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Shailesh Chandrasekharan

Professor of Physics
Physics
Box 90305, Durham, NC 27708-0305
Science Drive, 253, Physics/Math Bldg., Durham, NC 27708

Research Interests


I am interested in strongly correlated quantum phenomena that arise naturally in nuclei, dense nuclear systems, quantum anti-ferromagnets, high Tc materials etc. I develop novel quantum Monte Carlo techniques to solve simplified microscopic lattice models that are expected to capture the important physics in these physical phenomena.  I am particularly fascinated by quantum critical phenomena that can occur in such models where the details of the microscopic models are no longer important and the answers one gets are universal and more broadly applicable. My goal is to compute these universal properties without approximations where possible. One of my expertise is in the area of solving fermion sign problems that hinder Monte Carlo methods when applied to such systems.

Selected Grants


Lattice Gauge Theories on a Quantum Computer

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Los Alamos National Laboratory · 2024 - 2028

Lattice and Effective Field Theory Studies of Quantum Chromodynamics

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2005 - 2027

Coherence and Correlations in Electronic Nanostructures

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2005 - 2009

Coherence and Correlation in Electronic Nanostructures

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2001 - 2006

Toward the Chiral Limit in QCD

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 2003 - 2005

Quantum Chromodynamics and Nuclear Physics at Extreme Energy Density

ResearchCo-Principal Investigator · Awarded by Department of Energy · 1995 - 2005

External Relationships


  • Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali
  • International Center for Theoretical Sciences, Bangalore India

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