Research Assistant Professor and Roscoe G. Jackson II Research Fellow

Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois; theoretical and applied mechanics; 2006.

M.S., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, Illinois; theoretical and applied mechanics; 2002.

B.E., Regional Engineering College Surat, Surat, India; mechanical engineering; 2000.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Fluid Mechanics.

RECENT PUBLICATIONS:

Gioia, G., Guttenberg, N., Goldenfeld, N., Chakraborty, P., Spectral theory of the turbulent mean-velocity profile, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 105, article 184501, OCT 25 2010.

Tran, T., Chakraborty, P., Guttenberg, N., Prescott, A., Kellay, H., Goldburg, W., Goldenfeld, N., Gioia, G., Macroscopic effects of the spectral structure in turbulent flows, NATURE PHYSICS, 6 (6): 438-441, June 2010.

Huang, F., Chakraborty, P., Lundstrom, C. C., Holmden, C., Glessner, J. J. G., Kieffer, S. W., Lesher, C. E., Isotope fractionation in silicate melts by thermal diffusion, NATURE, 464 (7287): 396-400, MAR 18 2010.

Tran, T., Chakraborty, P., Gioia, G., Steers, S., Goldburg, W., Marangoni shocks in unobstructed soap-film flows, PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 103, article 104501, SEPT 4 2009.

Chakraborty, P., Gioia, G., Kieffer, S.W., Volcanic Mesocyclones, NATURE, 458 (7237): 497-500, MAR 26 2009.

Gioia, G., Chakraborty, P., Marshak, S., and Kieffer, S.W., Unified model of tectonics and heat transport in a frigid Enceladus, PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, 104 (34): 13578 - 13581, doi:10.1073/pnas.0706018104, AUG 21 2007.