Pankaj Mehta is an American theoretical physicist whose research has involved biophysics, statistical physics, machine learning theory, and hard condensed matter theory. He is a professor of Physics at Boston University.

Pankaj Mehta
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCalifornia Institute of Technology
Rutgers University
Scientific career
FieldsBiophysics, statistical physics, theoretical ecology, systems biology, hard condensed matter theory
InstitutionsBoston University
Princeton University
Academic advisorsNatan Andrei, Ned Wingreen
Websitephysics.bu.edu/~pankajm/

Mehta has worked on statistical mechanics tools in theoretical community ecology, biological information processing, and cell fate development models. In his work on theoretical ecology, Mehta has described consumer-resource models and statistical physics-based approaches to niche and coexistence theory.[1][2][3][4]

Education and career

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Mehta received a B.S. in mathematics from California Institute of Technology in 2000.[5] Mehta then received his PhD in physics from Rutgers University specializing in hard condensed matter physics in 2006 under the supervision of Natan Andrei.[5] He was a postdoctoral scholar at Princeton University's departments of molecular biology and physics where he worked under the supervision of Ned Wingreen from 2006-2010.[5]

In 2010, Mehta became an assistant professor in the Boston University department of physics, later receiving tenure in 2015.[5] At Boston University, he is a member of the Faculty of Computing and Data Sciences.[6] He is an affiliate faculty member of Boston University's Department of Biomedical Engineering, Center for Regenerative Medicine, and Biological Design Center.[7] He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society.[8]

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Publications

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References

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  1. ^ Cepelwicz, Jordana (January 26, 2018). "How Math Can Help Unravel the Weird Interactions of Microbes". Wired Magazine.
  2. ^ Wolchover, Natalie (December 15, 2014). "AI Recognizes Cats the Same Way Physicists Calculate the Cosmos". Wired Magazine.
  3. ^ Popkin, Gabriel (October 13, 2020). "A Physicist's Approach to Biology Brings Ecological Insights". Quanta Magazine.
  4. ^ Wolchover, Natalie (December 4, 2014). "A Common Logic to Seeing Cats and Cosmos". Quanta Magazine.
  5. ^ a b c d "ORCID". orcid.org. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  6. ^ "Pankaj Mehta | Faculty of Computing & Data Sciences". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-24.
  7. ^ "Pankaj Mehta | Center for Multiscale & Translational Mechanobiology". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  8. ^ a b "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  9. ^ "Pankaj Mehta". Simons Foundation. 2017-08-17. Retrieved 2024-03-18.
  10. ^ Advancement, Research Corporation for Science. "Scialog® – MCL Team Awards". Research Corporation for Science Advancement. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  11. ^ "CAS Physics Team Wins First Gitner Award | BU Today". Boston University. Retrieved 2024-03-23.
  12. ^ "Pankaj Mehta | Physics". www.bu.edu. Retrieved 2024-03-23.