Vir B. Bulchandani graduated with distinction from the Mathematical Tripos at the University of Cambridge in 2015 before studying theoretical condensed matter physics at Berkeley with Joel E. Moore. After receiving his PhD in 2020, he was awarded a three-year postdoctoral fellowship at Princeton University. He joined the faculty at Rice in 2024 amid stints at Leibniz Universität Hannover and the National University of Singapore.
Research Areas
Quantum many-body physics, particularly far-from-equilibrium dynamics and transport. Quantum computing and its connections to condensed matter.
Education
2015 BA Mathematics, University of Cambridge
2015 MMath, University of Cambridge
2017 MA Physics, University of California, Berkeley
2020 PhD Physics, University of California, Berkeley
Honors & Awards
Jackson C. Koo Award, University of California, Berkeley (2019-20)
PCTS Postdoctoral Fellowship, Princeton University (2020-23)