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About Director
Dr. K T Satyajith
Director, IMJ IR and Head Delta Q
Dr. K T Satyajith is the director of the IMJ Institute of Research (IMJIR), with over 20 years of experience in scientific research, teaching, and instrumentation. He has contributed to the development of academic programs and research facilities in the previous institutions where he worked, like Amrita University, Coimbatore.
He earned his Ph.D. in Physics from Bangalore University (2011) and received the National Best Thesis Award from ISAMP, BRNS-DAE for his work on electron trap research in Ion trap laboratory at Bangalore University built during the PhD, under the supervision of Dr. Sharath Ananthamurthy. This trap is one of the first few traps to be developed indigenously in India.
His research interests include Atomic Physics, ion trapping, interferometry, and precision spectroscopy. He has established strong collaborations as a Visiting Scientist at GSI, Germany, working on the g-factor of bound electrons with Dr. Wolfgang Quint. He also collaborates with the AMOC Lab at the Helmholtz Research Center, Mainz University, headed by Professor Dmitry Budker. In the realm of quantum computing, he engages in collaborative research on ion trapping and quantum computing with Dr. Manoj Joshi from the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), Innsbruck.
Within India, his collaborations include work with Dr. Parnika Das (Head, Cryogenic Trap Section, VECC, Kolkata), Dr. Arindam Kumar Sikdar, Scientific Officer at VECC; Dr. Sugam Kumar from the Inter University Accelerator Centre (IUAC), Delhi; and Dr. Umesh Kadhane from the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Trivandrum.
In addition to his research contributions, Dr. Satyajith has played a pivotal role in setting up academic programs, including the Integrated M.Sc. program at Amrita University, Coimbatore, and has introduced and initiated the Quantum Computation curriculum at NMAMIT, Nitte, between 2021–2024. He has also served as the IIC-Atal Coordinator, bridging school and engineering college activities. He is a member of ISAMP, India and the DPG, Germany.
Work in Instrumentation, Electron Trapping, and Precision Spectroscopy
Dr. Satyajith’s research focuses on experimental physics, particularly in developing laboratory setups for high-precision measurements. Some of the facilities he has built include:
- Penning Trap Facility at Bangalore University.
- Penning Trap and Low-Energy Electron Beam System at Amrita Deemed to be University, Coimbatore.
- AC Traps for micron sized particles at Bangalore, Amrita Deemed to be University, Coimbatore.
His work on electron and ion trapping marks the very first few studies in the charge particle traps in India, with Dr.Sharath Ananthamurthy, the current Vice-Chancellor of Kuvempu University and with the help from Stalwarts such as Professor Günter Werth from Mainz. He has also worked on Fabry-Pérot cavities, interferometry, and in precision spectroscopy.
Interest in Quantum Computing and Training in Quantum Concepts
Dr. Satyajith has an interest in Quantum Computing with Ion Traps and has conducted training sessions on the subject for students and faculty. His sessions introduce the basic concepts of quantum computing and its experimental aspects.
At IMJIR, he aims to build an interdisciplinary research center that brings together physicists, engineers, computer scientists, and mathematicians to work on quantum information, atomic physics, AI, and sensor development. The Delta Q Department at IMJIR will focus on ion trap-based research, electron-positron studies.
Dr. Satyajith welcomes researchers and engineers to collaborate on ongoing and future projects at IMJIR, particularly in precision spectroscopy, instrumentation, and quantum-related experiments.