Curriculum Vitae

Shailesh Chandrasekharan

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Contact information

Department of Physics
Box 90305
Duke University
Durham, NC 27708-0305		 (919) 660-2462

Education

Doctor of PhilosophyColumbia1995
B. TechIndian Institute of Technology, Madras, India1989

Areas of Research

Theoretical Nuclear and Particle Physics

Professional Experience / Employment History

Los Alamos National Laboratory
Postdoctoral Associate, T8, September-December 1997
MIT
Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Theoretical Physics, 1995-97

Conferences Organized

  • Co-Chair, ECT* Workshop titled "Sign Problems and Complex Actions", March 02-06, 2009
  • Organizers (Thomas Schaefer (chair), Dean Lee and Shailesh Chandrasekharan), Extreme QCD 2008, July 21-23, 2008
  • Organizers (David Ceperley, Mathias Troyer, Uwe Jens Wiese and Shailesh Chandrasekharan), The Sign Problem in Quantum Simulations, July 2003

Professional Service

  • Director of Graduate Studies, 2011 - present
  • Referee, European Research Council Proposal Referee, 2011 - present
  • PhD Committee for Chris Coleman Smith, 2010 - present
  • Physics Computing Committee, 2010 - present
  • PhD Committee for Huaixiu Zheng, 2010 - present
  • PhD Committee for Hannah Guilbert, 2010 - present
  • Referee, International Journal for Theoretical Physics, 2010 - present
  • Graduate Admissions Committee, 2009 - present
  • Referee, Journal of Physics, 2009 - present
  • PhD Committee for Willie Ong, 2009 - present
  • Referee, Physics Letters B, 1996 - present
  • Coordinator, AIP Departmental Information, 2005 - present
  • Referee, Proposals to the Department of Energy (Nuclear Physics), 2003 - present
  • Referee, Physical Review, 1998 - present
  • A&S Council (Alternate Representative), December 2011
  • Graduate Qualifying Exam Committee, 2009 - 2011
  • Appointment and Promotion Committee for Chris Walter, December 2010
  • Faculty Mentor for first-year grads, 2009 - 2010
  • PhD committee for Changchun Sun, 2006 - 2009
  • PhD committee for Jie Hu, 2004 - 2009
  • Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2007 - 2008
  • PhD Committee for Daniel J. Cecile, 2004 - 2008
  • member, Information Technology Advisory Committee (ITAC), September, 2005 - May, 2008
  • PhD Committee for Brian Bunton, 2003 - 2007
  • Introductory Physics Committee, 2006
  • Committee for Promotion of Kate Scholberg, November 2006
  • Departmental Secretary at Faculty Meetings, 2005 - 2006
  • PhD Committee for Amanda Sabourov, 2003 - 2006
  • PhD Committee of Ribhu K. Kaul, 2003 - 2006
  • Chair, PhD Committee of Fu-Jiun Jiang, 2003 - 2006
  • PhD Committee for Samdrita Rai Choudhury, 2003 - 2006
  • Working Group on Departmental Support (IT Strategic Plan), November 01, 2005 - February 15, 2006
  • Graduate Admissions Committee, December 2005
  • Graduate Curriculum Committee, November 15, 2003 - June 30, 2005
  • Climate Committee, June 1, 2002 - June 30, 2005
  • Reviewer, INCITE DOE proposal, October, 2004
  • Referee, DOE Proposal Review, October, 2003
  • Undergraduate Thesis defence committee for James Darsie, April 23, 2003
  • Undergraduate Thesis Defence Committee for Jacob Foster, April 23, 2003
  • Chair, Physics Computing Committee, 1999-2003
  • member, Theory Search Committee, 2000-01
  • Referee, DOE Proposal Review, November, 2000
  • HEP Faculty Search Committee, 1999-2000
  • Curriculum Committee, 1998-99
  • Referee, Physics Letters B, September 1, 1996

Selected Recent Invited Talks

  • Fermion-bag approach to four-fermion lattice field theories, Theoretical physics seminar, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, June 28, 2011
  • Generalized Fermion-bag approach to four-fermion lattice field theories, Theoretical physics seminar, ETH, Zurich Switzerland., June 03, 2011
  • Fermion bag approach to four-fermion lattice field theories, Theoretical physics seminar, CERN, Geneva Switzerland, May 30, 2011
  • Fermion bag approach to four-fermion lattice field theories, Theoretical physics seminar, Bern University, Bern, Switzerland., May 27, 2011
  • World Line approach to Lattice Fermions, Journal Club Talk, Bern University, Bern, Switzerland., May 26, 2011
  • The Fermion Bag Approach, Theoretical Physics Seminar, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, February 02, 2011
  • Quantum Mechanics and the Computational Challenge for the 21st Century, Physics Colloquiium, North Carolina State University, Raleigh North Carolina, January 24, 2011
  • Anomaly and the QCD Critical Point : A study in a strongly correlated system, Tata Insitute of Fundamental Research, February 10-12, 2010 [available here]
  • Quantum Mechanics and the Computational Challenges for the 21st Century, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, June 30, 2009
  • Sigma-Resonance and Chiral Perturbation Theory, Saha Institute, Kolkutta India, May 07, 2009
  • World-line approach to lattice field theories, Indian Institute for the the Advancement and Cultivation of Science, Kolkutta, India, May 06, 2009
  • World-line approach to sign problems, March 04, 2009
  • World-line approach to lattice field theories, University of Graz, Austria, February 26, 2009
  • World-line approach to lattice field theories, University of Swansea, UK, February 23, 2009
  • Sigma-resonance and convergence of chiral perturbation theory, International workshop on Frontier Problems in Strong Interaction Physics, PPISR, Bangalore, India, January 13, 2009
  • A new approach to computational quantum field theory, Plenary talk at ``The XXVI International Symposium on Lattice Field theory'', held at Williamsburg Virginia, USA, July 14-19, (2008)
  • Fun with four fermion models, Invited talk at the "Indian Condensed Matter Workshop" held at Mahabaleshwar, India, Dec 10-22, (2008)
  • Fun with four-fermion Models, Indian Condensed Matter Workshop, Mahabaleshwar, India, December 12, 2008
  • Monte Carlo Methods in Lattice Field Theories, Twelve invited lectures for students and faculty, at the Tata Institute for fundamental Research, Mumbai, India, Oct-Dec, (2008)
  • Effects of the anomaly on the two-flavor QCD chiral phase transition, CERN, Geneva, May 18, 2007
  • Anomalous and Exotic KT Behavior, ETH, Zurich Switzerland, May 14, 2007
  • Bosonic Field Theories from Fermionic Composites, Bern University, May 10, 2007
  • Modeling Pions on the Lattice, Bern University, April 27, 2007
  • Anomalous KT Behavior in Magnetic Superfluids, College of William & Mary, February 13, 2007
  • Modeling Pion Physics Using Lattice Field Theory, February 12, 2007
  • Anomalous KT Behavior in Magnetic Superfluids, University of California, Berkeley, February 07, 2007
  • Phase Diagram of Two Color Lattice QCD, Workshop on "Phase diagram of QCD-like theories", Trento Italy., March 25-28, 2006
  • Chiral Perturbation Theory in Two Color Lattice QCD, Workshop on Hadron Structure and Lattice QCD, at the Institute of Nuclear Theory, Seattle., March 14, 2006
  • Challenges in Lattice Gauge Theory, Aspen workshop on deconfined quantum criticality, August, 2005
  • Theory Seminar, University of Washington at St. Louis, St. Louis, October 27, 2004
  • 12th International Conference on Recent Progress in Many Body Theories, Santa Fe, New Mexico, 23-27, August, 2004
  • Workshop on Dense Nuclear Matter, Institute for Nuclear Theory, University of Washington, Seattle, May, 2004
  • Theory Seminar, Jefferson Laboratory, Newport News, Virginia, April, 2004
  • CECAM workshop on "The Sign Problem in Quantum Simulations", Lyon, France, July 23-25, 2003 [available here]
  • Theoretical Physics Colloquium, TIFR, Mumbai India, 28 November 2002
  • Theoretical Seminar, Regensburg, Germany, 21 July 2002
  • Non-perturbative aspects of QCD, Trento, Italy, July 8-19, 2002
  • Nuclear Matter on the Lattice, Institute of Nuclear Theory, Seattle, June 10-11, 2002
  • QCD02, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur India, Nov 18-22, 2002
  • Uses of QCDOC in Nuclear Physics, Brookhaven National Lab, Upton NY, Sep 25-27, 2002
  • Workshop on Fermion Actions and Chiral Symmetry, Bern University, Oct 16-19, 2002
  • Theory Seminar, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 31 August 2001
  • Gordon Conference on Nuclear Physics, Salve Regina University, Newport, RI, July 22-27, 2001
  • Quantum Monte Carlo: Recent Advances and Common Problems in Condensed Matter and Field Theory, ECT, Trento Italy, July 3-6, 2001
  • Computer Simulations in Condensed Matter Physics, University of Georgia, Athens, Feb 21-25, 2000
  • Current Problems in Lattice Field Theories, Ringberg, Germany, Apr 2-9, 2000
  • Lattice 2000, Plenary Talk,, Bangalore India, Aug 17-22, 2000
  • APS (March Meeting), invited talk, Minneapolis, MN, 23 March 2000
  • CHIRAL 99, Taipei, Taiwan, Sep 13-18, 1999
  • Numerical Algorithms at Non-zero Chemical Potential, Brookhaven National Lab, Upton NY, Apr 27-May 1, 1999
  • Fermion Frontiers in Vector Lattice Gauge Theories, RIKEN-BNL, Brookhaven National Lab. Upton, NY, MAY 6-9, 1998

Doctoral Theses Directed

  • Daniel J. Cecile, (2003 - 2008)
  • Ribhu K. Kaul, (2003 - 2006)
  • Fu-Jiun Jiang, (2002 - 2006)
  • Anand Priyadarshee, Disordered Hardcore Bosons, (2001 - 2006)

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