Harsh Soni

A brief summary of our recent research work on developing a physical understanding of how motility emerges in a certain class of water-dwelling microorganisms.

@SciResMatters @iitbombay @IIT_Mandi @PhysRevLett @iit__mandi

𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁𝘀 𝗿𝘂𝗻𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝘂𝗺𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗮𝗲 Researchers from @iitbombay and @IIT_Mandi have built twin robots capable of replicating the run-and-tumble moving mechanism used by many microorganisms. The study published in @PhysRevLett mimics the complex locomotory mechanism in the most minimalistic robots, opening opportunities in building microscopic machines for healthcare. Want to know how they achieved this? Head to: researchmatters.in/index.php/news… @AllLivingActive @harshIITMandi @IndiaDST #Biomimicry #Locomotion #Robots #Algae #scicomm #science #sciencecommunication #IndianScience #ScienceinIndia

It is indeed a matter of great joy to spend almost two days with your teacher after five years—and an even greater joy when he goes to your whiteboard, discussing physics and inspiring your students. Heartfelt thanks to Sriram for a wonderful colloquium at @iit__mandi

Thrilled that our collaboration of more than a decade is still bearing such exciting results!

Published in Lagmuir today! pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.10…

Preprint alert 📣! We provide an experimental protocol to align clay nanotubes over the entire dried deposit in spite of huge size-polydispersity. Experiments by my postdoc Arun. In collaboration with @PrasherM. Supported by @iitbombay @IndiaDST arxiv.org/html/2505.0371…

@Jain_Physics @wolfprize Congratulations, proud moment for @UniRajOfficial

Grateful to be recognized by @WolfPrize for the composite fermion, and to be in the company of two incredible physicists I greatly admire. The honor truly belongs to my students, collaborators and numerous other researchers whose brilliant work transformed the composite fermion from an idea to reality. Looking back, it is hard to believe how incredibly fortunate I have been. Growing up in a poor village in India, traumatized by an accident that left me on crutches with a lifelong disability, I did not think I would ever walk again or attend college, let alone pursue my dream of becoming a physicist. I don’t have words to express my profound gratitude to my family, friends, colleagues, mentors, and even strangers who have helped and supported me at every juncture. My heartfelt thanks to @ncert for a science scholarship; to @BmvssJaipurFoot for enabling me to pursue higher studies; to Maharaja College @Uniraj_Jaipur, @IITKanpur, @stonybrooku, @condensed_the @UofMaryland, @Yale, @PSUScience @penn_state for taking a chance on me; and to @iiscbangalore, @IISERPune, @TIFRScience, @Infosys Professorship for providing me a home away from home. Little did I know when the idea of composite fermion first struck me during the Christmas break of 1988 that it would occupy my mind for the next 37 years.  My hope is that this prize will motivate the younger generation to experience the beauty of scientific laws and the thrill of discovery.

Thoroughly enjoyed working on this beautiful project! Grateful for the collaboration with @AllLivingActive's group at IIT Bombay.

Happy New Year 45^2.

Thrilled to share my latest work: "Bulk Condensation by an Active Interface" Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. Read it here: journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/1… Grateful to my collaborators and mentors 🙌! Rahul Gupta, @harshIITMandi, @AjaySoodIISc and Prof. Sriram Ramaswamy. #ActiveMatter

@Jain_Physics Indeed!

@harshIITMandi Me neither! And it was very nice to know. I think even many Indians are "astonishingly ignorant" of our glorious history.

‘In Britain, we are still astonishingly ignorant’: the hidden story of how ancient India shaped the west | India | The Guardian theguardian.com/world/article/…

🐦 🤖 Home in on the paper: go.aps.org/3M2ILeL

Our latest work is reported in The Hindu. Experiments performed by my PhD student @Somnath73831947 and wonderful and fruitful collaboration with our theory friends @harshIITMandi and @arnab_non_eqm

New work from our group just got published in @PRX_Life 🥳. We provide novel insights into animal homing behavior using a self-propelled robotic device modeled to execute active foraging and homing. Research supported by @iitbombay @IndiaDST @serbonline. 🧵 below👇

A programmable robot mimicked the general features of pigeons’ homing trajectories, providing new insights into the #physics of how these birds navigate home with such precision. 🐦 Home in on the paper: go.aps.org/3M2ILeL #AnimalBehavior #BioPhysics

Very cool interdisciplinary work! Paper by @arnab_non_eqm @harshIITMandi and collaborators 🙌

@Kaju_Nut @arnab_non_eqm Thanks, Nirmalya

An interesting piece of work by my PhD student. Here are two main findings: 1. A new order phase is found. 2. Diffusion of the particles in the disordered phase increases with number density. pubs.rsc.org/en/content/art… @softmatter