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Shailesh Chandrasekharan

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

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

Theoretical Nuclear and Particle Physics

Areas of Interest

Quantum Field Theories, Lattice formulations,
Critical Phenomena and Monte Carlo Algorithms.

Professional Experience / Employment History

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

Outstanding Junior Investigator, Department of Energy, Division of Nuclear Physics, April, 2003
Recent Grant Support

  • Lattice and Effective Field Theory Studies of Quantum Chromodynamics, Department of Energy, Nuclear Theory Division, 2005/03-2014/03.      
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)  
Publications (listed separately)

Last modified: 2011/12/13