Principal Investigator
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Gourab GhoshalAssociate Professor of Physics & Astronomy Gourab Ghoshal is Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy with joint appointments at the departments of Computer Science and Mathematics. Prior to joining Rochester, he was at Harvard University at the department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and a member of Harvard’s multidisciplinary Origins of Life initiative. Hailing from New Delhi, India, Professor Ghoshal got his bachelor’s and master’s degree at the University of London, UK (BS and MSc in theoretical Physics, 2004). He did his doctoral-thesis work at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (PhD in Physics, 2009) during which he attended the prestigious Complex Systems summer school at the Santa Fe Institute, NM and the Theoretical Physics school at Les Houches near Chamonix in France. Following his PhD, he was a postdoctoral scientist jointly at Northeastern University and Harvard Medical School as well as a visiting scientist at the Media Lab, MIT. Professor Ghoshal is trained as a Statistical Physicist and works in the field of Complex Systems. His research interests are in the theory and applications of Complex Networks as well as Non-equilibrium Statistical Physics, Computational Social Science, Econophysics, Dynamical Systems and the Origins of Life. |
doctorate students
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Surendra A. HazarieOffice: Bausch & Lomb Hall 474 Surendra is a fourth year graduate student working towards a PhD in physics. He completed his undergraduate studies at Rochester, earning a B.S. in physics with a minor in mathematics. He has done research in astronomy, surface / condensed matter physics, as well as quantum optics. His current work focuses on understanding human mobility in physical and virtual contexts. In his spare time, he enjoys video games and board games. |
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Sayat MimarOffice: Bausch & Lomb Hall 373 Sayat received his Bachelor’s degree in Physics and Mathematics from Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey. He entered University of Rochester Physics Ph.D. program in 2016. During his undergraduate studies, he attended DESY Summer School Program in Hamburg also made a short scientific visit to Institut Non Linéaire de Nice in France where he had research experience in condensed matter physics also in optics. |
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Brian DickinsonEmail: bdicken3 at cs.rochester.edu Brian is a third year PhD student from the Computer Science department. As an undergrad he studied Computer Science and Business Administration at Houghton College. His research focuses on data science analysis and applications for social issues. |
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Sean KeltyOffice: Bausch & Lomb Hall 373 Sean has his BS in Applied Physics with double minor in Math and Computer Science and MS in Mathematics from Stevens Institute of Technology. After growing up and attending undergraduate in New Jersey, he began attending the University of Rochester in 2016 and has done research in theoretical quantum optics prior to joining Ghoshal’s group. Outside of physics, Sean’s activities and interests include art, music, and drag. |
Undergraduate Students
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Tyler PerlmanEmail: tperlman@u.rochester.edu Tyler is a third year undergraduate student working towards a B.S. in Physics and an Honors B.S. in Mathematics. He is a member of the Kapitza Society, and has worked as a Teaching Assistant for both the Mathematics and Physics departments. He is also a member of the Strong Jugglers and enjoys playing tennis and board games. |
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Ruiyu ZhouEmail: rzhou9@u.rochester.edu Ruiyu is a junior majoring in physics and data science. She is interested in data analysis and the theories and techniques behind it. She is currently learning how to build models based on human mobility data. During spare time, she likes jogging and watching JOJO’s Bizarre Adventure. |
Alumni
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Hugo S. BarbosaEmail: H.Barbosa at exeter.ac.uk Lecturer at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Exeter |
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Kristen BushEmail: kristen_bush at urmc.rochester.edu Centers for Disease Control |
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Gul Seda UnalEmail: gulsedaunal at gmail.com Data Science Fellow at Insight Data Science |
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Alec KirkleyEmail: akirkley at umich.edu Graduate Student in Physics at the University of Michigan |