Abhijit Chakraborty
Assistant Professor
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Departments / Programs
Degree Information
- PHD, University of Houston (2022)
- BS, Indian Institute of Sci Ed Res (2017)
- MS, Indian Institute of Sci Ed Res (2017)
Areas of Expertise
My primary research focuses on the application of quantum computing and quantum information science to problems in physics and beyond. I am a theoretical physicist by training, with a doctoral dissertation focused on relativistic quantum information and quantum field theory in curved spacetime. My current research interests span a broad range of topics, and the list below is neither exhaustive nor presented in any particula...
Read More »My primary research focuses on the application of quantum computing and quantum information science to problems in physics and beyond. I am a theoretical physicist by training, with a doctoral dissertation focused on relativistic quantum information and quantum field theory in curved spacetime. My current research interests span a broad range of topics, and the list below is neither exhaustive nor presented in any particular order:
- Quantum computing and quantum simulation for high-energy and many-body physics
- Potential applications of quantum computing to real-world and industrial problems
- Variational quantum algorithms and hybrid quantum-classical computing
- Classical simulation of quantum computers
- Quantum sensing and metrology
- Classical machine learning for quantum computing and quantum systems
- Relativistic quantum information
- Black-hole physics and quantum gravity
Biography
- Assistant Professor at MTSU, Aug 2026 - Present
- Postdoctoral Fellow at Virginia Tech, Aug 2025 - July 2026.
- Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institute for Quantum Computing, University of Waterloo, Nov 2022 - July 2025
- Ph.D. in Physics at the University of Houston, 2017 - 2022
- BS MS Dual Degree in Physics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata 2012 - 2017
Publications
Selected publications:
1. A. Chakraborty, A. Than, Y. Atas, J. Zhang, M. Diaz, K. Wen, X. Liu, R. Lewis, A. Green, C. Muschik, & N. Linke, Phase diagram of non-Abelian gauge theories in (1+1) dimensions on a trapped-ion device, Nature Communications, 16, 10288 (2025).
2. C. Ordóñez, A Chakraborty, H. Camblong, M. Scully, & W. Unruh, Quantum aspects of spacetime: A quantum optics view of acceleration radiation and black holes...
Read More »Selected publications:
1. A. Chakraborty, A. Than, Y. Atas, J. Zhang, M. Diaz, K. Wen, X. Liu, R. Lewis, A. Green, C. Muschik, & N. Linke, Phase diagram of non-Abelian gauge theories in (1+1) dimensions on a trapped-ion device, Nature Communications, 16, 10288 (2025).
2. C. Ordóñez, A Chakraborty, H. Camblong, M. Scully, & W. Unruh, Quantum aspects of spacetime: A quantum optics view of acceleration radiation and black holes, Philosophical Magazine, 1–68 (2025).
3. F. Bernardini, A. Chakraborty, & C. Ordóñez, Quantum computing with trapped ions: a beginner’s guide, EJP, 45 (1), 013001 (2023).
4. A. Azizi, H. Camblong, A. Chakraborty, C. Ordóñez, & M. Scully, Quantum optics meets black hole thermodynamics via conformal quantum mechanics: I. Master equation for acceleration radiation. PRD, 104, 084086 (2021).
5. H. Camblong, A. Chakraborty, & C. Ordóñez, Near-horizon aspects of acceleration radiation by free fall of an atom into a black hole. PRD, 102, 085010 (2020).
Courses
- ASTR 1031
- PHYS 2011
