TalkSeminar
Seminar — Extraction of Pion GPDs (Prof. C. R. Ji's Group, NCSU)
Presented 'Extraction of Pion GPDs' at Prof. C. R. Ji's Research Group meeting. Discussed data-driven extraction of pion unpolarized quark G…
Academic CV
Education, positions, skills, peer review and every conference talk and poster.
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Satyajit Puhan — Postdoctoral Researcher, Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
puhansatyajit@gmail.com · satyajitpuhan.github.io · ORCID 0009-0004-9766-5005 · INSPIRE-HEP: https://inspirehep.net/authors/2706496
puhansatyajit@gmail.com · satyajitpuhan.github.io · ORCID 0009-0004-9766-5005 · INSPIRE-HEP: https://inspirehep.net/authors/2706496
My Resume
Academic Background
A journey from a small village in Odisha to the frontiers of High Energy Physics research across India, Japan, Switzerland, and Russia.
2022–2026
Ph.D. in Computational High Energy Physics
Thesis: Tomography of Light and Heavy Mesons Using Light-front Dynamics. Supervisor: Dr. Harleen Dahiya. Successfully defended on 2nd April, 2026. Courses: Particle Physics, Adv. Particle Physics, QFT, Research Methodology, Exp. HEP. CGPA: 8.75/10.0
Jun–Sep 2025
Visiting Fellow — JINR, Dubna, Russia
Project: Extraction of hadron GPDs using neural networks and energy-momentum tensor calculations. Supervisor: Prof. Oleg V. Teryaev. Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (16 Jun – 12 Sep 2025).
Feb 2025
Visiting Fellow — IIT Bhilai, Chhattisgarh
Worked on applications of NJL model to understand hadron structure. Supervisor: Prof. Sabyasachi Ghosh (16–23 Feb 2025).
2019–2021
M.Sc. in Physics — NIT Jamshedpur
Project: Proton-Oxygen Elastic Scattering by Taylor Series Expansion. Supervisor: Prof. Ujjwal Laha. CGPA: 8.59/10.0
2016–2019
B.Sc. in Physics — Bhadrak Autonomous College
Project: Superconductivity and its Application to Maglev Trains. Supervisor: Dr. Rajat Kumar Pradhan. CGPA: 8.91/10.0
2015–2016
Higher Secondary (12th) — Siddhivinayak +2 Science College
2nd Topper in Physics in CHSE Final Examination, Odisha. Marks: 478/600 (78%). Balasore, Odisha.
2011–2014
High School — Harekrushna High School, Balasore
Marks: 87%. NTSE Scholar (2013).
2026–Present
Postdoctoral Researcher — Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica
Supervisor: Prof. Wen-Chen Chang. (i) Meson structure via the Sullivan process — extraction of pion and kaon PDFs with phenomenological and neural-network methods, including leading-neutron electroproduction at HERA and the EIC; (ii) detector development for the Zero-Degree Calorimeter (ZDC) of the ePIC experiment at the Electron-Ion Collider; (iii) deep-learning extraction of pion quark and gluon GPDs.
2026–Present
Member — EIC Meson Structure Working Group
Physics studies of pion and kaon structure functions via the Sullivan process (leading-neutron tagging) at the Electron-Ion Collider.
2026–Present
Member — ePIC Zero-Degree Calorimeter (ZDC) Working Group
Detector development and simulation studies for the far-forward Zero-Degree Calorimeter of the ePIC experiment at the Electron-Ion Collider.
Apr 2026
Seminar at Prof. C. R. Ji's Group — Extraction of Pion GPDs (NCSU, USA)
Presented 'Extraction of Pion GPDs' via Zoom from IOP, Academia Sinica. Discussed data-driven extraction of pion unpolarized quark GPDs, form factor fitting, and impact-parameter-space interpretations.
Apr–May 2026
Workshop — EIC-Asia Workshop on QCD and Hadron Structure, Academia Sinica
Attended the EIC-Asia Workshop on QCD and Hadron Structure at the Institute of Physics, Academia Sinica, Taipei. Topics included lattice QCD, meson and nucleon structures at EIC.
Feb 2026
School — IITB-CFNS-CTEQ School on Perturbative QCD for EIC, IIT Bombay
Perturbative QCD, recent experimental results and hands-on Monte Carlo tutorials for the Electron-Ion Collider.
Jan 2026
School — Advanced Topics in Particle Physics (SATPP), ICTS Bengaluru
Selected topics in effective field theories: low-energy and high-energy EFTs.
2022–2026
Senior Research Fellow — NIT Jalandhar
Hadron tomography: TMDs, GPDs, GTMDs, GDAs, form factors, PDFs of mesons in light-front dynamics. 23 peer-reviewed journal articles (one single-author) in PRD, JHEP, PLB, NPA, NPB, PTEP, EPJ Plus, Chin. Phys. C and EPJA.
Jan 2025
Premier Research Award — NIT Jalandhar
Received the Premier Research Award in the Department of Physics, NIT Jalandhar on 26th January 2025.
2023–2025
Travel & Fellowship Support
JINR, Dubna (visiting fellowship, Jun–Sep 2025); YITP, Kyoto University (HHIQCD 2024); Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI Summer School 2024); ICTS Bengaluru (EIC School and Workshop 2024, full support); TIFR Mumbai (HQL 2023, full support).
Aug 2025
Conference Talk — JINR-BLTP 2025, Dubna
Presented 'Gravitational Form Factors of Pion' at the 'Interplay of Gravity and Strong Interactions' conference, BLTP, JINR.
Jul 2025
Seminar at Prof. C. R. Ji's Group (NCSU, USA)
Presented 'Internal Structure of Light Mesons through Distribution Functions' via Zoom. Discussed PDFs, GPDs, TMDs and mechanical properties.
Mar 2025
Seminar at JINR, Dubna, Russia
Presented 'Internal structure of pion, kaon, and ρ meson in light front dynamics' covering TMDs, GPDs, FFs, PDFs, and medium modifications.
Dec 2024
Conference Talk — DAE SNP 2024, IIT Roorkee
Presented 'Spin-1 unpolarized GPDs in Light-front formalism' at the 68th DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics.
Oct–Nov 2024
Conference Talk — HHIQCD 2024, Kyoto, Japan
Presented 'Structural analysis of Pion and Kaon with distribution functions' at Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University.
Aug 2024
PSI Summer School 2024 — Zuoz, Switzerland
Attended 'From Low to High: Particle Physics at the Frontier' at Lyceum Alpinum, Zuoz, Switzerland (Aug 4–10, 2024).
Jan–Feb 2024
Conference Talk — ICTS-TIFR 2024, Bengaluru
Presented 'Structural analysis of pion with distribution functions (TMDs, GPDs and GDAs)' at the EIC workshop, ICTS-TIFR, Bengaluru.
Nov–Dec 2023
Poster — HQL 2023, TIFR Mumbai
Presented poster on 'Internal Structure of Heavy B and D-mesons' at the 16th International Conference on Heavy Quarks and Leptons, TIFR, Mumbai.
Skills
Technical Skills & Tools
Theoretical frameworks, computational tools, and programming languages used in my research.
Mathematica (Expert)95%
Python / NumPy / SciPy (Expert)92%
Light-Front Quark Model (LFQM)95%
NJL / DS-BSE / Spectator Models85%
LHAPDF / xFitter / DGLAP / CSS / iminuit90%
LaTeX / Overleaf / Scientific Writing95%
Neural Networks / ML / Monte Carlo (Pythia)75%
C++ / Linux / Git60%
Academic Service
Journal Peer Reviewer
Actively contributing to the scientific community through peer review for international physics journals.
Peer reviewer
Journal of Modern Physics (JMP)
Peer reviewer for the Journal of Modern Physics, covering topics in theoretical and experimental physics.
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Frontiers in Physics
Peer reviewer for Frontiers in Physics, an open-access journal covering all areas of physics research.
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Conferences I Have Attended
Workshops, summer schools, and international conferences where I presented talks, posters, or participated.
In PersonConference
ICFHEP 2025 — IIT Bhilai
Participated in the International Conference on Frontiers of High Energy Physics (ICFHEP).
TalkSymposium
68th DAE SNP 2024 — IIT Roorkee
Delivered a talk on 'Spin-1 unpolarized GPDs in Light-front formalism' at the 68th DAE Symposium on Nuclear Physics.
TalkWorkshop
HHIQCD 2024 — Kyoto University
Delivered a talk on 'Structural analysis of Pion and Kaon with distribution functions' at Hadrons and Hadron Interactions in QCD 2024.
ParticipantSummer School
PSI Summer School 2024 — Zuoz
Attended the PSI Particle Physics Summer School — 'From Low to High: Particle Physics at the Frontier'.
TalkSchool & Workshop
ICTS-TIFR 2024 — Bengaluru
Delivered a talk on 'Structural analysis of pion with distribution functions (TMDs, GPDs and GDAs)' during the International School and Work…
PosterConference
HQL 2023 — TIFR Mumbai
Presented a poster at the 16th International Conference on Heavy Quarks and Leptons (HQL 2023).
ParticipantMeeting
Shivalik HEPCATs Meetings 2023
Attended the Shivalik HEPCATs meeting at IIT Mandi and NIT Jalandhar.
ParticipantWorkshop
Workshop on Hadron Physics 2023
Attended the Workshop on Hadron Physics, 2023 organized by NIT Jalandhar.
OnlineWebinar
Celebrating a Decade of the Higgs
Participated through online mode in the webinar celebrating a decade of the Higgs boson discovery, organized by TIFR, Mumbai.