Shubhadeep Mandal
Assistant Professor
Postdoctoral Fellow, MPI for Dynamics and Self-Organization, 2020
PhD, IIT Kharagpur, 2018
MTech, IIT Kharagpur, 2014
BE, Jadavpur University, 2012
Research Interests
Complex Fluids: Motion of colloids in liquid crystals
Biological Fluid Dynamics: Low-Reynolds-number swimming/locomotion
Active Soft Matter: Self-propelled droplets
Mesoscopic Simulations: Multiparticle collision dynamics and Lattice Boltzmann methods
Teaching
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ME 202 Microhydrodynamics
- ME 207 Capillarity and Interfacial Phenomenon
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ME 261 Engineering Mathematics
Selected Recent Publications
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M. Saji and S. Mandal, “Inertial migration of spherical particle in shear flow of shear-thinning fluids”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1037, A58 (2026).
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R. Jana and S. Mandal, “Microscale swimming in viscosity gradients near a plane wall”, Physical Review Fluids, 10, 104201 (2025).
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R. Jana and S. Mandal, “Particle motion in viscosity gradients near a plane wall”, Physical Review Fluids, 10, 094204 (2025).
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R. Roy and S. Mandal, “Chemically active particles in extensional flow”, Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 1008, A40 (2025).
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S. Mandal, T. J. Mason, A. C. Croft, and M. G. Mazza, “Cooperativity of confined nematic microswimmers: from one to many”, Physical Review Letters, 134, 128302 (2025).
Sponsored Projects
- “Magnetically-guided artificial microswimmers in biofluids under microfluidic confinement”, ANRF-ARG (PI), ₹78 Lakh, Ongoing (Mar 2026 – Mar 2029)
- “Augmenting the performance of on chip droplet PCR through acoustics”, ANRF-ARG (Co-PI), ₹174 Lakh, Ongoing (Mar 2026 – Mar 2029)
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“Design of nano-RNA-based drug delivery vehicles using organ-on-chip platform for cancer therapeutics”, MoE-STARS (Co-PI), ₹96 Lakh, Ongoing (Jun 2024 – Jun 2027)
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“Collective dynamics of self-propelled droplets in complex microfluidic environments”, SERB-EEQ (PI), ₹40 Lakh, Completed (Mar 2022 – Jul 2025)
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“Development of liquid crystal-based microfluidic device for particle manipulation”, SERB-SRG (PI), ₹31 Lakh, Completed (Dec 2021 – Jun 2024)
Awards and Honours
- INAE Young Engineer Award 2026
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IISc Research Awards 2026
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Saroj Poddar Young Investigator (Aug 2025 – Jul 2027), Division of Mechanical Sciences, IISc
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Young Scientist Award 2020, Indian Society of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics (ISTAM)
Additional Information
- Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering, IIT Guwahati, 2020-2022