Rate My Professor Nanda Dasgupta

Her research specializes in nuclear reaction dynamics, encompassing fusion, quasifission, fission, and breakup processes in heavy ion collisions, with a focus on superheavy element synthesis, energy dissipation, shell effects, and interactions of weakly bound nuclei near the Coulomb barrier. Notable publications include "Colliding heavy nuclei take multiple identities on the path to fusion" (Nature Communications, 2023), "Sequential fission and the influence of 208Pb closed shells on the dynamics of superheavy element synthesis reactions" (Physics Letters B, 2020), "Experimental studies of the competition between fusion and quasifission in the formation of heavy and superheavy nuclei" (Progress in Particle and Nuclear Physics, 2021), and "Competition between fusion and quasifission in the angular momentum dependent dynamics of heavy element synthesis reactions" (Physical Review C, 2023). She has garnered major awards, including the Pawsey Medal from the Australian Academy of Science (2006), Fellowship of the Australian Academy of Science (2011), Fellowship of the American Physical Society (2019), and the Walter Boas Medal from the Australian Institute of Physics (2023, jointly with David Hinde). With over 14,500 citations on Google Scholar, her contributions have profoundly impacted the field. Dasgupta has delivered public lectures as the 2004 Women in Physics Lecturer and serves on national committees such as the National Science and Technology Council.