Statistical Physics@Uchicago

Welcome to the Vaikuntanathan Group at the University of Chicago. Our research focuses on understanding complex chemical and biological phenomena using tools from statistical physics and physical chemistry.

Statistical Physics Research

Research Themes

Self-assembly dynamics

Self-assembly far from equilibrium

Cytoskeletal

Learning cytoskeletal dynamics

Associative memory

Statistical mechanics and dynamics of adaptation and information storage in materials

Decision making and computing in biology

Biological information processing

Decision making and information processsing in biology, cell states from single molecule data

Non-equilibrium Materials

Non-equilibrium soft matter

Engineering new transport properties and phase transitions

AI+Neq stat mech

AI and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics

Excursions at the interface of AI and Statistical mechanics