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Saheb Mohapatra

Saheb Mohapatra

Project: Cryptographic Applications of Motivic Cohomology Groups (DC12)

Supervisors: Herbert Gangl, Philippe Elbaz-Vincent

Location: University of Durham, United Kingdom

My name is Saheb and I am from India. I hold a B.Math and M.Math degree from the Indian Statistical Institute (ISI). My master’s thesis at ISI investigated the fundamentals of algebraic K-theory, Milnor–Witt K-theory and the Bloch–Suslin complex in the context of strong A1-invariance. This involved analysing the intricate relations that appear in the Bloch group of fields. 

In the same spirit, my PhD focusses on devising a post-quantum digital signature scheme exploiting the arithmetic complexity of the Bloch group of number fields and their higher analogues. I began my PhD in October 2025, co-supervised by Herbert Gangl (Durham University) and Philippe Elbaz-Vincent (Université Grenoble Alpes). My project will also be seconded by ID Quantique. 

When I’m not doing mathematics, I like to write poetry, cook, go on hikes, and write jokes — not all at once.

Website: https://unramified.github.io