacharya, P Bhakuni, D Jangra, P Sadhukhan, R Batabyal, ...Physical Review B 113, 035129 (2026)

• Observation of superconductivity and weak ferromagnetism in the quasi-one-dimensional chain compound at ambient pressure :A Bera, R Pal, B Pal, S Rom, S Mondal, D Rana, A Vasdev, S Howlader, ...Physical Review B 112, L180502 (2025)

• Disentangling the Unusual Magnetic Anisotropy of the Nearâ€�Roomâ€�Temperature Ferromagnet Fe₄GeTe₂ : R Pal, JJ Abraham, A Mistonov, S Mishra, N Stilkerich, S Mondal, P. Mandal, ... Advanced Functional Materials 34, 2402551 (2024)

• Chiral anomaly and weak antilocalization effects in the Weyl semimetal EuAuSb: S Roy, B Das, A Ghosh, A Bera, CK Barman, M Mondal, A Alam, P. Mandal; Physical Review B 110, 085145 (2024)

• Charge density wave induced nodal lines in LaTe₃: S Sarkar, J Bhattacharya, P Sadhukhan, D Curcio, R Dutt, VK Singh, ...Nature Communications 14, 3628 (2023)

• Spin-reorientation driven emergent phases and unconventional magnetotransport in quasi-2D vdW ferromagnet Fe₄GeTe₂ : R. Pal, B. Pal, S. Mondal, R.O. Sharma, T. Das, P. Mandal, A. N. Pal npj 2D Materials and Applications 8, 30 (2023)

• Weak antilocalization effect and triply degenerate state in Cu-doped CaAuAs: S. Malick, A. Ghosh, C. K. Barman, A. Alam, Z. Hossain, P. Mandal, and J. Nayak Phys. Rev. B 105, 165105 (2022)

• Interplay between charge density wave order and magnetic field in non-magnetic rare-earth tritelluride LaTe3: A. Pariari, S. Koley, S. Roy, R. Singha, M. S. Laad, A. Taraphder and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. B 104, 155147 (2021)

• Critical behavior in the van der Waals itinerant ferromagnet Fe4GeTe2: S. Mondal, N. Khan, S. M. Mishra, B. Satpati, and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. B 104, 094405 (2021)

• Signature of topological nontrivial band structure in Ta3SiTe6: S. Roy, R. Singha, A. Ghosh, and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. Materials 5, 064203 (2021)

• Topological Hall effect in the antiferromagnetic Dirac semimetal EuAgAs: A. Laha, R. Singha, S. Mardanya, B. Singh, A. Agarwal, P. Madal, and Z. Hossain, Phys. Rev. B 103, L241112 (2021)

• Lattice dynamics of the topological Dirac semi-metal LaAgSb2 with charge density wave ordering: R. Singha, S.Samanta, T. S. Bhattacharya, S. Chatterjee, S. Roy, L. Wang, A. Singha, and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. B102, 205103 (2020)

• Anomalous Hall effect in the half-metallic Heusler compound Co2TiX (X=Si, Ge): S. Roy, R. Singha, A. Ghosh, A.Pariari, and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. B 102, 085147(2020)

• Magnetic properties of the one-dimensio-nal S=3/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnetic spin-chain compound Na2Mn3O7: C. Venkatesh, B. Bandyopadhyay, A.Midya, K. Mahalingam, V. Ganesan, and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. B 101, 184429 (2020)

• Non-Griffiths-like cluster formation in the double-perovskite Gd2CoMnO6: Evidence from critical behavior: M. Das, P. Sarkar and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. B 101, 144433(2020)

• Spin-charge-lattice coupling in quasi-one-dimensional Ising spin chain CoNb2O6: M. Nandi, D. Prabhakaran and P. Mandal, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 31, 195802 (2019)

• Complex exchange mechanism driven ferromagnetism in half-metallic Heusler Co2TiGe: Evidence from critical behavior; S. Roy, N. Khan, R. Singha, A. Pariari, and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. B 99, 214414 (2019)

• Magnetotransport properties of the correlated topological nodal-line semimetal YbCdGe: A. Laha, S. Malick, R. Singha, P. Mandal, P. Rambabu, V. Kanchana, and Z. Hossain, Phys. Rev. B 99, 241102(R) (2019)

• Effect of hydrostatic pressure on ferromagnet-ism in two-dimensional CrI3: S. Mondal, M. Kannan, M. Das, L. Govindaraj, R. Singha, B. Satpati, S. Arumugam, and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. B 99, 180407(R) (2019)

• Magnetotransport properties and giant anomalous Hall angle in the half-Heusler compound TbPtBi: R. Singha, S. Roy, A. Pariari, B. Satpati, and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. B 99, 035110 (2019)

• Unconventional transport properties of the itinerant ferromagnet EuTi1−xNbxO3 (x=0.10–0.20): S. Roy, N. Khan, and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. B 98, 134428 (2018)

• Planar Hall effect in the type-II Dirac semimetal VAl3: R. Singha, S. Roy, A. Pariari, B. Satpati and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. B 98, 081103 (R) (2018)

• Probing the Fermi surface and magnetotransport properties in MoAs2: R. Singha, A. Pariari, P. Mandal, G. K. Gupta, and T. Das, Phys. Rev. B 97, 155120 (2018)

• Probing lattice dynamics and electron-phonon coupling in the topological nodal-line semi-metal ZrSiS: R. Singha, S. Samanta, S. Chatterjee, A. Pariari, D. Majumdar, B. Satpati, L. Wang, A. Singha, and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. B 97, 094112 (2018)

• Low-temperature resistivity plateau and large magnetoresistance in compensated semimetal LaSbTe: R. Singha, B. Satpati, and P. Mandal Phys. Rev. B96, 245138 (2017)

• Giant reversible magnetocaloric effect in a multiferroic GdFeO3 single crystal: M. Das, S. Roy, and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. B 96, 174405 (2017)

• Fermi surface topology and signature of surface Dirac nodes in LaBi: R. Singha, B.Satpati, and P. Mandal, Scientific Reports 7, 6321 (2017)

• Large nonsaturating magnetoresistance and signature of non-degenerate Dirac nodes in ZrSiS: R. Singha, A. Pariari, B. Satpati, and P. Mandal, PNAS 114, 2468 (2017)

• Coexistence of topological Dirac fermions in the surface and three-dimensional Dirac cone state in the bulk of ZrTe5 single crystal: A. Pariari and P. Mandal, Scientific Reports 7, 40327 (2017)

• Tuning the scattering mechanism in the three-dimensional Dirac semimetal Cd3As2: A Pariari, N. Khan, R. Singha, B. Satpati, and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. B 94, 165139 (2016)

• Large adiabatic temperature and magnetic entropy changes in EuTiO3: A. Midya, P. Mandal, K. Rubi, R. Chen, J. S. Wang, R. Mahendiran, G. Lorusso, and M. Evangelisti, Phys. Rev. B 93, 094422 (2016)

• Probing the Fermi surface of three-dimensional Dirac semimetal Cd3As2 through the de Haas–van Alphen technique: A. Pariari, P. Dutta, and P. Mandal, Phys. Rev. B 91, 155139 (2015)