Research
Trained as a theoretical physicist, I have applied my quantitative modeling background to studying a variety of soft physical systems that include charged colloids, loop polymers, and polar liquid crystals. Lately, I have been interested in studying the effects of the structure and packing of water molecules, in addition to their usual chemical properties as a universal polar solvent, on the overall thermodynamic and statistics of different biophysical systems.
The tools that I use in modeling include formulating the underlying systems using (partial) differential equations and then obtaining their numerical solutions or performing further analysis using such softwares as Mathematica. I also perform Monte-Carlo simulations using software packages in MATLAB or EXCEL. My proficiency in C++ and statistical software like SAS also comes in handy.
• My Research Projects:
• Colloidal Crystals
• Loop Polymers
• Polar Liquid Crystals
• Electrostatics
• Mode Locking