Ayan is an experimental optical physicist and a Professor at

IISER Kolkata: https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~ayan/group_leader.html.

He is also a playwriter, theatre actor and a mentor to many

science and arts enthusiasts.

What drives him to do all these things? We discuss this, and

many other things in this episode.

References:

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“Group Leader | Light-Matter Lab.” AccessedDecember 2, 2024. https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/~ayan/group_leader.html.

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“IISER Kolkata - Ayan.” Accessed December 2,2024. https://www.iiserkol.ac.in/web/en/people/faculty/dps/ayan/.

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“Ayan Banerjee - Professor - Indian Institute ofScience Education & Research (IISER), Kolkata | LinkedIn.” AccessedDecember 2, 2024. https://in.linkedin.com/in/ayan-banerjee-3034208.

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Department of Physical Sciences (DPS), IISER

Kolkata, 2022. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgv7iODxYTY.

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“Department of Physical Sciences : Home.”Accessed December 2, 2024. https://physics.iiserkol.ac.in/.

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Ayan Banerjee. Accessed December 2, 2024.https://www.facebook.com/ayan.banerjee.5895.

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“‪Ayan Banerjee - ‪Google Scholar.” AccessedDecember 2, 2024. https://scholar.google.co.in/citations?user=GQo7yG4AAAAJ&hl=en.

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Gupta, Subhasish Dutta, Nirmalya Ghosh, and AyanBanerjee. Wave Optics: Basic Concepts and Contemporary Trends. CRCPress, 2015.

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Haldar, Arijit, Sambit Bikas Pal, Basudev Roy,S. Dutta Gupta, and Ayan Banerjee. “Self-Assembly of Microparticles in StableRing Structures in an Optical Trap.” Physical Review A 85, no. 3 (March27, 2012): 033832. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.85.033832.

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“Indian Institute of Science.” Accessed December2, 2024. https://iisc.ac.in/events/remembering-prof-vasant-natarajan-1965-2021/.

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“LML.” Accessed December 2, 2024. https://sites.google.com/iiserkol.ac.in/light-matter-lab-iiserk/.

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“LML - Physics of Micro-Bubbles.” AccessedDecember 2, 2024. https://sites.google.com/iiserkol.ac.in/light-matter-lab-iiserk/research/physics-of-micro-bubbles.

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Network, N. F. N. “Theatre At IISER-K AgainstMisinterpretation of Science And Superstition,” January 17, 2019. https://newsfromnadia.in/theatre-at-iiser-k-against-misinterpretation-of-science-and-superstition/.

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“Self-Assembly of Mesoscopic Materials To FormControlled and Continuous Patterns by Thermo-Optically Manipulated LaserInduced Microbubbles | Langmuir.” Accessed December 2, 2024. https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/la402777e.

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X (formerly Twitter). “Ayan Banerjee (@ayanban7)/ X,” November 26, 2024. https://x.com/ayanban7.