Karpur Shukla
Biography: I'm a research fellow at the Centre for Mathematical Modelling in Flame University. At present, I'm working on applications of nonequilibrium fluctuation theorems to conformal field theories and to physical models of logically reversible computing. Additionally, I'm examining the dynamics and conservation laws of solitons in superconductors and superconducting circuits, with a view towards physical structures that could support reversible computing.
More broadly, my research interests lie at the intersection of topological quantum field theory, finite-temperature and nonequilibrium quantum many-body theory, and quantum condensed matter theory. In particular, I'm deeply interested in the properties of topological quantum field theories at finite temperature and under nonequilibrium conditions, as well as the ways by which they manifest condensed matter systems. In particular, I'm interested in the analytic and algebraic properties of such models, as well as the kinds of model Hamiltonians that can be constructed to support such models. (These models are also extremely relevant for topological quantum computing, since these models describe the physics of the systems in which we encode qubits.)
Before my current appointment, I received my M.Sc. in physics from Carnegie Mellon University in 2016, and my B.Sc. in physics from Carnegie Mellon University in 2014.
Field(s) of Research: General Non-equilibrium Statistical Physics, Logically Reversible Computing, Quantum Thermodynamics and Information Processing
