Briefly, I am a theoretical physicist working on biophysical problems using tools from statistical mechanics, and more specifically, the theory of stochastic processes. Please visit my research page for more details.


Selected recent publications


Zero-order ultrasensitivity: A study of criticality and fluctuations under the total quasi-steady state approximation

in the linear noise regime

with P.K. Jithinraj and Ushasi Roy, J. Theor. Biol. 344:1-11 (2014)


Memory, bias and correlations in bidirectional transport of molecular motor-driven cargoes

with Deepak Bhat, Phys. Rev. E 88(4): 042702 (2013)


Microtubule catastrophe from protofilament dynamics

with Jemseena V., Phys. Rev. E 88(3): 032717 (2013)


A first passage time theory of chromosome capture by microtubules in mitosis

with Bindu Govindan (Bull. Math. Biol., 73(10): 2483-2506 (2011)


Theoretical results for chemotactic response and drift of E.coli in a weak attractant gradient

with Melissa Reneaux, J. Theor. Biol. 266 (1): 99-106 (2010)


To see the complete list please see my Google Scholar page here.


Biophysics related links


Howard Berg’s lab webpage at Rowland Institute, Harvard University, devoted to E.coli.

Philip Nelson’s webpage at University of Pennsylvania

Biophysical Journal

Biovisions multimedia website at Harvard with animations of cellular processes



Ph.D students


Deepak Bhat (2010-)

Jemseena V (2010-)

Ushasi Roy (2012-)


















An old group photo (L-R, JV, DB, MG, UR and Jithin, sometime in 2010)