Resume

Himalaya Senapati

I am currently a doctoral student in the Physics Department at Chennai Mathematical Institute.

Research Interests

Mathematical Physics, Non-linear dynamics, Dynamical systems, non-Euclidean geometry.

Education

Chennai Mathematical Institute, Chennai, India (2010–present)

• Research scholar working towards Ph.D in Theoretical Physics.
  Advisor: Govind S. Krishnaswami.

• Master of Science in Physics, 2015.

• Bachelor of Science in Physics, 2013.

Awards and Honors

• CMI Research Fellowship, Awarded by Chennai Mathematical Institute, 2013-present.

• KVPY Fellowship, Awarded by Department of Science \& Technology, Govt. of India, 2008-2013.

• National Child Award for Exceptional Achievement, Awarded by Department of Women \& Child Development, Govt. of India in 2008 for performance in the fields of Mathematics and Astronomy.

• Silver in XII International Astronomy Olympiad, 2007.

• Qualified Indian National Mathematics Olympiad, 2007,2008,2009,2010.

• Qualified Indian National Astronomy Olympiad, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010.

• Qualified Zonal Informatics Olympiad, 2009.

Publications

1. Curvature and geodesic instabilities in a geometrical approach to the planar three-body problem, G. S. Krishnaswami and H. Senapati, J. Math. Phys. 57, 102901 (2016) (Featured Article). http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4964340, arXiv:1606.05091 [math-phys].

2. An introduction to the classical three-body problem: From periodic solutions to instabilities and chaos, G. S. Krishnaswami and H. Senapati, Accepted for publication in Resonance, January 2018.

3. H. Senapati, Accepted for publication in In Eleven essays on non-Euclidean geometry, ed. A. Papadopoulos:
   • • Inscribing a triangle in a circle in spherical geometry
   • • On a theorem of Lambert: Medians in spherical and hyperbolic geometries
   • • Monotonicity in spherical and hyperbolic triangles

4. Stability and chaos in the classical three rotor problem, G. S. Krishnaswami and H. Senapati, e-print arXiv:1810.01317 (2018).

5. Classical three rotor problem: periodic solutions, stability and chaos, G. S. Krishnaswami and H. Senapati, e-print arXiv:1811.05807 (2018).

Schools and Workshops

• New Trends in Teichmüller Theory and Mapping Class Groups, Sep 02 - 08, 2018 (MFO, Oberwolfach).

• Nonlinear dynamics, January 02 - 29, 2018 (SERB School, Pune).

• Geometry, Groups and Dynamics, November 06 - 24, 2017 (ICTS, Bengaluru).

• Probabilistic and statistical methods for networks, August 21 - September 1, 2017 (BMS Summer School, Berlin).

Past Research Experience

• Classical three body problem and stability analysis with G S Krishnaswami (M.Sc. Thesis, 2015).

• 2D Ising Model: Analytic and Numerical approaches with G S Krishnaswami (B.Sc. Thesis, 2013).

• Renormalization group approach to Ising model with G S Krishnaswami (May 2012).

• Experimental rheology on macro and micro gels with B V R Tata, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (December 2011).

• Mossbauer Spectroscopy of $Fe^{57}$ with R Govindaraj, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (July 2011).

• Gamma Ray Spectroscopy with R Rajaraman, Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (May 2011).

• Pulsar Emission Properties with Dipanjan Mitra, National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (December 2010).

Others

• Participated as a member of the Academic team in the $10^{th}$ International Olympiad in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Bhubaneswar, December 2016.

• Taught at winter camps for children selected in Rural Mathematics Talent Search, Orissa, 2010 and 2012.