Prof. Dr.Ipsita Mandalis an internationally recognized expert in quantum condensed matter theory. She earned her PhD from the Harish-Chandra Research Institute in 2011 and has held research positions at institutions including UCLA, Perimeter Institute, University of Basel, MPI-PKS, and Cornell University. In 2017, she joined IIT Kharagpur as an Assistant Professor and was appointed Associate Professor at the University of Stavanger in 2019. She moved to the Polish Academy of Sciences in 2020, where she received the Polish Prime Minister's Award for "Outstanding Scientific Achievements" based on her Habilitation Thesis.

Since 2023, she has been affiliated with the Shiv Nadar Institute of Eminence (India) and was awarded a Marie SkÅodowska-Curie FRIAS COFUND Fellowship at the W3 professorial level. According to Stanford/Elsevier rankings, she was among the top 2% most cited scientists in 2024 and 2025. She has been honored under Springer Nature&s "Her Research, Our Future" campaign for her contributions to research and sustainability. Her accolades include the Nordita Corresponding Fellowship, Ramanujan Fellowship, ICTP Associate Fellowship, Senior Dresden Fellowship, and the CAS President's International Fellowship. Her research focuses on strongly correlated quantum materials, with expertise in quantum field theory techniques applied to solid-state systems.