Education:

• PhD (Applied Mathematics), University of Mumbai (1994)

• M.Sc. in Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi (1985)

• B.Sc.(Hons) Physics, Hindu College, University of Delhi (1983)

Positions:

• Scientific Officer (H), Nuclear Physics Division, B.A.R.C., Mumbai
• Professor, Homi Bhabha National Institute, Department of Atomic Energy
• Adjunct Professor, UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences, Kalina, Mumbai
• Visiting Professor, Feza Gursey Institute, Istanbul, Turkey (2008)
• Visiting Professor, Institut Henri Poincare, Paris, France (2007)
• Visiting Professor, Institute of Theoretical Physics, University of Utrecht, Netherlands (one year, 2006)
• Visiting Professor, Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland, College Park. U.S.A. (2005)
• Postdoctoral fellow, Centre for Nonlinear Phenomena and Complex Systems, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium (two years, 1995-1996)

Research Interests:

• Nonlinear dynamics and Quantum chaos
• Non-integrable dynamics and non-equilibrium statistical mechanics
• Semiclassical Physics
• Random matrix theory
• Exactly solvable models
• Nuclear theory – structure and reactions

Selected Publications:

Books

• Non-Hermitian Hamiltonians in Quantum Physics, Eds Sudhir R. Jain and Z. Ahmed (Pramana-J. Phys. Vol. 73, Nos 2 & 3, Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, 2009).
• Proceedings DAE Symposium in Nuclear Physics, Eds Sudhir R. Jain, P. Shukla, A. Chatterjee, V. M. Datar Vol. 57 (Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, DAE, 2012).
• Proceedings International Symposium in Nuclear Physics, Eds Sudhir R. Jain, R. G. Thomas, V. M. Datar Vol. 58 (Board of Research in Nuclear Sciences, DAE, 2013).
• Mechanics, Waves, and Thermodynamics: an example-based approach, Sudhir R. Jain (Cambridge University Press, 2016).

Selected Papers in refereed journals

• Quantum Description of a Simple Pseudointegrable System: π/3-rhombus Billiard, D. Biswas and Sudhir R. Jain, Phys. Rev. A42, 3170 (1990).
• Dynamical Localization in the Fermi Accelerator, Sudhir R. Jain, M. Azam and S. V. Lawande, Europhys. Lett. 13, 593 (1990).
• Periodic orbits of an Almost Integrable System, Sudhir R. Jain and H.D. Parab, J. Phys. A25, 6669 (1992).
• Fractal-like Quasienergy Spectrum in the Fermi-Ulam Model, Sudhir R. Jain, Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 3553 (1993).
• Rectangular billiard in the presence of a flux line, G. Date, Sudhir R. Jain, and M. V. N. Murthy, Phys. Rev. E51, 198 (1995).
• Almost integrable billiards -Review Article, Sudhir R. Jain and S. V. Lawande, Proc. Indian Natl. Sci. Acad. 61A, 275 (1995).
• Analytical tests of Gutzwiller trace formula for harmonic oscillator Potentials, M. Brack and Sudhir R. Jain, Phys. Rev. A51, 3462 (1995).
• Nonlinear dynamics of high-j cranking model : a semiclassical approach, Sudhir R. Jain, A. K. Jain, and Z. Ahmed, Phys. Lett. B370, 1 (1996).
• From random matrix theory to statistical mechanics - anyon gas, D. Alonso and Sudhir R. Jain, Phys. Lett. B387, 812 (1996).
• Adiabatic geometric phases and response functions, Sudhir R. Jain and A. K. Pati, Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 650 (1998).
• Spacing distributions for rhombus billiards, B. Gremaud and Sudhir R. Jain, J. Phys. A (Letters) 31, 637 (1998).
• An exactly solvable many-body problem in one dimension and the short-range Dyson model, Sudhir R. Jain and A. Khare, Phys. Lett. A 262, 35 (1999).
• Off-diagonal long-range order in a one-dimensional many-body theory, G. Auberson, Sudhir R. Jain, and A. Khare, Phys. Lett. A 267, 293 (2000).
• Dissipation in finite Fermi systems, Sudhir R. Jain, Nucl. Phys. A 673, 423 (2000).
• A class of N-body problems with nearest and next-to-nearest neighbour interactions, G. Auberson, Sudhir R. Jain, and A. Khare, J. Phys. A 34, 695 (2001).
• An empirical approach to the theory of particle and nuclear phenomena : Review and some new ideas, Raja Ramanna and Sudhir R. Jain, Pramana-j. of physics 57, 263 (2001).
• Quantum modes built on chaotic motion - analytically exact results, Sudhir R. Jain, B. Gremaud, A. Khare, Phys. Rev. E 66, 016216 (2002).
• Quantum limit on computational time and speed, Arun K. Pati, Sudhir R. Jain, Abhas Mitra, Raja Ramanna, Phys. Lett. A 301, 125 (2002).
• Pseudo-unitary symmetry and Gaussian pseudo-unitary ensemble of random matrices, Z. Ahmed and Sudhir R. Jain, Phys. Rev. E (Rapid Commun.) 67, 045106 (2003).
• Number of quantal resonances, Zafar Ahmed and Sudhir R. Jain, J. Phys. A 37, 867 (2004).
• Time-delay plots of unflavoured baryons, Neelima G. Kelkar, M. Nowakowski, K. Khemchandani, Sudhir R. Jain, Nucl. Phys. A 730, 121 (2004).
• Semiclassical deuteron, Sudhir R. Jain, J. Phys. G 30, 157 (2004).
• Resonances and adiabatic invariance in classical and quantum scattering theory, Sudhir R. Jain, Phys. Lett. A 335, 87 (2005).
• Exact solution of the Schrödinger equation for a particle in a regular N-simplex, Sudhir R. Jain, Phys. Lett. A 372, 1978 (2008).
• Electric dipolarizability of ⁷Li, Sudhir R. Jain, A. K. Jain, and S. Kailas, Pramana – J. Phys. 71, 1271 (2008).
• Random cyclic matrices, Sudhir R. Jain and S. C. L. Srivastava, Phys. Rev. E 78, 036213 (2008).
• Dipole polarizability of ⁷Li from precision measurement of the elastic scattering on ²⁰⁸Pb below the Coulomb barrier, V. V. Parkar, V. Jha, B. J. Roy, S. Santra, K. Ramachandran, A. Shrivastava, A. Chatterjee, Sudhir R. Jain, A. K. Jain, S. Kailas, Phys. Rev. C (Rapid Commun.) 78, 021601 (2008).
• Ground state of an arbitrary triangle with a CSM potential, Sudhir R. Jain, Pramana - J. Phys. 72, 611 (2009).
• Origin of inertia in large amplitude motion in finite Fermi systems, Sudhir R. Jain, Pramana-J. Phys. 78, 225 (2012).
• Kac's ring: entropy and Poincare recurrence, C. Aravind and Sudhir R. Jain, Physica A 391, 3702 (2012).
• Nucleon-nucleon t-matrix effective interaction for (p,2p) reactions, A. K. Jain, B. N. Joshi, Sudhir R. Jain, J. Phys. G 374, 012009 (2012).
• Pseudo-Hermitian random matrix theory, (Invited review), S. C. L. Srivastava, Sudhir R. Jain, Fortchritte der Physik 61, 276 (2013).
• Record statistics in random vectors and quantum chaos, S. C. L. Srivastava, A. Lakshminarayan, Sudhir R. Jain, Europhys. Lett. 101, 10003 (2013).
• Nonlinear normal modes and quanta in the β-Fermi Pasta Ulam model, R. L. Sonone, Sudhir R. Jain, Eur. Phys. J. ST 222, 601 (2013).
• Nodal domains of an equilateral triangle billiard, R. Samajdar, Sudhir R. Jain, J. Phys A 47, 195101 (2014). Feature Article (cover)
• Crossing a nonlinear resonance, Sudhir R. Jain, Resonance 19, 797 (2014).
• Quantum states built on classical nonlinear resonances for slowly deforming billiards, Nandan Jha, Sudhir R. Jain, AIP Conf. Proc. 1619, 109 (2014).
• A nodal domain theorem for integrable billiards in two dimensions, Rhine Samajdar and Sudhir R. Jain, Ann. Phys. 351, 1 (2014).
• Finite time exponent for a random Ehrenfest gas, Sanjay Moudgalya, Sarthak Chandra, and Sudhir R. Jain, Ann. Phys. 361, 82 (2015).
• Semiclassical theory of melting of shell effects in nuclei with temperature, Harjeet Kaur and Sudhir R. Jain, J. Phys. G 42, 115103 (2015).
• Phase space trajectories and Lyapunov exponents in the dynamics of an alpha-helical protein lattice with intra- and inter-spine interactions, K. Anjelin Jeba, M. Latha, and Sudhir R. Jain, Chaos (in press, 2015).