Dr Buddhapriya Chakrabarti

PhD

School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences

Senior Lecturer in Biological Physics

b.chakrabarti@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 3764

E40, Hicks Building

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Dr Buddhapriya Chakrabarti
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
E40
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH

Profile

My research interests involve the study of soft and biological matter using techniques of equilibrium and non-equilibrium statistical physics, continuum mechanics (including classical field theories) and coarse-grained simulations.

My primary scientific goal involves understanding the interplay of geometry, mechanics, entropy, and charge in dictating physical properties of complex adaptive matter.

I have used these techniques to understand “rheological chaos” in wormlike micelles, study ribbon curling under elastoplastic deformations, unravel mechanics of DNA proteins and other biopolymers.

My most recent interest is on studying migration of small molecules in complex mixtures.

At present I have openings for two PhD studentships and two PDRAs. My current PhD student (Mr. Salvatore Croce) is finishing up his PhD from Durham University.

Career history

Senior Lecturer (2017-, Department of Physics, University of Sheffield)
Senior Lecturer (2015-2017, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University)
Lecturer (2009-2015, Department of Mathematical Sciences, Durham University)
Postdoctoral research fellow (2007-2008, Department of Biomathematics, University of California, Los Angeles)
Postdoctoral research fellow (2005-2007, Department of Physics, Harvard University)
Postdoctoral research associate (2003-2005, 2008-2009, Department of Physics, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, University of Amherst)

Qualifications

PhD (2004) Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore)

Research interests

Theoretical Soft Matter Physics and Biological Physics
Non-equilibrium Statistical Physics
Continuum mechanics and Classical field theories
Mathematical Physiology

Publications

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Featured publications

Journal articles

Biswas S, Mukherjee B & Chakrabarti B (2022) Thermodynamics predicts a stable microdroplet phase in polymer–gel mixtures undergoing elastic phase separation. Soft Matter, 18(42), 8117-8123.
Krawczyk J, Croce S, McLeish TCB & Chakrabarti B (2016) Elasticity Dominated Surface Segregation of Small Molecules in Polymer Mixtures. Physical Review Letters, 116(20).
Jones ML, Huang DM, Chakrabarti B & Groves C (2016) Relating Molecular Morphology to Charge Mobility in Semicrystalline Conjugated Polymers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120(8), 4240-4250.
Prior C, Moussou J, Chakrabarti B, Jensen OE & Juel A (2016) Ribbon curling via stress relaxation in thin polymer films. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(7), 1719-1724.

All publications

Journal articles

Fall WS, Kolli HB, Mukherjee B & Chakrabarti B (2024) Phase behavior of polymer dispersed liquid crystals, comparison between mean-field theory, and coarse-grained molecular dynamics simulations. Soft Matter. View this article in WRRO
McLauchlan J, Tyler AII, Chakrabarti B, Orfila C & Sarkar A (2024) Oat protein: Review of structure-function synergies with other plant proteins. Food Hydrocolloids, 154, 110139-110139.
Patel MK, Chakrabarti B & Panwar AS (2024) Sequence-agnostic FG-Nups showed emergence of selectivity and specificity in a coarse-grained model of the nuclear pore complex. Biophysical Journal, 123(3), 322a-322a.
Biswas S, Mukherjee B & Chakrabarti B (2022) Thermodynamics predicts a stable microdroplet phase in polymer–gel mixtures undergoing elastic phase separation. Soft Matter, 18(42), 8117-8123.
Mukherjee B & Chakrabarti B (2022) Wetting Behavior of a Three-Phase System in Contact with a Surface. Macromolecules.
Taylor AIP, Gahan LD, Chakrabarti B & Staniforth R (2020) A two-step biopolymer nucleation model shows a nonequilibrium critical point. Journal of Chemical Physics, 153(2). View this article in WRRO
Maji A, Ahmed JA, Roy S, Chakrabarti B & Mitra MK (2020) A Lamin-Associated Chromatin Model for Chromosome Organization. Biophysical Journal, 118(12), 3041-3050.
Pasquina-Lemonche L, Burns J, Turner RD, Kumar S, Tank R, Mullin N, Wilson JS, Chakrabarti B, Bullough PA, Foster SJ & Hobbs JK (2020) The architecture of the Gram-positive bacterial cell wall. Nature. View this article in WRRO
Kaity B, Sarkar R, Chakrabarti B & Mitra MK (2020) The Effect of Time-Dependent Drive and Delayed Feedback Loop in Two-Dimensional Gene Regulatory Network. Biophysical Journal, 118(3), 286a-286a.
Mandal R, Chakrabarti B, Chakraborty D & Dasgupta C (2020) Complex dynamics of a sheared nematic fluid. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 32(13), 134002-134002.
Guiselin B, Law JO, Chakrabarti B & Kusumaatmaja H (2018) Dynamic Morphologies and Stability of Droplet Interface Bilayers. Physical Review Letters, 120(23). View this article in WRRO
Kaity B, Sarkar R, Chakrabarti B & Mitra MK (2018) Reprogramming, oscillations and transdifferentiation in epigenetic landscapes. Scientific Reports, 8(1). View this article in WRRO
Jones ML, Huang DM, Chakrabarti B & Groves C (2017) Correction to “Relating Molecular Morphology to Charge Mobility in Semicrystalline Conjugated Polymers”. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121(22), 12504-12504.
Alageshan JK, Chakrabarti B & Hatwalne Y (2017) Elasticity of smectic liquid crystals with in-plane orientational order and dispiration asymmetry. Physical Review E, 95(2). View this article in WRRO
Krawczyk J, Croce S, McLeish TCB & Chakrabarti B (2016) Elasticity Dominated Surface Segregation of Small Molecules in Polymer Mixtures. Physical Review Letters, 116(20).
Jones ML, Huang DM, Chakrabarti B & Groves C (2016) Relating Molecular Morphology to Charge Mobility in Semicrystalline Conjugated Polymers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 120(8), 4240-4250.
Prior C, Moussou J, Chakrabarti B, Jensen OE & Juel A (2016) Ribbon curling via stress relaxation in thin polymer films. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 113(7), 1719-1724.
Mitra MK, Taylor PR, Hutchison CJ, McLeish TCB & Chakrabarti B (2014) Delayed self-regulation and time-dependent chemical drive leads to novel states in epigenetic landscapes. Interface, 11(100). View this article in WRRO
Tapp D, Taylor JM, Lubansky AS, Bain CD & Chakrabarti B (2014) Theoretical analysis for the optical deformation of emulsion droplets. Optics Express, 22(4), 4523-4523.
Jones ML, Chakrabarti B & Groves C (2014) Monte Carlo Simulation of Geminate Pair Recombination Dynamics in Organic Photovoltaic Devices: Multi-Exponential, Field-Dependent Kinetics and Its Interpretation. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 118(1), 85-91. View this article in WRRO
Chakrabarti B () There and Back Again: The Story of Elastic Microphase Separation. Journal Club for Condensed Matter Physics.
Patel MK, Chakrabarti B & Panwar AS () Emergence of selectivity and specificity in a coarse-grained model of the nuclear pore complex with sequence-agnostic FG-Nups. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 25(48), 32824-32836.
Mukherjee B & Chakrabarti B () Gelation Impairs Phase Separation and Small Molecule Migration in Polymer Mixtures. Polymers, 12(7), 1576-1576.
Kumar Alageshan J, Chakrabarti B & Hatwalne Y () Equilibrium of fluid membranes endowed with orientational order. Physical Review E, 95(4).

Conference proceedings papers

Gahan LD, Taylor AIP, Chakrabarti BJ, Hawkins RJ & Staniforth RA (2021) Coarse grained simulations of amyloidogenic proteins in the context of Alzheimer's disease. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL WITH BIOPHYSICS LETTERS, Vol. 50(SUPPL 1) (pp 123-123)
Hargreaves A, Bull J, Chakrabarti B & Bain C (2017) Flow through oil nanothreads. Optical Trapping and Optical Micromanipulation XIV, 6 August 2017 - 10 August 2017.

Working papers

Argungu M, Bayram S, Brook B, Chakrabarti B, Clayton RH, Daly DM, Dyson RJ, Holloway C, Manhas V, Naire S , Shearer T et al () Modelling afferent nerve responses to bladder filling.

Datasets

Lemonche LP, Burns J, Turner R, Kumar S, Tank R, Mullin N, Wilson J, Chakrabarti B, Bullough P, Foster S & Hobbs J The architecture of the Gram-positive bacterial cell wall.

Preprints

Patel MK, Chakrabarti B & Panwar AS (2023) Emergence of selectivity and specificity in a coarse-grained model of the nuclear pore complex with sequence-agnostic FG-Nups, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Taylor AIP, Gahan LD, Staniforth RA & Chakrabarti B (2019) A Two-Step Biopolymer Nucleation Model Shows a Nonequilibrium Critical Point, arXiv.
Biswas S & Chakrabarti B () Equilibrium morphologies of a macromolecule under soft confinement, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Biswas S, Mukherjee B & Chakrabarti B () Thermodynamics of droplets undergoing liquid-liquid phase separation, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Maji A, Ahmed J, Roy S, Chakrabarti B & Mitra MK () A Lamin Associated Chromatin Model for Chromosome Organization, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.
Kaity B, Sarkar R, Chakrabarti B & Mitra MK () Reprogramming, oscillations and transdifferentiation in epigenetic landscapes, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

Research group: Biological Physics Group- Imagine: Imaging Life

Teaching activities

PHY 339 Statistical Physics

Professional activities and memberships: Member EPSRC Peer Review College