Surajit Sen
sen@buffalo.edu
Ph: 716.907.4961
Mailing Address: 239 Fronczak Hall, Dept of Physics, State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York 14260-1500

Current Position
Professor of Physics, SUNY Buffalo
Adjunct Professor of Physics, Brock University, St Catharines, Canada (2014-2017)

Education      
B.Sc (Honors), 1st Class, Physics, Presidency College, University of Calcutta, India, 1982 (degree awarded in 1983!)
Ph.D, Physics, University of Georgia, Dec 15, 1989 (degree awarded in 1990).
Thesis: “The transverse dynamics of the Ising model in D dimensions” (Advisor: Prof. M.Howard Lee, deceased)

Employment History
1989-1990, Postdoc, Physics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (Advisor: Prof. J Woods Halley) Area: Role of defects in influencing Tc in high Tc superconductors using Zubarev's mean-field dynamics

1990-1992, Research Associate, Physics and Center for Fundamental Materials Research, Michigan State University (Advisor: Prof. S.D. Mahanti, now Emeritus) Areas: Structure (ground state and melting) and dynamics of alkali-metal graphite intercalation compounds using theory and molecular dynamics, Relaxation in quantum spin systems using continued fraction formalism, Avalanches in granular beds using molecular dynamics

1992-1993, Research Assistant Professor, Physics, Michigan State University

1993-1994, Research Assistant Professor, Physics, SUNY - University at Buffalo & Research Specialist, Physics & Astronomy, University of Rochester

1994-Present, Faculty member, Department of Physics, SUNY - University at Buffalo

Assistant Professor of Physics (1994-2000)

Associate Professor of Physics (2000-2006)

Professor of Physics (2006-Present)

(Research related institutional visits of short durations - Asia-Pacfic Centre for Theoretical Physics, Seoul, & Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (Prof. J. Hong), Universidad de Santiago, Chile (Prof. F. Melo), Universite de Paris - Marne la Vallee, France (Prof. Xiaoping Jia), UC-San Diego (Prof K Lindenberg) and Caltech (Prof C. Brennen & Prof C Daraio), Indian Inst of Engineering Science and Technology, Kolkata (Prof S.M. Hossain) & Centre for Mathematical Modelling and Computer Simulations, Bangalore (Dr T R Krishna Mohan), India)

Honors and Awards
National Scholarship, Government of India (1977, 1979)

Named one of the top 100 innovators of Western New York (Invited to Upstate Alliance for Innovation). (2001)

SUNY Chancellor’s First Patent Award (Albany, NY) (2003) - To recognize work on developing an acoustic impulse based approach to detecting buried anti-personnel landmines in war inflicted regions of the world.

Nominated for the Inventor of the Year Award by Niagara Frontier Intellectual Property Law Association and Technical Societies Council of the Niagara Frontier (2003)

Theoretical Physics Seminar Circuit (TPSC) Lecturer at Benares Hindu University, December (2007)

Fellow, American Physical Society (since 2008)

Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science (since 2012)

J. William Fulbright Fellow (2017-2018), Indian Inst of Engineering, Science and Technology, Kolkata, India

Professional  & University
President, American Chapter of Indian Physics Association (2005-2011)

Member, Council of International Scientific Affairs, American Physical Society (2005-2007)

Member, Council for International Freedom of Scientists, American Physical Sociey (2015-2017)

Executive Committee, Forum on International Physics, American Physical Society (2016-2018)

Editorial Board, International Journal of Modern Physics B

Editorial Board, Modern Physics Letters B

Elected Member, College of Arts and Sciences Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee (2015-2017, 2017-2020)

Member, Department Graduate Studies Committee 

Chair, Departmental Faculty External Recognition Committee 

Member, Departmental Qualifying Examination Committee