Welcome !

I am a postdoctoral researcher at the Institut für Theoretische Physik, Georg-August-Universität Göttingen (Germany), in the group of Prof. Peter Sollich. My work focuses on the mechanical response of active amorphous solids.

Previously, I was a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Alessio Zaccone at the University of Milan (Italy), where I studied the mechanical and vibrational properties of amorphous materials.

During my PhD at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (India), supervised by Prof. Pinaki Chaudhuri, I investigated the thermal and mechanical response of glassy systems using large-scale simulations.

Broadly, I am interested in soft matter and disordered systems.

Research Interests

Active amorphous materials
Vibrational properties of amorphous solids
Mechanical response of amorphous materials: yielding, plasticity, shear banding, modulus
Inhomogeneity in glassy systems and its mechanical consequences
Thermal response of glass-forming systems: thermophoresis, local heating/cooling, thermal processing
Rheology of complex fluids: microscopic response, macroscopic response, structural changes
Flow under confinement: Poiseuille flow, Couette flow

Education and Employment

2025–Present: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Göttingen (Germany)
2023–2025: Postdoctoral researcher, University of Milan (Italy)
2017–2022: PhD in Physics, IMSc Chennai (India)
2015–2017: MSc in Physics, IMSc Chennai (India)
2012–2015: BSc (Hons.) in Applied Physics, CUJ Ranchi (India)
- Curriculum Vitae: Compact CV (PDF)
- PhD thesis: Thermo-mechanical Response of Glassy Systems — IMSc Repository
- MSc thesis: Heat Transport in Glass-Forming Liquids — Download PDF
- Coursework details:
  - CUJ — PDF
  - IMSc — PDF

Connect with Me

Address
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
Institut für Theoretische Physik
Friedrich-Hund-Platz 1
37077 Göttingen, Germany

Email
vinay.vaibhav [at] uni-goettingen.de