Banasree Sadhukhan

Banasree Sadhukhan

Assistant Professor
banasree.sadhukhan@mahindrauniversity.edu.in

Dr. Banasree Sadhukhan is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Physics, École Centrale School of Engineering at Mahindra University. Before joining here, she was working as a Research Assistant Professor at SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Chennai, and a postdoctoral researcher at IFW Dresden, Germany and KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. The main domains of her research activities are Topological Transport in Quantum Materials, Skyrmion Dynamics for Modern Spintronics, and Renewable Energy-Harvesting Quantum Technologies.

Please visit the Computational Condensed Matter Lab “Sustainable QuanTum Electronic Materials” (“STEM”) for Dr. Banasree Sadhukhan’s current research activities on emerging fields of Computational Condensed MatterPhysics.

STEM Lab: https://banasreesadhukhan.wixsite.com/computational-conden

Ph.D.

  • Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics, Presidency University, India (2014-2018)

M.Sc.

  • M.Sc. in Physics, University of Calcutta, India (2009-2011)

B.Sc.

  • B.Sc. in Physics, University of Calcutta, India (2006-2009)

Experience

  • Assistant Professor (June 2025 – Present) Mahindra University, Hyderabad, India
  • Research Assistant Professor (April 2024 – June 2025) SRM Institute of Science and Technology, Kattankulathur, Chennai, India
  • Researcher (September 2023 – March 2024) Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Hyderabad, India, Woman scientist grant under “Woman in Science and Technology” (WISE-PDF) scheme by DST, India Government with ref. no. DST/WISE-PDF/PM-4/2023
  • Independent Researcher (September 2022 – August 2023) KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
  • Postdoctoral Researcher (September 2020 – August 2022) KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden (Joining delayed by 6 months due to Covid-19)
  • Postdoctoral Researcher (March 2018 – February 2020) Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research, Institute for Theoretical Solid State Physics, IFW Dresden, Germany

Publications

Please visit “STEM” Lab for current research activities and Google Scholar profile for updated publications.
STEM Lab: https://banasreesadhukhan.wixsite.com/computational-conden
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=de&user=DJhQ3qkAAAAJ&view_op=list_works&sortby=pubdate

2025

  • [23]  “Interplay between interfacial Dzyaloshinskii-moriya interaction and magnetic anisotropy in 4d transition metal multilayers for skyrmion nucleation”, Tamali Mukherjee, Banasree Sadhukhan*, and V Satya Narayana Murthy* (*joint last author), Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 625 173036 (2025) DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/jmmm.2025.173036 (I.F 2.5)
  • [22] ‘ ‘Large bulk photovoltaic effect and Fermi-surface-mediated enhancement with chemical potential in ZnGeP2”, Banasree Sadhukhan,  Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter  37 165701 (2025), DOI : 10.1088/1361-648X/adbb48, Published as a special issue “Women in Computational Condensed Matter Physics” in Journal : https://iopscience.iop.org/collections/jpcm-240514-555 
  • [21] “Spin-lattice couplings and effect of displacements on magnetic interactions of a skyrmion system PdFe/Ir(111)”, Banasree Sadhukhan; Anders Bergman; Johan Hellsvik; Patrik Thunström; Anna Delin, SciPost Physics 18, 064 (2025); DOI : https://doi.org/10.21468/scipostphys.18.2.064 (I.F 5.29)
  • [20]‘ ‘Spin transport properties in a topological insulator sandwiched between two-dimensional magnetic layers”, Nezhat Pournaghavi, Banasree Sadhukhan and Anna Delin, Scientific Reports 15(1) 2255 (2025); DOI : https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-80694-7 (I.F 4.379)
  • [19] ‘ ‘Sb2Se3 and SbBiSe3 surface capping and biaxial strain Co-engineering for tuning the surface electronic properties of Bi2Se3 nanosheet- A density functional theory based investigation”, Naresh Bahadursha, Banasree Sadhukhan, Tanay Nag, Swastik Bhattacharya, Sayan Kanungo; Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing 186 109042 (2025); DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mssp.2024.109042 (I.F 4.2)

2024

  • [18] ‘ ‘ Topological magnon in exchange frustration driven incommensurate spin spiral of kagome lattice YMn6Sn6”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Anders Bergman, Patrik Thunstr¨om, Manuel Pereiro Lopez, Olle Eriksson and Anna Delin, Phys. Rev. B 110(17), 174412 (2024), DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.110.174412 (I.F 4.036)
  • [17] ‘ ‘Engineering skyrmion from spin spiral in transition metal multilayers”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 37 095801 (2024), DOI: 10.1088/1361-648X/ad9da8; Published as a special issue “Focus on Magnetic Topological Materials with Reduced Dimensionality” in Journal : https://iopscience.iop.org/collections/jpcm-240514-555 (I.F 2.3)

2023

2022

  • [14] ‘ ‘Pressure-driven tunable properties of the small-gap chalcopyrite topological quantum ma- terial ZnGeSb2 : A first-principles study ”, Surasree Sadhukhan, Banasree Sadhukhan, Sudipta Kanungo, Phys. Rev. B 106, 125112 (2022) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.106.125112
  • [13] “Spin-lattice couplings in two-dimensional CrI3 from first-principles computations”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Anders Bergman, Yaroslav O. Kvashnin, Johan Hellsvik, and Anna Delin, Phys. Rev. B 105, 104418 (2022) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.104418
  • [12] “Tunable chirality of noncentrosymmetric magnetic weyl semimetals in rare-earth carbides”, Rajyavardhan Ray, Banasree Sadhukhan, Manuel Richter, Jorge I. Facio, Jeroen van den Brink, npj Quantum Materials 7, 19 (2022) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1038/s41535-022-00423-z

2021

  • [11]“Electronic structure and unconventional nonlinear response in double Weyl semimetal SrSi2”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Tanay Nag, Phys. Rev. B 104 (24), 245122 (2021) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.104.245122
  • [10] “Role of time reversal symmetry and tilting in circular photogalvanic responses”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Tanay Nag, Phys. Rev. B 103, 144308 (2021) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.144308
  • [9]“Bulk photovoltaic effect in BaTiO3-based ferroelectric oxides: An experimental and theoretical study”, Subhajit Pal, S Muthukrishnan, Banasree Sadhukhan, Sarath NV, D Murali, Pattukkannu Murugavel, J. Appl. Phys 129, 084106 (2021) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0036488

2020

  • [8] “Electronic, magnetic, optical and thermoelectric properties of Ca2 Cr1x Nix OsO6 double perovskites”, Shalika R. Bhandari, D. K. Yadav, B. P. Belbase, M. Zeeshand, Banasree Sadhukhan, D. P. Rai, R. K. Thap, G. C. Kaphle, Madhav Prasad Ghimire, RSC Advances, 10(27) 16179 (2020) DOI : 10.1039/C9RA10775D

2019

  • [7] “First-principles calculation of shift current in chalcopyrite semiconductor ZnSnP2”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Yang Zhang, Rajyavardhan Ray, Jeroen van den Brink, Phys. Rev. Materials 4, 064602 (2020) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevMaterials.4.064602

2017

  • [6] “Effect of random vacancies on the electronic properties of graphene and T graphene: a theoretical approach” Banasree Sadhukhan, Arabinda Nayak, Abhijit Mookerjee, Indian J Phys. 91 1541-1552 (2017) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-017-1067-2
  • [5] “Disorder induced lifetime effects in binary disordered systems : a first principles formalism and an application to doped Graphene”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Subhadeep Bandyopadhyay, Arabinda Nayak, Abhijit Mookerjee, Int. J. Mod. Phys. B. 31 (29) 1750218 (2017) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1142/S0217979217502186,
  • [4] “Effect of disorder on the optical response of NiPt and Ni3Pt alloys ”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Arabinda Nayak, Abhijit Mookerje, Computational Materials Science 140, 1 (2017) DOI :10.1016/j.commatsci.2017.08.003
  • [3] “Bandgap tuning and optical response of two-dimensional SixC1−x : A first principles real space study of disordered 2D materials”, Banasree Sadhukhan, Prashant Singh, Arabinda Nayak, Sujoy Datta, Duane D. Johnson, Abhijit Mookerjee, Phys. Rev. B 96, 054203 (2017) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.96.054203

2016

  • [2] “Increased metallicity of Carbon nanotubes because of incorporation of extended Stone-Wales defects: an ab-initio real space approach”, Sujoy Datta, Banasree Sadhukhan, Srabani Chakraborty, Chhanda Basu Chaudhuri, Abhijit Mookerjee, Indian J Phys. 91(3) 269 (2016) DOI : 10.1007/s12648-016-0922-x
  • [1]‘ ‘Configuration and self-averaging in disordered systems”, Suman Chowdhury, Debnarayan Jana, Banasree Sadhukhan, Dhani Nafday, Santu Baidya, Tanusri Saha-Dasgupta, Abhijit Mookerjee, Indian J Phys. 90(6), 649 (2016) DOI : https://doi.org/10.1007/s12648-015-0789-2

Few selected Workshops/Seminars /Conferences/Visits on national and international level:

  • May 2025: Selected as an invited speaker in the Annual PSI-K India Conference on “International conference on DFT and Applications 2025”; (19-21) May, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, India.
  • November 2023: Selected as a contributed speaker in the Annual Conference on “Quantum Condensed Matter, 2023″; November (27-30), National Institute of Science Education and Research, India,
  • March 2023: Give a seminar on “Atomistic simulation of light-matter interaction at ultrafast region”; on 7th March, Institute of Physics, Bhubaneswar, India.
  • February 2022: Give a seminar on “Topological transport in Weyl semimetal”; on 7th February, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Hyderabad, India.
  • October 2022: Tutor in “UppASD Autumn School 2022, Modelling atomistic spin-dynamics using UppASD”; (11-13)th October, 2022, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, main campus, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • September 2022 : Deutschen Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V. (DPG) spring meeting (German Physical Society e.V.), September (4–9), 2022, Regensburg, Germany.
  • August 2022 : Attending Psi-k 2022 Conference, 6th general conference for the worldwide Psi-k community, August (22–25), 2022 SwissTech Convention Center, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland (Contributed Talk on “Spin-lattice couplings in two-dimensional CrI3 from first-principles computations” as part of the symposium C3 dedicated to “Magnetism and spintronics”).
  • November 2019 : In the group of Prof. Biplab Sanyal, Magnetisation dynamics and spin transport in different magnetic materials, Uppsala University, Sweden (Visit from 16/11/2019 – 18/11/2019).
  • September 2019 : In the group of Prof. Massimo Capone, Condensed Matter Theory, Sissa (International School for Advanced Studies), Trieste, Italy (Visit from 23/09/2019 – 18/10/2019).
  • March 2022 : Attending APS march meeting, March (14–18), 2022, Chicago, USA (Contributed Talk on “Effect of Spin-lattice coupling in CrI3 Monolayer” in Session F52 : “Van der Waals Magnets II”).
  • March 2019 : Attending APS March meeting, March 4–8, 2019, Boston, USA (Presented Poster).
  • August 2018 : Advanced School and Workshop on Correlations in Electron Systems – from Quantum Criticality to Topology (smr 3232), August (6-17), 2018, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, (Presented Poster).
  • March 2018 : Deutschen Physikalische Gesellschaft e.V. (DPG) spring meeting (German Physical Society e.V.), March (11–16), 2022, Berlin, Germany.
  • October 2015 : Functional Materials for Today and Tomorrow, A joint programme by Uppsala University and Tribhuvan University, Kolkata, India (Presented Poster).

The main domains of research activities are :

[1] Topological Transport in Quantum Materials

[2]Skyrmion Dynamics for Modern Spintronics

[3]Renewable Energy-Harvesting Quantum Technologies

Please visit the Computational Condensed Matter Lab “Sustainable QuanTum Electronic Materials” (“STEM”) for Dr. Banasree Sadhukhan’s current research activities on emerging fields of Computational Condensed Matter Physics. STEM Lab: https://banasreesadhukhan.wixsite.com/computational-conden

Projects and Grants:

[1]Prime Minister Early Career Research Grant (PM ECRG): Received as PI (Ref. No. ANRF/ECRG/2024/005021/PMS), by ANRF, India Government. Project title: “Emerging magneto-transport and thermoelectric responses in altermagnets for novel application of energy harvesting “; Approved grant Rs. 34,82,719/- for 3 years (Tentatively March 2025 onward for 3 years).

[2]Woman in Science and Technology (WISE-PDF) Grant: Received as PI (Ref. No. DST/WISE-PDF/PM-4/2023), by DST, India Government. Project title: “Interplay between skyrmion and band topology for sustainable transport.” Sanctioned grant Rs. 42,59,033/- for 3 years (June 2024 onward for 3 years).

Scientific Responsibilities Held: Reviewer for Peer-reviewed journals like Physics Review B, Physical Review Materials, PRX Energy, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, NPG-Asia-Materials

Scientific Memberships: Free American Physical Society membership for 4 years through the “Matching Membership Program”, by American Physical Society, USA, (September 2023 – August 2027)