Professor of Physics
138 Padnos Hall of Science
Department of Physics
Tel: (616) 331-3709
Fax: (616) 331-3740
Email: majumdak"at"gvsu.edu

Education 

• Ph.D. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL (1999)
• M.S. University of Calcutta, India (1992)
• B.S. Presidency College, Calcutta, India (1989)

Professional Experience

• Professor of Physics, Grand Valley State University, 2017 - Present.
• Associate Professor of Physics, Grand Valley State University, 2011 - 2017.
• Assistant Professor of Physics, Grand Valley State University, 2007 - 2011.
• Assistant Professor of Physics, Berea College, KY,  2002 - 2007.
• Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, Berea College, KY, 2000 - 2002.
• Post-doctoral Research Associate, Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, OH, 1999 - 2000.

Teaching 

• PHY 200 (Lab) - Physics for Health Sciences.
• PHY 210/211 - Math. Topics in Physics I & II.
• PHY 220/221 (algebra based) - General Physics I & II.
• PHY 230/231 (calculus based)  - Principles of Physics I & II.
• PHY 350 - Quantum Mechanics.
• PHY 360 - Statistical Thermodynamics.
• PHY 370 - Introduction to Solid State Physics.
• PHY 399 - Advanced Statistical Mechanics.
• PHY 440 - Advanced Electricity & Magnetism.
• PHY 450 - Advanced Quantum Mechanics.
• PHY 480 - Introduction to Quantum Computing.
• PHY 485/486 - Physics Senior Project.

Current Research Interests in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics

• Low dimensional quantum spin systems, frustrated magnets.
• Quantum Information Science and Quantum Computing.

Research with Undergraduates
Undergraduate research is an excellent way to initiate students into methodically solving problems in physics and stimulating their interests in the subject. Interested GVSU physics majors are welcome to discuss their research interests with me.

Supervised Student Research at GVSU (2007 - Present):

• William Munizzi, "Investigating the role of competing interactions in quantum Heisenberg spin 1/2 systems" - Physics Senior Seminar Project, 2017.
• Danial Pawlak, "Coulomb blockade in tunnel junctions," - Physics Senior Seminar Project, 2013 - 2014.
• Nathan Gerken, "Numerical studies on spacing distributions of eigen-values for random matrices," - Physics Senior Seminar Project and Honors Project, 2013 - 2014 (Received Best Senior Honors Project Award, 2014). 
• Stephen Gardner, "Non-linear spin wave analysis of quantum magnets." - Physics Senior Seminar Project, 2008-2009. 
• Nathan Lindy, "Theoretical Study of electrical conductivity of thin films." - Physics Senior Seminar Project, 2007-2008.

Selected Publications

1. Kingshuk Majumdar and  S. D. Mahanti, "Quantum Fluctuation effects on the Ordered moments in a two dimensional frustrated ferrimagnet" , J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 33,  125801 (2021). 
2. Kingshuk Majumdar and  S. D. Mahanti, "Spin dynamics of antiferromagnetically coupled ferromagnetic bilayers - the case of Cr_2WO_6 and Cr_2MO_6 ",  Mater. Res. Express  6, 076103 (2019).
3. Kingshuk Majumdar and  S. D. Mahanti, "Spin dynamics of antiferromagnetically coupled bilayers - the case of Cr_2TeO_6" , J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 30,  365802 (2018). 
4. G.S. Uhrig and Kingshuk Majumdar, "Varied Perturbation Theory for the Dispersion Dip in the Two-Dimensional Heisenberg Quantum Antiferromagnet,"  Eur. Phys. J. B86: 282 (2013).
5. Kingshuk Majumdar, D. Furton, and G. S. Uhrig, "Effects of ring exchange interaction on the Neel phase of two-dimensional, spatially anisotropic, frustrated Heisenberg quantum antiferromagnet," Phys. Rev. B  85, 144420 (2012).
6. Kingshuk Majumdar, "Spin-wave energy dispersion of a frustrated spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a stacked square lattice," J. Phys.: Condens. Matter  23, 116004 (2011)
7. Kingshuk Majumdar, "Magnetic phase diagram of spatially anisotropic, frustrated spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a stacked square lattice," J. Phys.: Condensed Matter 23, 046001 (2011).
8. G. Mendonca, R. Lapa, J. Ricardo de Sousa, M. A. Neto, Kingshuk Majumdar, and T. Datta, "Ground-state phase diagram of the quantum J₁-J₂ spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on an anisotropic square lattice," J. Stat. Mech Vol 2010 (June), P06022, (2010).
9. Kingshuk Majumdar, "Second-order quantum corrections for the frustrated, spatially anisotropic, spin-1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a square lattice," Phys.  Rev. B 82, 144407 (2010).
10. Kingshuk Majumdar and T. Datta, "Zero temperature phases of the frustrated J₁-J₂antiferromagnetic spin-1/2 Heisenberg  model on a simple cubic lattice ,"  J. Stat. Phys. 139, 714-726 (2010).
11. Kingshuk Majumdar and T. Datta, "Non-linear spin wave theory results for the frustrated S=1/2 Heisenberg antiferromagnet on a body-centered cubic lattice," J. Phys: Condens. Matter  21, 406004 (2009). 
12. Kingshuk Majumdar "von Neumann entropy and on-site localization for perpetually coupled qubits,"  Phys. Rev. B 79, 115134 (2009). Also published in the April 13, 2009 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology.
13.  Kingshuk Majumdar and H. Fertig, "Deconfinement and phase diagram of bosons in a linear optical lattice with a particle reservoir," Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 220402 (2005).
14. H. Fertig and Kingshuk Majumdar, "Vortex deconfinement in the XY-model with a magnetic field," Ann. of Phys. 305 (2), 190 (2003).
15. Kingshuk Majumdar and Manash Mukherjee, "Logarithmic corrections to finite size spectrum of SU(N) symmetric quantum chains," J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 35, L543 - L549 (2002).
16. Peter G. van Dongen, Kingshuk Majumdar, Carey Huscroft, and Fu-Chun Zhang,"Quantum critical point in a periodic Anderson model,"  Phys. Rev. B 64, 195123 (2001).
17. Kingshuk Majumdar and Selman Hershfield, "Magnetoresistance of the double-tunnel junction Coulomb blockade with magnetic metals," Phys. Rev. B 57, 11521 (1998).
18. Kingshuk Majumdar, Jian Chen, and Selman Hershfield, "Calculation of giant magnetoresistance in laterally confined multilayers in the current-in-plane geometry,"Phys. Rev. B 57, 2950 (1998).
19. Kingshuk Majumdar, Avraham Schiller, and Selman Hershfield, "Nonequilibrium Kondo impurity: Perturbation about an exactly solvable point," Phys. Rev. B 57, 2991 (1998).
20. Kingshuk Majumdar, Pinaki Roy, and Rajkumar Roychoudhury, "Dynamical symmetry breaking in four fermion theories in 2+1 dimensions," Phys. Rev. D 51, 3129 (1995).

Grants, Awards, & Honors

• NSF-MRI Award ($97,383) to acquire a HPC Cluster at GVSU, 2012 - 2015.
• XSEDE Award: 50,000 CPU supercomputing hours, 2012 - 2013.
• Regional Michigan Science Olympiad Service Award, 2011.
• Kavli Institute of Theoretical Physics (KITP) Scholar Award, 2010 - 2012,  2005 - 2007.
• Cottrell College Science Award from Research Corporation 2004 - 2006.
• Award for paper presentation in the Graduate Student Forum, University of Florida, Gainesville, 1998.
• Outstanding Academic Achievement Award by an International Student, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. 1997.

Professional Service

• Referee for APS and IOP journals.
• Grant Reviewer.

Professional Affiliations

• Member of American Physical Society.
• Member of Sigma Pi Sigma Honor Society.