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University of Louisville
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Chakram S. Jayanthi

Professor of Physics

Ph.D., Indian Insitute of Technology

New Delhi, India, 1981

Research specialty: Theoretical and computational condensed matter physics


Previous Positions:

  • Visiting Scientist, ICTP, Trieste, Italy (1981-1984)
  • Visiting Scientist, Centre Etude Nucleaire, Saclay, France (1984-1985)
  • Visiting Scientist, Max Planck Institute, Stuttgart, Germany (1985-1987)
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina (1987-1988)
  • Visiting Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania State University, University Park (1988-1989)
  • Assistant Professor, University of Louisville (1989-1994)
  • Associate Professor, University of Louisville (1994-1998)



Professional Honors:

  • University Scholar, University of Louisville (2000-2008)
  • President's Young Investigator Award, University of Louisville (1992)
  • National Science Talent Fellow, India (1970-1979)

Grants Received:

  • 1992-1994: Research Corporation, $25,000, 'Dynamics of Self-Similar Fractals'.
  • 1992-1994: NSF/EPSCOR, $1,195,442, 'Local Approach to Study the Properties of Complex Systems'
  • 1995-1997: Research Corporation, $37,500, 'Dynamics of Self-Similar Fractals'
  • 1995-1998: NSF/EPSCOR, $1.5 million, 'Theory of Complex Materials'
  • 1998-2001: NSF/DMR, $290,000, 'Large-Scale Simulations of Si-based Materials'
  • 2000-2003: DoE/EPSCoR, $596,763, 'Integrated Material Architectures: From Nanoscale Studies to Microdevice Development'
  • 2001-2004: NSF/DMR/ITR, $456,000, 'Large-Scale Quantum Mechanical Molecular Dynamics Simulations: Challenges, New Directions, and Applications to Carbon-Based Nanostructures'






Email: csjaya01(at)louisville(dot)edu