Research Experience:

Consultant
Levich Institute, City College of New York (Summer, 2007)

Researcher
Perimeter Institute (Summer, 2006)

VIGRE Researcher
Columbia University Mathematics Dept. (Summer, 2003 & Summer, 2004)


Teaching Experience:

Assistant Instructor (PS 303)
UT Austin Physics Dept. (Fall, 2007 -- present)

Teaching Assistant (PHY 303)
UT Austin Physics Dept. (Fall, 2005 -- Spring, 2007)

Teaching Assistant (PHYS 1400)
Columbia University Physics Dept. (Fall, 2003 -- Spring, 2005)


Education:

BA (Physics & Mathematics)
Columbia University (Fall, 2001 -- Spring 2005)

dbansal at chaos dot utexas dot edu
Tel: (512) 471-0619
Office: RLM 14.314

Research Interests:

• complex networks in the abstract: thermodynamical and statistical mechanical properties, scaling behavior, growth dynamics, information processing, &c.
• complex networks in particular: sexual contacts, software architecture, fMRI correlations in the brain, population dynamics in Texas high schools, &c.
• pre-geometrical models for spacetime

Affiliations:

• Center for Nonlinear Dynamics
• Department of Physics
• Levich Institute

External Links:

• Personal Homepage