Hi, I'm Saumitra Phatak.
Growing up in Mumbai taught me to prize curiosity above all else. An outlook I now apply as a fifth-year Physics Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Jonathan Hood's lab at Purdue University. I engineer optical-tweezer platforms that cool single lithium and cesium atoms to the micro-kelvin regime and probe exotic quantum matter one collision at a time. If the intersection of fundamental physics and real-world quantum computing excites you too, I'd love to swap ideas - on campus, at conferences, or over a well-timed coffee. I have summarized my projects and publications, along with some other information like CV, on this website.
Feel free to contact me, for any further details about the mentioned scientific projects.
Quick Links: HoodLab , Google Scholar page, CV, Linkedin page
Websites I have developed are listed below if you are interested:
I write - personal essays documenting life as an Indian student abroad [Link: Curious Writings], and poetry in Hindi, Marathi, and English [LINK: Siyahi]. I also built a free learning site for practical knowledge that school never taught [LINK: RealWorld Academy] and an interactive quantum computing explorer [LINK: AMO-career].