Rishab Dutta

Research interests

Deciphering and discovering quantum phenomena in interesting chemical and physical systems underlying critical scientific challenges impacting our world.

• Quantum methods implementable in classical and quantum computers
• Algebra emerging from many-body quantum mechanics
• Tensor networks, decompositions, and symmetries

Education

• Ph.D. in Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, USA (2023)
• M.A. in Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, USA (2019)
• M.Sc. in Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, India (2017)
• B.Sc. in Chemistry, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India (2015)

Awards

• Löwdin Postdoctoral Researcher Award, 63rd Sanibel Symposium, University of Florida, USA (2024)
• Fall Travel Award, Chemistry Graduate Student Association, Rice University, USA (2022)
• Harry B. Weiser Research Award, Department of Chemistry, Rice University, USA (2021)
• Summer Research Programme Bursary, School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, UK (2016)
• INSPIRE Scholarship for Higher Education, Department of Science and Technology, India (2012 – 2017)

Teaching

• Teaching assistant, CHEM 531, Rice University (Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023)
• Teaching assistant, CHEM 430/530, Rice University (Fall 2021, Fall 2022)
• Teaching assistant, CHEM 124, Rice University (Spring 2018)
• Teaching assistant, CHEM 123, Rice University (Fall 2017, Fall 2018)

Interests

• Personal blog on science, music, math, and computing (2017 – present) blog
• Contributing writer, Enquiry Magazine, Wiess School of Natural Sciences, Rice University (2021 – 2022) magazine

Media

• Research featured in Enquiry Magazine, Wiess School of Natural Sciences, Rice University (2022) article

Contact

Rishab Dutta
Department of Chemistry
Yale University
rishab(dot)dutta(at)yale(dot)edu