Suriyanarayanan Vaikuntanathan

Postdoctoral Fellow [email protected] University of California, Berkeley 240-274-3192 Google Scholar citations: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=QWS4178AAAAJ

Personal Information

Address 1825 Francisco Street, Apt F Berkeley, CA, 94703.

Nationality Indian

Education

Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, Chennai, India B. Tech. in Biotechnology, 2006

University of Maryland, College Park, USA Ph.D. in Chemical Physics, 2011 Advisor: Prof. Christopher Jarzynski Dissertation: Equilibrium free energy differences from nonequilibrium computer simulations: Improving convergence by reducing dissipation Advisory Committee: Prof. Michael. E. Fisher, Prof. John D. Weeks, Prof. Devarajan Thirumalai, Prof. Victor M. Yakovenko.

Research Experience

Undergraduate Research Assistant Department of Molecular Reproduction, Development and Genetics Indian Institute of Science, India, May 2004 - July 2004.

Visiting Students Research Program Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India, May 2005 - May 2005.

Graduate Research Assistant Prof. Christopher Jarzynski’s group Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland, Aug 2007 - Aug 2011.

Postdoctoral Fellow Prof. Phillip Geissler’s group University of California, Berkeley, Sep 2011 - Present.

Publications

1. S. Vaikuntanathan, C. Jarzynski “Escorted Free Energy Simulations: Improving Conver- gence by Reducing Dissipation”, Phys. Rev. Lett 100, 190601 , 2008

2. S. Vaikuntanathan, C. Jarzynski “Dissipation and Lag in Irreversible Processes”, EPL 87, 600005 , 2009 3. J. M. Horowitz, S. Vaikuntanathan “Nonequilibrium Detailed Fluctuation Theorem for Repeated Discrete Feedback”, Phys. Rev. E 82, 061120 , 2010

4. D. D. L. Minh, S. Vaikuntanathan “Density-Dependent Analysis of Nonequilibrium Paths Improves Free Energy Estimates II. A Feynman-Kac Formalism ”, J. Chem. Phys 134, 034117 , 2011

5. S. Vaikuntanathan, C. Jarzynski “Escorted Free Energy Simulations”, J. Chem. Phys 134, 054107 , 2011

6. S. Vaikuntanathan, C. Jarzynski “Modeling Maxwells demon with a microcanonical Szilard engine”, Phys. Rev. E 83, 061120 , 2011 .

7. S. Vaikuntanathan, P. R. Shaffer, P. L. Geissler “Adsorption of solutes at liquid-vapor interfaces: Insights from lattice gas models”, Faraday Discuss.,160,6 3-74, 2012.

8. S. Vaikuntanathan, T. Gingrich, P. L. Geissler “Dynamic phase transitions in simple driven kinetic networks”, ( arXiv:1307.0801 under review at Phys. Rev. Lett).

9. S. Vaikuntanathan, P. L. Geissler “Putting water on a lattice : The importance of long wavelength density fluctuations in theories of hydrophobic and interfacial phenomena”, (arXiv:1307.7669 under review at Phys. Rev. Lett).

10. S. Vaikuntanathan, C. Jarzynski “Efficient Estimation of Solvation Free Energies in Water using Targeted Free Energy Perturbation”, in preparation.

11 S. Vaikuntanathan, P. L. Geissler “Anions at liquid-vapor interfaces: The influence of capillary fluctuations on interfacial solvation. ”, in preparation.

Selected Invited Talks

Escorted Free Energy Simulations, Informal Statistical Mechanics Seminar, University of Maryland, College Park, March 2009.

Dissipation and Lag in Irreversible Processes, Summer school on Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics: Fundamental Problems and Applications, Boulder School in Condensed Matter and Material Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, July 2009.

Modeling Maxwell’s Demon: Work, Information and the Second Law of Thermodynamics, Applied Dynamics Seminar, University of Maryland, College Park, February 2010.

Escorted Free Energy Simulations: A strategy to estimate free energy differences efficiently, Short talk, 104th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, De- cember 2010.

Escorted Free Energy Simulations: A strategy to estimate free energy differences efficiently, Andrea Liu group meeting, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, March 2011

Escorted Free Energy Simulations: A strategy to estimate free energy differences efficiently, Phillip Geissler group meeting, University of California, Berkeley, March 2011

Adsorption of Ions at Interfaces: Insights from Lattice gas calculations, Short talk, 106th Statistical Mechanics Conference, Rutgers University, December 2011. Adsorption of Ions at Interfaces: Insights from Lattice gas calculations, GOOP seminar, Materials Research Laboratory, University of California Santa-Barbara, February 2012.

Modeling Maxwell’s Demon: Work, Information and the Second Law of Thermodynamics, Biophysics Seminar, Princeton University, Princeton, December 2012.

Modeling Maxwell’s Demon: Work, Information and the Second Law of Thermodynamics, Biophysics Seminar, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, February 2013.

Poster Presentations

S. Vaikuntanathan, C. Jarzynski “Escorted Free Energy Simulations”, Mathematical and Numerical Methods for Free Energy Calculations in Molecular Systems, Banff International Research Station, Banff, Canada, June 2008.

S. Vaikuntanathan, C. Jarzynski “Escorted Free Energy Simulations”, Mini Statistical Me- chanics Meeting, University of California, Berkeley, January 2010.

S. Vaikuntanathan, C. Jarzynski “Modeling Maxwell’s Demon: Work, Information and the Second Law of Thermodynamics”, Complex Driven Systems, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Oc- tober 2010.

S. Vaikuntanathan, P. Shaffer, P. L. Geissler “Adsorption of Ions at Interfaces: Insights from Lattice gas calculations.”, Mini Statistical Mechanics Meeting, University of California, Berkeley, January 2012.

Awards and Honors

Summer Research Fellowship (declined), Indian Academy of Sciences, India, 2005

Visiting Students Research Program, TIFR, Mumbai, India, 2005

Chemical Physics Fellowship, Chemical Physics Program, University of Maryland, 2006-2008.

Jacob K. Goldhaber Travel Grant, University of Maryland, June 2008.

Graduate Summer Research Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2009.

Second Prize in Poster Competition, Berkeley Mini Statistical Mechanics Meeting, University of California, Berkeley, January 2010.

Ann. G. Wylie Dissertation Fellowship, University of Maryland, College Park, 2011.

First Prize in Poster Competition, Berkeley Mini Statistical Mechanics Meeting, University of California, Berkeley, January 2012.

Summer Schools and Workshops

Boulder School for Condensed Matter and Material Science, University of Colorado, Boulder, Summer 2009 Topic: Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics: Fundamentals and Applications

Programming Experience C, C++, Python, Parallel Computing (MPI), Java.

Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland. CHEM 481: Physical Chemistry I, Fall 2006, Spring 2007. CHEM 484: Physical Chemistry Laboratory II, Fall 2007, Spring 2008 CHEM 483: Physical Chemistry Laboratory I, Fall 2008.

Peer Reviewer for Journals

Physical Review Letters, Physical Review E , Journal of Statistical Physics , New Journal of Physics, Journal of Chemical Physics

Academic References

Prof. Phillip Geissler Department of Chemistry University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720 Faculty Scientist Lawrence Berkeley National Lab Tel : +510-642-8716 [email protected]

Prof. Christopher Jarzynski Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Institute for Physical Science and Technology University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Tel: +1-301-405-4439 [email protected]

Prof. John D. Weeks Distinguished University Professor Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Institute for Physical Science and Technology University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742 Tel: +1-301-405-4802 [email protected]

Prof. Gerhard Hummer Director Department of Theoretical Biophysics Max Planck Institute of Biophysics D-60438 Frankfurt am Main Tel:+49 (0) 69 6303-2500 [email protected] Dr. Gavin E. Crooks Physical Biosciences Division Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, CA 94720 [email protected]