Moumita Dasgupta
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Moumita Dasgupta is a theoretical physicist whose research lies at the intersection of statistical mechanics, soft matter, and biological physics. Her work focuses on understanding how disorder and heterogeneity govern transport phenomena in complex media—from cellular environments to synthetic materials. In her highly cited 2024 paper, Dasgupta reveals a striking distinction between entropic and energetic barriers in heterogeneous media: while first-passage times through entropic barriers decrease monotonically with the number of obstacles, energetic barriers produce a non-monotonic, counterintuitive dependence. This insight has profound implications for designing drug delivery systems, understanding intracellular diffusion, and optimizing transport in porous materials. Her research elegantly bridges fundamental statistical physics with practical applications in biophysics and materials science. With growing recognition for her contributions to the theory of diffusion in complex landscapes, Dasgupta is establishing herself as a leading voice in nonequilibrium statistical mechanics. Her work continues to inspire new approaches to controlling transport in disordered systems, making her a researcher to watch in the field.
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- 1Nature of barriers determines first passage times in heterogeneous media4 citations · 2024