Ep. 15 : Conversation with Ranjini Bandyopadhyay - The Soft Matter Physicist

Ranjini is an experimental soft condensed matter physicist. She is a Professor at Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru. Ranjini's lab webpage : https://ranjinibandyopadhy.wixsite.com/complexfluids She and her lab have been working on fascinating experiments on soft squishy matter including : Structure-dynamics correlations in colloidal suspensions; Mixed clay dispersions; Active colloids (synthesis and the study of active glasses); Interfacial instabilities and many other things. In this episode we explore her biography, her ability to design and develop experiments, the difference between impact of research and impact factor of a journal, the process of articulation, importance of soft matter science and its relevance to India, and many other things. Listen...as we humanize science... References : Twitter. “Ranjini Bandyopadhyay (@RanjiniRRI) / Twitter,” July 20, 2023. https://twitter.com/RanjiniRRI. “Ajay K. Sood.” In Wikipedia, July 19, 2023. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Ajay_K._Sood&oldid=1166154434. “Ajay Sood’s Home Page.” Accessed July 23, 2023. http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~asood/. Basak, Rajib, and Ranjini Bandyopadhyay. “Encapsulation of Hydrophobic Drugs in Pluronic F127 Micelles: Effects of Drug Hydrophobicity, Solution Temperature, and PH.” Langmuir 29, no. 13 (April 2, 2013): 4350–56. https://doi.org/10.1021/la304836e. complexfluids. “Group Members and Recent Lab News.” Accessed July 23, 2023. https://ranjinibandyopadhy.wixsite.com/complexfluids/page3. complexfluids. “Ranjini Bandyopadhyay.” Accessed July 23, 2023. https://ranjinibandyopadhy.wixsite.com/complexfluids. “Durian Group - Home.” Accessed July 23, 2023. https://www.physics.upenn.edu/duriangroup/. Mukherjee, Siddhartha. The Emperor of All Maladies. HarperCollins UK, 2011. Nagel, Sidney R. “Experimental Soft-Matter Science.” Reviews of Modern Physics 89, no. 2 (April 12, 2017): 025002. https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.89.025002. Phillips, Rob, and Stephen R. Quake. “The Biological Frontier of Physics.” Physics Today 59, no. 5 (May 2006): 38–43. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2216960.