Ramanujan Fellow Con Bro 2013_Layouts.indd
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Ramanujan Fellow Con Bro 2013_Layouts.indd
Anshuman Maharana Reader-F, Physics Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad 211 019, UP anshumanmaharana@hri.res.in Profile Anshuman Maharana did his undergraduate studies in IIT Kanpur and obtained his doctorate from the University of California at Santa Barbara. He then worked as a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Cambridge. He started his position in HRI in November 2012. His awards and honors include a Regents fellowship from University of California and a Marie Curie fellowship at the University of Cambridge. Research Description Anshuman Maharana’s research is focussed on string phenomenology- the endeavor to connect string theory to particle physics and cosmology. Our present understanding of particle physics and cosmology is encapsulated in two separate models, the standard model of particle physics and the standard model of cosmology. The successes of these models are impressive, but there are many questions in both areas that remain unanswered. There are good reasons to believe that in order to answer these puzzles one would require a theory that provides a unified description of particle physics and cosmology and treats all forces quantum mechanically (including gravity). At present, string theory is the leading candidate for a theory of quantum gravity. The theory also naturally unifies non-abelian gauge theories, the framework for the standard model of particle physics and general relativity, the framework for cosmology. Developments in mechanisms for moduli stabilization have paved the way for constructing models of particle physics and cosmic inflation - my research is focused in this direction Complete List of Publications as a Ramanujan Fellow 1.A.Maharana and E.Palti, Models of Particle Physics from Type IIB String Theory and F-theory. Int. J. Mod. Phys. A 28, 1330005 (2013) 2.M.Cicoli, J.P.Conlon, A.Maharana and F.Quevedo, A Note on the Magnitude of the Flux Superpotential arXiv:1310.6694 [hep-th]. RAMANUJAN FELLOWS 199