Umesh Waghmare is an Indian physicist, and presently a Professor in the Theoretical Sciences Unit at

Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research The Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research (JNCASR) is a multidisciplinary research institute located at Jakkur, Bangalore, India. It was established by the Department of Science and Technology of the Government of India, to ...

. Research in his Materials Theory Group is fundamentally based on computer simulations of electronic motion governed by quantum physics and resulting electron-mediated inter-atomic interactions which are responsible for multi-scale behaviour of materials. Deriving material-specific information on

chemical bond A chemical bond is a lasting attraction between atoms or ions that enables the formation of molecules and crystals. The bond may result from the electrostatic force between oppositely charged ions as in ionic bonds, or through the sharing of ...

ing and microscopic couplings that are essential to the specific properties of a material, they develop fundamental understanding of a material in terms of its

atomic structure Every atom is composed of a nucleus and one or more electrons bound to the nucleus. The nucleus is made of one or more protons and a number of neutrons. Only the most common variety of hydrogen has no neutrons. Every solid, liquid, gas, and ...

and

electronic structure In quantum chemistry, electronic structure is the state of motion of electrons in an electrostatic field created by stationary nuclei. The term encompasses both the wave functions of the electrons and the energies associated with them. Electr ...

. The goal of their theoretical analysis is to derive material-specific properties on the macroscopic and intermediate length and time scales starting from a

first principles In philosophy and science, a first principle is a basic proposition or assumption that cannot be deduced from any other proposition or assumption. First principles in philosophy are from First Cause attitudes and taught by Aristotelians, and nua ...

description of chemistry and atomic structure. They complement experimental work by accessing the microscopic information that may be hard to access in a laboratory. Their work leads to design of new materials or modification of existing materials to yield desired properties, or narrowing down the choices of new materials for design by experiment. Recently, they have shown how techniques of machine learning can be constrained by dimensional analysis and physical laws to develop simple and predictive models that benefit from both the data and existing knowledge.

Career

* 1996 — Ph. D.,

Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

, in Applied Physics * 1994 — M. S., Yale University, in Applied Physics * 1994 — M. Phil., Yale University, in Applied Physics * 1990 — B. Tech., Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, in Engineering Physics

Awards

* 2015 -

Infosys Prize The Infosys Prize is an annual award given to scientists, researchers, engineers and social scientists of Indian origin (not necessarily born in India) by the Infosys Science Foundation and ranks among the highest monetary awards in India to re ...

in Engineering and Computer Science * 2010 - Waghmare was awarded the

Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology (SSB) is a science award in India given annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research, Applied science, applied or Fundamenta ...

for contributions to the physical sciences.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Waghmare, Umesh Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Indian condensed matter physicists Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Physical Science IIT Bombay alumni Yale University alumni