Surajit Sen
State University of New York at Buffalo
About me -
I hold a B.Sc (Hons) from
Presidency College (1982), Calcutta and a PhD from The University of
Georgia (1990). I did postdoctoral work at the University of Minnesota,
Minneapolis
and Michigan State University before joining the physics faculty at the
State University of New York at Buffalo in tenure track capacity in
1994. I have been a full
professor since 2006.
My research interests in physics -
My research is on
nonequilibrium processes and nonlinear dynamical systems as realized in
nature and in social contexts. These works include studies on
interactions between solitary waves, the likely existence of a new
equilibrium-like state with large scale fluctuations, impulse acoustics
based imaging of buried landmines, impact mitigation and sound
dampening using granular metamaterials and studies of battle strategy
and primate societies. I enjoy working on granular materials and on
discrete nonlinear many body systems such as the
Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou systems (see the google scholar link below for
papers).
My other love -
I am deeply interested in
raising awareness about science and math in children and youth from the
underserved communities. In recent years I have been involved in
small-scale experimental work to determine which approaches may be
appropriate to educate the nearly 3 billion youth of the developing
world.
I gave a Distinguished Lecture at the National Academy of
Sciences titled, "Can we empower the 3 billion youth of the developing
world?" on June 15, 2021 at 11am EDT. The lecture is here.
My work -
The work I have done has
appeared in some 160 refereed journal articles and discussed in about
as many invited lectures in conferences, academic institutions, and
government labs in the US and around the world. I am fortunate to be a
fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) and of the American
Association of the Advancement of Science. I have been a
Fulbright-Nehru Fellow at the Indian Institute of Engineering, Science
and Technology in 2017-2018 and a Jefferson Science Fellow at the
National Academy of Sciences as well as a Senior Science Advisor at the
United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
My service -
I am an Editor of the journal
Granular Matter and an Editorial Board Member of journals Modern
Physics Letters B and International Journal of Modern Physics B. I was
recently appointed a Review Editor of Frontiers in Physics.
My university service includes
chairing the promotion and tenure process in arts and sciences at
Buffalo, being involved in human rights of scientists through the APS
and in structuring bi-national science collaboration programs between
individual academics. I am a past two-term president of the American
Chapter of the Indian Physics Association and a former member of the
executive committee of the Forum on International Physics of the APS.
My google scholar page (not terribly updated)
My CV
The Statistical and Nonlinear Physics Lecture Series
My recent lectures
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