The Department of Physical Sciences at IISER Mohali hosts a diverse group of researchers working in various areas. There are many exciting research fields including inter-disciplinary research areas to explore. There are opportunities to work in theoretical, computational as well as experimental fields to approach and solve the research problems.

Currently, the Department of Physical Sciences at IISER Mohali is actively involved in the following research areas:

Astrophysics, Cosmology and Gravitation: Dr. Aru Beri, Prof. Jasjeet Singh Bagla, Dr. Harvinder Kaur Jassal, Dr. Pankaj Kushwaha, Dr. Smriti Mahajan, Dr. Kinjalk Lochan, Prof. Kulinder Pal Singh;

Attosecond Physics: Dr. Kamal P. Singh;

Biophysics: Dr. Tripta Bhatia, Dr. Dipanjan Chakraborty, Dr. Abhishek Chaudhuri, Prof. Kavita Dorai, Dr. Rajeev Kapri, Dr. Kamal P. Singh;

Complex Systems: Dr. Tripta Bhatia, Dr. Dipanjan Chakraborty, Dr. Abhishek Chaudhuri, Dr. Prasenjit Das, Prof. Ramandeep Johal, Dr. Rajeev Kapri, Prof. Sudeshna Sinha;

Computational Physics: Prof. Jasjeet Singh Bagla, Dr. Vishal Bhardwaj, Dr. Dipanjan Chakraborty, Dr. Abhishek Chaudhuri, Dr. Prasenjit Das, Dr. Harvinder Kaur Jassal, Dr. Satyajit Jena, Dr. Anosh Joseph, Dr. Rajeev Kapri, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Prof. Sudeshna Sinha;

Condensed Matter Experiment Dr. Goutam Sheet, Dr. Mandip Singh, Dr. Yogesh Singh, Dr. Ananth Venketeshan;

Condensed Matter Theory: Prof. Ramandeep Johal, Dr. Rajeev Kapri, Dr. Sanjeev Kumar, Dr. Goutam Sheet;

High Energy Physics Experiment: Dr. Vishal Bhardwaj, Dr. Satyajit Jena;

High Energy Physics Theory: Dr. Anosh Joseph, Dr. Kinjalk Lochan, Dr. Ambresh Shivaji, Dr. K.P. Yogendran;

Laser Physics: Dr. Kamal P. Singh;

Medical Physics: Dr. Samir Biswas;

Nonlinear Dynamics: Dr. Dipanjan Chakraborty, Dr. Abhishek Chaudhuri, Dr. Prasenjit Das, Prof. Ramandeep Johal, Dr. Rajeev Kapri, Dr. Kamal P. Singh, Prof. Sudeshna Sinha;

Quantum Dynamics: Dr. Kamal P. Singh;

Quantum Foundations and Photon Experiments: Dr. Mandip Singh;

Quantum Information and Quantum Computing: Prof. Arvind, Dr. Manabendra Nath Bera, Prof. Kavita Dorai, Dr. Sandeep Goyal, Dr. Mandip Singh;

Soft Matter Physics: Dr. Tripta Bhatia, Dr. Dipanjan Chakraborty, Dr. Abhishek Chaudhuri, Dr. Prasenjit Das, Dr. Rajeev Kapri, Dr. Kamal P. Singh;

Statistical Physics:Dr. Dipanjan Chakraborty, Dr. Abhishek Chaudhuri, Dr. Prasenjit Das, Prof. Ramandeep Johal, Dr. Rajeev Kapri, Prof. Sudeshna Sinha