Bulbul Chakraborty Explained

Bulbul Chakraborty
Alma Mater:	Indian Institute of Technology State University of New York
Awards:	Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2020) Simons Fellow in Theoretical Physics (2018) Fellow of the American Physical Society (2008)
Workplaces:	Brandeis University
Fields:	Condensed matter physics Soft matter

Bulbul Chakraborty is the Enid and Nate Ancell Professor of Physics at Brandeis University. She is recognized for her contributions to soft condensed matter theory studying systems far from equilibrium, such as granular materials, amorphous systems, and statistical physics. She is an elected American Physical Society and American Association for the Advancement of Science fellow.

Academic career

Chakraborty graduated with a BSc in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology in 1974 and earned a PhD in 1979 from State University of New York, Stony Brook. The title of her PhD thesis is "Influence of thermal disorder on electronic properties of solids".^[1] She was a postdoctoral fellow at Argonne National Laboratory, NORDITA, Denmark, and a research associate at the Indian Institute of Science. She was a Scientific Officer (equivalent of assistant professor) at the Materials Science Laboratory, Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research (1984–1986), and an Associate Research Physicist and Lecturer, in Applied Physics, at Yale University (1987–1989). Chakraborty joined the faculty in the Physics Department at Brandeis University in 1989, where she has been Full Professor since 2000.^[2]

Research contributions

Chakraborty has made significant contributions to the understanding of the jamming transition in amorphous materials. Her group uses statistical frameworks to investigate the properties of shear-jammed^{[3] [4]} and densely packed particulate materials,^{[5] [6] [7]} finding that elasticity and friction are correlated with athermal fluctuations in many disordered systems.^[8]

According to Google Scholar, her publications have received over 4,000 citations and her h-index is 34.^[9]

Awards and honors

Chakraborty is the Enid and Nate Ancell Professor of Physics at Brandeis University.^[10] She was elected fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2008 "for important theoretical contributions to diverse areas of condensed matter physics, including frustrated magnets, diffusion of light particles in metals, the glass transition, and jamming in granular systems".^[11] In 2018, the Simons Foundation awarded Chakraborty a Simons Fellowship in Theoretical Physics.^{[12] [13]} Chakraborty was elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2020.^[14]

Selected publications

• Bi. Dapeng. Zhang. Jie. Chakraborty. Bulbul. Behringer. R. P.. Jamming by shear. Nature. 14 December 2011. 480. 7377. 355–358. 10.1038/nature10667. 22170683. 4356160 .
• Thomas, Jetin; Ramola, Kabir; Singh, Abhinedra; Mari, Romain; Morris, Jeffrey; Chakraborty, Bulbul (21 September 2018). "Microscopic Origin of Frictional Rheology in Dense Suspensions: Correlations in Force Space". Physical Review Letters. 121, 128002. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.128002.
• Behringer, Robert; Chakraborty, Bulbul (7 November 2018). "The physics of jamming for granular materials: a review". Reports on Progress in Physics. 82, 012601. doi:/10.1088/1361-6633/aadc3c.
• Bi. Dapeng. Henkes. Silke. Daniels. Karen E.. Chakraborty. Bulbul. The Statistical Physics of Athermal Materials. Annual Review of Condensed Matter Physics. March 2015. 6. 1. 63–83. 10.1146/annurev-conmatphys-031214-014336. 1404.1854. 19307835 .
• Henkes. Silke. O’Hern. Corey S.. Chakraborty. Bulbul. Entropy and Temperature of a Static Granular Assembly: An Ab Initio Approach. Physical Review Letters. 20 July 2007. 99. 3. 038002 . 10.1103/PhysRevLett.99.038002. 17678329. cond-mat/0701489. 14348920 .

Notes and References

1. Chakraborty. Bulbul. 1979. Influence Of Thermal Disorder On Electronic Properties Of Solids. .
2. Web site: Bulbul Chakraborty Physics Brandeis University. 2019-03-04. www.brandeis.edu.
3. Seto. Ryohei. Singh. Abhinendra. Chakraborty. Bulbul. Denn. Morton M.. Morris. Jeffrey F.. 2019-08-02. Shear jamming and fragility in dense suspensions. Granular Matter. en. 21. 3. 82. 10.1007/s10035-019-0931-5. 1434-7636. 1902.04361. 254117579 .
4. Bi. Dapeng. Zhang. Jie. Chakraborty. Bulbul. Behringer. R. P.. 2011. Jamming by shear. Nature. en. 480. 7377. 355–358. 10.1038/nature10667. 22170683 . 4356160 . 1476-4687.
5. Web site: 2018-09-17. Field theory of amorphous solids describes toothpaste, concrete and more. 2019-03-04. Physics World. en-GB.
6. Web site: domain-b.com : Researchers explain granular material properties. 2019-03-04. www.domain-b.com.
7. Thomas. Jetin E.. Ramola. Kabir. Singh. Abhinendra. Mari. Romain. Morris. Jeffrey F.. Chakraborty. Bulbul. 2018-09-21. Microscopic Origin of Frictional Rheology in Dense Suspensions: Correlations in Force Space. Physical Review Letters. 121. 12. 128002. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.121.128002. 30296153 . free. 1804.03155.
8. Acharya. Pappu. Sengupta. Surajit. Chakraborty. Bulbul. Ramola. Kabir. 2020-04-24. Athermal Fluctuations in Disordered Crystals. Physical Review Letters. 124. 16. 168004. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.168004. 32383939 . 1910.06352. 204575710 .
9. Web site: Bulbul Chakraborty - Google Scholar. 2020-10-06. scholar.google.com.
10. Web site: Physicist Bulbul Chakraborty is finding equilibrium. 2019-03-04. BrandeisNOW. en.
11. Web site: APS Fellow Archive. 2019-03-04. www.aps.org. en.
12. Web site: 2018-03-23. 2018 Simons Fellows in Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Announced. 2019-03-04. Simons Foundation. en-US.
13. Web site: Physicist Chakraborty wins prestigious Simons Foundation fellowship. 2019-03-04. BrandeisNOW. en.
14. Web site: 2020 Fellows. AAAS. 2020-11-24.