
Anusuya Pal
Education:
2011-2016: Integrated Masters (IMSc) in Physics, University of Hyderabad, India
2017-2018: Master of Science in Physics, WPI, USA
2017-Present: PhD in Physics, under supervision of Prof. Germano S. Iannacchione, WPI, USA
A five-year Integrated program from the University of Hyderabad gave me a broad perspective on interdisciplinary research. During this program, I got exposure to all the components of basic sciences such as Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics in the first two years and three years specialization in Physics. I have been appointed as a Teaching Assistant (TA) since January 2017 in the Department of Physics. My research interest broadly lies in exploring the aspects of biological (soft) systems that apply the approaches and methods of simple fundamental laws of Physics. Besides my research, I actively participate in mentoring high school and undergraduate students.
Office Location
Order-Disorder Phenomena Lab (ODPL), Olin Hall 004, Department of Physics
Contact
Phone:
508-831-5282
Awards
2017-2018: Received Graduate Travel Award at WPI
Selected for Women’s Research and Mentoring Program (WRAMP) as a Graduate Mentor for Fall 2018 and continued for Spring 2019 at WPI
Selected for WPI Tinkerbox which provides seed funding for WPI student-initiated innovation and entrepreneurship ideas.
Appointed as a graduate liaison for Early Research Experience in E-Term (EREE) program.
Research Interests
Research Interests:
Drying droplets (Colloids, Liquid Crystals)
Bio-statistics
IR thermography
Microscopy
Scholarly Work
Scholarly Work:
Pal, Anusuya, et al. "Phase separation of a nematic liquid crystal in the self-assembly of lysozyme in a drying aqueous solution drop." MRS Communications 9.1 (2019): 150-158.
Pal, Anusuya, et al. "A Comparative Study of the Phase Separation of a Nematic Liquid Crystal in the Self-assembling Drying Protein Drops." MRS Advances 4.22 (2019): 1309-1314.