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Avadh B. Saxena is an American physicist and the former Group Leader of Physics of Condensed Matter and Complex Systems Group (T-4) at
Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development Laboratory, laboratories of the United States Department of Energy National Laboratories, United States Department of Energy ...
, New Mexico, United States. His contributions cover a range of topics including
phase transitions In physics, chemistry, and other related fields like biology, a phase transition (or phase change) is the physical process of transition between one state of a medium and another. Commonly the term is used to refer to changes among the basic Sta ...
, functional materials, topological defects such as
solitons In mathematics and physics, a soliton is a nonlinear, self-reinforcing, localized wave packet that is , in that it preserves its shape while propagating freely, at constant velocity, and recovers it even after collisions with other such locali ...
and skyrmions, and Non-Hermitian quantum mechanics. Saxena completed his PhD at
Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist ministe ...
in 1986 (advisor: James D. Gunton). Subsequently, he held a joint postdoc position at the Materials Research Lab at Penn State (with Gerhard R. Barsch) and Cornell University (with James A. Krumhansl). In 1990 he came to
Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development Laboratory, laboratories of the United States Department of Energy National Laboratories, United States Department of Energy ...
as a visiting scientist/consultant to the Theoretical Division (with Alan R. Bishop), and in 1993 became a Technical Staff Member. In January 2006 he assumed the Deputy Group Leader position of the Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics Group (formerly T-11) and from 2009 to 2024, he was the Group Leader of T-4. He is currently also an affiliate professor at the
KTH Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology (), abbreviated KTH, is a Public university, public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in Institute of technology, engineering and technology and is Sweden's largest te ...
, and adjunct professor at the
University of Barcelona The University of Barcelona (official name in ; UB), formerly also known as Central University of Barcelona (), is a public research university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was established in 1450. With 76,000 students, ...
,
University of Crete The University of Crete (UoC; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης) is a multi-disciplinary, research-oriented institution in Crete, Greece, located in the cities of Rethymno (official seat) and Heraklion. There are 16 main undergraduate ...
, Greece,
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, and
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, and scientific advisor at the
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at
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, Japan. He is a Fellow of
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, a Fellow of the
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(APS), and a member of the
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Scientific Research Society,
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and APS.


Academic career

Avadh has more than 525 publications with over 16,500 citations and an h-index of 63 (Google Scholar). He has also co-edited 6 Springer books in addition to several special journal issues. He has recently written a book on the topic of phase transitions in materials (Cambridge University Press). In addition, he has co-organized about 60 international conferences on various research topics. His main research interests include
phase transitions In physics, chemistry, and other related fields like biology, a phase transition (or phase change) is the physical process of transition between one state of a medium and another. Commonly the term is used to refer to changes among the basic Sta ...
,
optical Optics is the branch of physics that studies the behaviour and properties of light, including its interactions with matter and the construction of instruments that use or detect it. Optics usually describes the behaviour of visible, ultravio ...
,
electronic Electronic may refer to: *Electronics, the science of how to control electric energy in semiconductors * ''Electronics'' (magazine), a defunct American trade journal *Electronic storage, the storage of data using an electronic device *Electronic c ...
,
vibration Vibration () is a mechanical phenomenon whereby oscillations occur about an equilibrium point. Vibration may be deterministic if the oscillations can be characterised precisely (e.g. the periodic motion of a pendulum), or random if the os ...
al,
transport Transport (in British English) or transportation (in American English) is the intentional Motion, movement of humans, animals, and cargo, goods from one location to another. Mode of transport, Modes of transport include aviation, air, land tr ...
and
magnetic Magnetism is the class of physical attributes that occur through a magnetic field, which allows objects to attract or repel each other. Because both electric currents and magnetic moments of elementary particles give rise to a magnetic field, m ...
properties of functional materials, device physics, soft condensed matter,
geometry Geometry (; ) is a branch of mathematics concerned with properties of space such as the distance, shape, size, and relative position of figures. Geometry is, along with arithmetic, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. A mathematician w ...
,
topology Topology (from the Greek language, Greek words , and ) is the branch of mathematics concerned with the properties of a Mathematical object, geometric object that are preserved under Continuous function, continuous Deformation theory, deformat ...
and
nonlinear In mathematics and science, a nonlinear system (or a non-linear system) is a system in which the change of the output is not proportional to the change of the input. Nonlinear problems are of interest to engineers, biologists, physicists, mathe ...
phenomena. Recently he has been coordinating theoretical efforts at
LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy (DOE), located a short distance northwest of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in ...
in the context of Beyond
Moore's Law Moore's law is the observation that the Transistor count, number of transistors in an integrated circuit (IC) doubles about every two years. Moore's law is an observation and Forecasting, projection of a historical trend. Rather than a law of ...
quantum computing A quantum computer is a computer that exploits quantum mechanical phenomena. On small scales, physical matter exhibits properties of wave-particle duality, both particles and waves, and quantum computing takes advantage of this behavior using s ...
. Saxena completed his PhD at the
Temple University Temple University (Temple or TU) is a public university, public Commonwealth System of Higher Education, state-related research university in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It was founded in 1884 by the Baptist ministe ...
in 1986 under the supervision of James D. Gunton. In 1990 he was a visiting scientists at
Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (often shortened as Los Alamos and LANL) is one of the sixteen research and development Laboratory, laboratories of the United States Department of Energy National Laboratories, United States Department of Energy ...
, becoming a Technical Staff Member in 1993. He is an affiliate professor at the
KTH Royal Institute of Technology KTH Royal Institute of Technology (), abbreviated KTH, is a Public university, public research university in Stockholm, Sweden. KTH conducts research and education in Institute of technology, engineering and technology and is Sweden's largest te ...
, and adjunct professor at the
University of Barcelona The University of Barcelona (official name in ; UB), formerly also known as Central University of Barcelona (), is a public research university located in the city of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. It was established in 1450. With 76,000 students, ...
,
University of Crete The University of Crete (UoC; Greek: Πανεπιστήμιο Κρήτης) is a multi-disciplinary, research-oriented institution in Crete, Greece, located in the cities of Rethymno (official seat) and Heraklion. There are 16 main undergraduate ...
, Greece,
Virginia Tech The Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, commonly referred to as Virginia Tech (VT), is a Public university, public Land-grant college, land-grant research university with its main campus in Blacksburg, Virginia, United States ...
, and
University of Arizona The University of Arizona (Arizona, U of A, UArizona, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Tucson, Arizona, United States. Founded in 1885 by the 13th Arizona Territorial Legislature, it ...
. Avadh serves on many international advisory committees/boards, e.g., ICOMAT, CIMTEC, Deployable Quantum Computing, etc.


Most cited publications

#Conformational dynamics of photoexcited conjugated molecules
By: Tretiak, S; Saxena, A; Martin, RL; et al. Physical Review Letters Volume: 89 Issue: 9 Article Number: 097402 Published: AUG 26 2002 #2-Band Model for Halogen-Bridged Mixed-Valence Transition-Metal Complexes. 1. Ground-state and Excitation Spectrum
By: Gammel, JT; Saxenx, A; Batistic, I; et al. Physical Review B Volume: 45 Issue: 12 Pages: 6408-6434 Published: MAR 15 1992 #Efficient computation of the structural phase behavior of block copolymers
By: Tzeremes, G; Rasmussen, KO; Lookman, T; et al. Physical Review E Volume: 65 Issue: 4 Article Number: 041806 Part: 1 Published: APR 2002 #Real-time observation of nonlinear coherent phonon dynamics in single-walled carbon nanotubes
By: Gambetta, A.; Manzoni, C.; Menna, E.; et al. NATURE PHYSICS Volume: 2 Issue: 8 Pages: 515-520 Published: AUG 2006 #Molecular geometry fluctuation model for the mobility of conjugated polymers
By: Yu, ZG; Smith, DL; Saxena, A; et al. Physical Review Letters Volume: 84 Issue: 4 Pages: 721-724 Published: JAN 24 2000 #Ferroelastic dynamics and strain compatibility
By: Lookman, T; Shenoy, SR; Rasmussen, KO; et al. Physical Review B Volume: 67 Issue: 2 Article Number: 024114 Published: JAN 1 2003 #Particle model for skyrmions in metallic chiral magnets: Dynamics, pinning, and creep
By: Lin, Shi-Zeng; Reichhardt, Charles; Batista, Cristian D.; et al. Physical Review B Volume: 87 Issue: 21 Article Number: 214419 Published: JUN 17 2013 #Martensitic textures: Multiscale consequences of elastic compatibility
By: Shenoy, SR; Lookman, T; Saxena, A; et al. Physical Review B Volume: 60 Issue: 18 Pages: 12537-12541 Published: NOV 1 1999 #Molecular geometry fluctuations and field-dependent mobility in conjugated polymers
By: Yu, ZG; Smith, DL; Saxena, A; et al. Physical Review B Volume: 63 Issue: 8 Article Number: 085202 Published: FEB 15 2001 #Thermally activated avalanches: Jamming and the progression of needle domains
By: Salje, E. K. H.; Ding, X.; Zhao, Z.; et al. Physical Review B Volume: 83 Issue: 10 Article Number: 104109 Published: MAR 25 2011


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{{DEFAULTSORT:Saxena, Avadh Living people American quantum physicists American theoretical physicists Los Alamos National Laboratory personnel Indian theoretical physicists Temple University alumni Year of birth missing (living people) Indian quantum physicists Indian emigrants to the United States