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Mithun Bhowmick
Associate Professor
Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Mithun Bhowmick

Contact Info

513-727-3371
Hamilton Campus, Mosler Hall 545
Personal Homepage

Education

  • Ph.D., Physics, Virginia Tech
  • M.S., Physics, Bowling Green State University
  • M.Sc., Physics, Vidyasagar University
  • B.Sc., Physics, University of Calcutta

Experience

  • Associate Professor, Miami University, 2025- present
  • Assistant Professor, Miami University, 2019-2025
  • Visiting Scholar, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2019-2024
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2015-2019
  • Assistant Professor of Physics, Nazarbayev University, 2012-2015
  • Visiting Research Professor, National University of Mexico (UNAM), 2013-2015
  • Graduate Assistant, Virginia Tech and Bowling Green State University, 2005-2012

Awards/ Fellowships

  • The Philip Morris Fellowship, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech 2012
  • The Jamie Dunn Award, Department of Physics, Virginia Tech 2010

Grants

  • Faculty Research Grant (CFR), Miami University, 2023-2025
  • PREP Publication Grant, Miami University, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2025
  • Senior Research Staff Grant (SRS), Miami University, co-PI, 2022
  • CLAAS Research Grant, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • New Faculty Travel Grant, NSF-AAPT, 2019
  • Ministry of Education and Science, Kazakhstan (MES) Grant 2014-2015 
  • Nazarbayev University Research Innovation and System Equipment Grant 2012-2014 

Research Interests

  • Shock compression of condensed matter
  • Optical properties of semiconductors
  • Carrier and spin dynamics in semiconductor heterostructures

Research Opportunities for Students

We have a dynamic and interdisciplinary research team with undergraduate and graduate students from physics, engineering, applied biology, chemistry, and geology. The group is currently looking for students for existing as well as upcoming projects. If any of the following areas of research interests you, please contact Dr. Bhowmick at bhowmim@MiamiOH.edu for more information and a lab tour.

  • Shockwave induced physics/chemistry in crystalline solids
  • Polymer-based device grade novel materials
  • Organic carbon-based nanoparticles
  • Optical properties in nanoparticles and nanocomposites

Teaching

PHY 181, PHY 182, PHY 183, PHY 184, PHY 161, PHY 162, PHY 101, PHY 103, PHY 121, PHY 111

Publications

  • Nusair, N.; Bhowmick, M. Carbon Dots and Biomimetic Membrane Systems: Mechanistic Interactions and Hybrid Nano-Lipid Platforms. Nanomaterials (2026), 16, 140. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano16020140.
  • Bhowmick, M.; Sarkar, S.; Ullrich, B. Pinpointing the Band Gap Energy of GaAs by Fitting the Transmissive Part of the Absorption Spectrum with Bootstrap Error. Materials (2025), 18, 4266. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma18184266.
  • Renaud, J.F.; Schlabach, A.; Narayan, M.; Davies, E.; Gillis, M.; Gugino, J.; Nusair, N.; Krekeler, M.P.S.; Bhowmick, M. Probing Photoluminescence in Perovskite-Based Polymer Nanocomposite Films. Polymers 2025, 17, 2317. https://doi.org/10.3390/polym17172317
  • Bruno Ullrich, Mithun Bhowmick, Determination of silicon's melting temperature by employing Fan's formula and 37 % rule, Solid State Communications, 401, 115917, ISSN 0038-1098 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssc.2025.115917.
  • Mithun Bhowmick, Dhanalakshmi Sellan, Kade Johnson, Kenneth Mikolaichik, Xuan Zhou, Amlan Das, Chari Ramkumar, Brenden A. Magill, Nicholas W. G. Smith, Giti A. Khodaparast, “Probing structural alterations in shock compressed GaAs”. AIP Advances, 15 (3): 035203 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0249899
  • Mithun Bhowmick, Haowen Xi, Bruno Ullrich; Calculation of semiconductor melting temperatures based on Fan-equation approximated by the 37% rule. J. Appl. Phys., 137 (4): 045702 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0246840
  • Narayan, M. Bhowmick, Needle Tip Tracking through Photoluminescence for Minimally Invasive Surgery. Biosensors, 14, 470 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3390/bios14100470
  • Nicholas R Jenkins, Xuan Zhou, Mithun Bhowmick, Claire L McLeod, Mark PS Krekeler, “Investigation into the stability of synthetic goethite after dynamic shock compression.” Phys Chem Minerals 51, 22 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00269-024-01279-4
  • Leah M Eversole, Richard Adjorlolo, Jack Francis Renaud, Mithun Bhowmick, “Optical Limiting from CdSe-Based Multiphase Polymer Nanocomposite Films”, Coatings 2024, 14(5), 634; https://doi.org/10.3390/coatings14050634
  • M Murchland, S Elasamar, G Viner, X Zhou, M Gillis, C Almquist, B Cymes, M Bhowmick, CL McLeod, MPS Krekeler, “The Effect of Shock Compression on the Crystal Structure of Cryptomelane (K-OMS-2)”, J. dynamic behavior mater. 10, 223–236 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40870-023-00403-9
  • M Bhowmick, J Christensen, R Adjorlolo, and B Ullrich, “Photoluminescence from Two-Phase Nanocomposites Embedded in Polymers”, Micromachines, 15(1), 111 (2024). https://doi.org/10.3390/mi15010111
  • M Bhowmick, H Xi, B Ullrich, “Absorption limit in direct gap III–V semiconductors”, Journal of Applied Physics 134 (1) (2023). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0158120
  • Bhowmick, B Ullrich, M Murchland, X Zhou, C Ramkumar, “Substrate and Excitation Intensity Dependence of Saturable Absorption in Perovskite Quantum Dot Films”, Nanomaterials 13 (5), 871 (2023). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano13050871
  • Bhowmick, J. Fryman, X. Zhou, and C. Ramkumar, “Probing shock induced structural changes in GaSb”, Optics Letters 48 (2), 307-310 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.480407
  • Bhowmick, H Xi, B Ullrich, “Microscopic description and uncertainty of the Stokes shift in semiconductors”, Optics Letters 47 (8), 1953-1955 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.456257
  • Bhowmick, A.K. Singh, P. Barik, H. Xi, B. Ullrich, “All-optical switch based on PbS quantum dots”, Applied Physics Letters, 119 (19), 192103 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0073014
  • J. Nissen, M Bhowmick, DD Dlott, “Ethylenediamine Catalyzes Nitromethane Shock-to-Detonation in Two Distinct Ways”, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 125 (29), 8185-8192 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c04427
  • Stekovic, H.K. Springer, M. Bhowmick, D.D. Dlott, D.S. Stewart, “Laser-driven flyer plate impact: Computational studies guided by experiments”, Journal of Applied Physics 129 (19), 195901 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0049817
  • Wang, W. Fang, M. Bhowmick, C. Sun, Z. Men, “Stimulated Raman scattering signal amplification in ethanol molecules via resonant cascading”, Applied Physics Letters 118 (12), 121102 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0044353
  • Bhowmick, H. Xi, B. Ullrich, “Optical Bandgap Definition via a Modified Form of Urbach’s Rule”, Materials 14 (7), 1639 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14071639
  • J. Nissen, M. Bhowmick, D. D. Dlott, “Shock-induced kinetics and cellular structures of liquid nitromethane detonation”, Combustion and Flame 225 5-12 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.combustflame.2020.10.046
  • Ullrich, H. Xi, M. Bhowmick, “Correction of the Fan factor”, AIP Advances 10, 035014 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0004630.
  • P. Bassett, B. P. Johnson, L. Salvati, III, E. J. Nissen, M. Bhowmick, and D. D. Dlott, “Shock initiation microscopy with high time and space resolution”, Propellants, Explosives, and Pyrotechnics, 45, 1-4 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1002/prep.201900222
  • Bhowmick, H. Xi, M. Androulidaki, B. Ullrich, “Mathematical assessment of the thermal band gap variation of semiconductors”, Physica Scripta 94 085701 (2019). DOI 10.1088/1402-4896/ab0230
  • Bhowmick, W. P. Basset, S. Matveev, L. Salvati III and D. D. Dlott, “Optical windows as high-speed shock wave detectors” AIP Advances 8, 125123 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5055676
  • Bhowmick, Erin J. Nissen, and Dana D. Dlott “Detonation on a tabletop: Nitromethane with high time and space resolution”, Journal of Applied Physics 124, 075901 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5043540
  • Bhowmick, B. Ullrich, M. Androulidaki, H. Xi, “The thermo-electric nature of the Debye temperature”, AIP Advances 8, 055318 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5004704
  • Ullrich, M. Bhowmick, H. Xi, “Relation between Debye temperature and energy band gap of semiconductors”, AIP Advances 7 (4), 045109 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4980142
  • Bhowmick, G.A Khodaparast, T.D Mishima, M.B Santos, D. Saha, “Interband and intraband relaxation dynamics in InSb based quantum wells”, Journal of Applied Physics 120 (23), 235702 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4971347
  • Ullrich, A.K. Singh, P. Barik, H. Xi, M. Bhowmick “Inherent photoluminescence Stokes shift in GaAs” Optics Letters 40 (11), 2580-2583 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1364/OL.40.002580
  • Ullrich, A. K. Singh, M. Bhowmick, P. Barik, D. Ariza-Flores, H. Xi, and J. W. Tomm, “Photoluminescence lineshape of ZnO”, AIP Advances 4, 123001 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4897383
  • Ullrich, D. Ariza, and M. Bhowmick, “Intrinsic photoluminescence Stokes shift in semiconductors demonstrated by thin-film CdS formed with pulsed-laser deposition” Thin Solid Films, 558 24-26 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tsf.2014.02.047
  • Ullrich, A. Antillón, M. Bhowmick, J. S. Wang, H. Xi, “Atomic transition region at the cross-over between quantum dots to molecules”, Physica Scripta 89, 025801 (2014). DOI 10.1088/0031-8949/89/02/025801
  • A. Meeker, B. A. Magill, T. R. Merritt, M. Bhowmick, K. McCutcheon et al., “Dynamics of photoexcited carriers and spins in InAsP ternary alloys”, Applied Physics Letters 102, 222102 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4808346
  • Bhowmick, T. R. Merritt, G. A. Khodaparast, Bruce W. Wessels, Stephen A. McGill, D. Saha, X. Pan, G. D. Sanders, C. J. Stanton, "Time Resolved Differential Transmission Measurements in Ferromagnetic MOVPE Grown InMnAs" Physical Review B, 85, 125313 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.85.125313
  • Bhowmick, R. N. Kini, K. Nontapot, N. Goel, S. J. Chung, T. D. Mishima, M. B. Santos, G. A. Khodaparast, “Probe of Interband Relaxations of Photo-excited and Carriers and Spins in InSb Based Quantum Wells”, Physics Procedia (3) 1161-1165 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2010.01.156
  • Bhowmick, T. R. Merritt, K. Nontapot, B. W. Wessels, O. Drachenko, G. A. Khodaparast, “Time Resolved Spectroscopy of InMnAs Using Differential Transmission Technique in Mid-Infrared”, Physics Procedia, (3) 1167-1170 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.phpro.2010.01.157
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