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Saraswat Bhattacharyya

Election Year: 2019

Election Constituency: India

Scholar Status: Scholar Alum

Rhodes Identifier: India & St John's 2019

Saraswat Bhattacharyya

Biography

I am a postdoctoral researcher in biophysics, currently (as of April 2026) at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden, Germany. I study the collective behaviour of cells and bacteria using theoretical modelling, numerical techniques and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics. I will move to Barcelona on an EMBO fellowship in October 2026 for two years, to study the energetic costs of tissue migration. In other activities, I trained in Indian Classical Instrumental Music on the Sarod under the tutelage of late Pt. Buddhadev Dasgupta, and later Ustad Abir Hussain. During my time in Oxford, I was part of the Oxford University gliding club!