Welcome !
I am a postdoctoral researcher in the group of Prof. Peter Sollich at the University of Göttingen, mainly working on the mechanical and dynamical properties of dense active matter.
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, statistical physics, 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)
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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:
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
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