Curriculum Vitae - spot - University of Colorado Boulder

SARTHOK SIRCAR
(850) 345-6161 • sarthok.sircar@colorado.edu
Website: http://amath.colorado.edu/people/Sarthok-Sircar
CURRENT
STATUS
Permanent employment authorization granted in lieu of Green Card (final stage)
EXPERIENCE University of Colorado
Research Associate (Mentor: David Bortz)
Boulder, CO
July 2012 - present
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT
Postdoctoral Fellow (Mentor: James Keener) July 2009 - June 2012
Oak-Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
Oak-Ridge, TN
Visiting Research Fellow (Mentor: Thomas Schulthess) May 2007 - July 2007
EDUCATION PhD, Applied Math. University of South Carolina Columbia, SC
Thesis: Dynamics and Rheology of Biaxial Liquid Crystals 2005 - 2009
MS, Applied Math. Florida State University
Tallahassee, FL
Thesis: Steady-State Phases of Uniaxial Liquid Crystals 2004 - 2005
BS, MS, Mathematics & Scientific Computing, IIT Kanpur Kanpur, India
Thesis: Compact Schemes for Direct Numerical Simulations 1999 - 2004
GRANT Deciphering electromechanical cues in cartilage: a combined multi-scale modeling and
experimental approach — NiH (to be submitted, Oct 2013)
PREPRINTS 18) S.Sircar, J.P.Keener & A.L.Fogelson, ‘Ion mediated cross-shield driven mucous swelling
kinetics’, J. Theo. Biol. in review, (2013).
17) S. Nayak, A. K. Upadhyay, D. Keck ∗ & S.Sircar, ‘Mathematical modeling and
analysis of different therapeutic approaches in HIV’, Math. Biosci. Engg. (submitted),
2013. (* = graduate student)
16) S.Sircar, E.Aisenbrey, S.Bryant & D.M.Bortz, ‘Determining average osmolarity in
Poly(ethylene glycol)-Chondrotin sulfate gels mimicking cartillage’, J. Theo. Biol.
in review, (2013).
15) S.Sircar, J.G.Younger & D.M.Bortz, ‘Sticky Surfaces: Sphere-Sphere Adhesion Dynamics’,
Phys. Rev. E, in review (2013).
PUBLICATIONS 14) S.Sircar & D.M.Bortz, ‘Impact of flow on ligand mediated bacterial flocculation’,
Math. Biosci., 245, pg 314-321 (2013).
13) S.Sircar, J.P.Keener & A.Fogelson, ‘The effect of divalent vs. monovalent ions on
the swelling of mucin-like polyelectrolyte gels’, J. Chem. Phys., 138, 014901 (2013).
12) J.P.Keener, S.Sircar & A.Fogelson, ‘Kinetics of swelling gels’, SIAM J. Appl. Math.
71(3), pg 854-875 (2011).
11) J.P.Keener, S.Sircar & A.Fogelson, ‘Influence of free energy on swelling kinetics of
gels’, Phys. Rev. E, 83(4-1), 041802 (2011).
10) S.Sircar, ‘A hydrodynamical kinetic theory for self-propelled ellipsoidal suspensions’,
Int. J. Emerg. Multi. Fluid Sci., 2(4), pg 255-268 (2011).
9) S.Sircar & Q. Wang, ‘Biaxial phases of bent-core lcps in shear flows’, Comm. Math.
Sci., 8(3), pg 697-720 (2010).
8) J. Li, S.Sircar & Q. Wang, ‘Transient rheological responses in sheared blcps’, Rheol.
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Acta 49(7), pg 699-717 (2010).
7) J. Li, S.Sircar & Q. Wang, ‘A note on the kinematics of rigid molecules in linear flow
fields and kinetic theory of biaxial liquid crystal polymers’, Int. J. Emerg. Multi. Fluid
Sci. 1(2), pg 115-126 (2009).
6) S.Sircar & Q.Wang, ‘Dynamics and rheology of blcps in shear flow’, J. Rheol., 53(4),
pg 819-858 (2009).
5) S.Sircar & Q.Wang, ‘Shear induced mesostructures in blcps’, Phys. Rev. E, 78,
061702 (2008).
4) M.G.Forest, S.Sircar, Q.Wang & R.Zhou, ‘Monodomain dynamics for rigid rod and
platelet suspensions in strongly coplanar linear flow & magnetic field-II’, Phys. Fluids,
18, 103102 (2006).
3) T.K.Sengupta & S.Sircar, ‘High accuracy schemes DNS & acoustics’, J.Sci.Comp.,
26(2), 151-193 (2006).
2) S.Sircar & T.K.Sengupta, ‘Receptivity of a low Reynolds number Bickley jet to harmonic
vertical excitation’, 3 rd MIT conf. proceedings, 2006.
1) Q. Wang, S.Sircar & H. Zhou, ‘Steady solutions of the Smoluchowski equation for
nematic polymers under imposed fields’, Comm. Math. Sci., 3(4), pg 605-620 (2005).
TEACHING APPM 2360: Diff. Equations & Linear Algebra, Fall-2013 (70 students) CU, Boulder
APPM 2360: Diff. Equations & Linear Algebra, Summer-2013 (35 students)CU, Boulder
MATH 5910: Directed research study, Fall-2011 (4 students)
Univ. Utah
MATH 2210: Calculus III-Multivariate Calculus, Summer-2011(68 students) Univ. Utah
MATH 1220: Calculus II, Summer-2010 (62 students)
MAC 1114: Analytical Trigonometry, Spring-2006 (30 students)
MAC 1140: College Algebra, Fall-2005 (70 students)
Univ. Utah
FSU
FSU
STUDENT
MENTORED
• Avery Waller: an REU student in University of Utah, now on an NSF fellowship to
pursue Ph.D, Stanford Univ., Comp. Math.
• Evan Young: Currently, MS candidate, University of Utah
PRESENTATIONSBacterial flocculation, CU Boulder, 2013
& INVITED
TALKS Multi-scale modeling in particle aggregation and ionic biogels, CSCAMM, 2013
Chemotactic adhesion in bacterial flocs: a multi-scale model, ICMA, 2013
Electrochemistry of cartilage tissues: Experiments, multi-scale modeling & simulations,
MBI, 2013
Swelling kinetics of polyelectrolyte gels, SMB, June 2013
Spatially inhomogeneous bacterial clusters in weak shear flow, SMB, July 2012
Hydrodynamics of active ellipsoidal suspensions, ICIAM, July 2011
Biaxial LCPs in small amplitude oscillatory shear, IMACS Int., March 2009
V-shaped polymers, equilibrium & dynamics, SIAM Ann. Meeting, March 2009
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Biaxial LCPs, Industry and beyond, Super Computing, November 2008
Orientational dynamics of biaxial liquid crystals, UNC Chapel Hill, July 2008
New phases in biaxial LCPs, SIAM Ann. Meeting, July 2008
Kinetic model for flows of biaxial LCPs, Rheol. Meeting, Oct 2007
Phase of biaxial LCPs & suspensions in simple flows, AMS Meeting, Jan 2007
Birefringence data analysis, Math modeling in industry, IMA, Aug 2006
Dynamics of magnetic dispersions in simple kinetic flows, SIAM Ann. Meeting,
July 2006
Membrane Protein Science and Engineering, UCLA, March 2006
Smoluchowski equation for nematic polymers under imposed fields, CMU, Sep 2005
SERVICES Reviewer: Seed grant proposals in Bio-math, CU Boulder (Spring 2013).
Journal reviewer: Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering
Mathematical Biosciences
AWARDS Travel Awards: CSCAMM, ICMA, MBI, SMB (2013), APS (2010), SIAM (2009)
MIT Young Researcher Fellowship, 2005
Best Thesis Award, IIT Kanpur, India, 2004
SKILLS LANGUAGES: C, Python, FOTRAN 90/77
PLATFORMS: Linux, Windows, Solaris, MAC
PACKAGES: LaTeX, MATLAB, MATHEMATICA, Gnu-plot, Tech-plot, Statistica
REFERENCES
1) Dr. Aaron Fogelson, Mathematics, University of Utah
Email: fogelson@math.utah.edu, Phone: 801-581-8150
2) Dr. David Bortz, Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado
Email: dmbortz@colorado.edu, Phone: 303-492-4066
3) Dr. James Keener, Mathematics, University of Utah
Email: keener@math.utah.edu, Phone: 801-581-6089
4) Dr. James Meiss, Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado
Email: jdm@colorado.edu, Phone: 303-492-4066
5) Dr. John Younger, Emergency Medicine, MD, University of Michigan
Email: jyounger@med.umich.edu, Phone: 734-763-9388
6) Mr. Nicholas Korevaar, Mathematics, University of Utah
Email: korevaar@math.utah.edu, Phone: 801-581-4148
7) Dr. Stephanie Bryant, Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Colorado
Email: stephanie.bryant@colorado.edu, Phone: 303-492-7471
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