Apoorva D. Patel

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'''Apoorva D. Patel''' is a Professor at the Centre for High Energy Physics,
[[Indian Institute of Science]], [[Bangalore]]. He is notable for his work on
[[quantum algorithms]], and the application of [[information theory]] concepts to
understand the structure of [[Genetics|genetic]] [[language]]s.<ref>[https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg16622344.400-life-force.html Mark Buchanan, "Life force," ''New Scientist'', '''2234''', 15 April 2000.]</ref> His major field of work has been the theory of [[quantum chromodynamics]], where he has used [[lattice gauge theory]] techniques to investigate spectral properties, phase transitions, and matrix elements.

==Education==
He obtained his MSc in Physics (1980) from the [[Indian Institute of Technology Bombay]], and PhD in Physics from the [[California Institute of Technology]] under [[Geoffrey C. Fox]] (1984), with a thesis entitled: ''Monte Carlo Renormalisation Group for Lattice QCD.''<ref>[[Derek Abbott]], [[Paul C.W. Davies]], and [[Arun K. Pati]], ''Quantum Aspects of Life,'' Imperial College Press, 2008, p. 219.</ref> Prof. [[Richard Feynman]] was on his PhD thesis evaluation committee. The picture displayed above is from his graduation day at [[California Institute of Technology]].

==Career==
He was a Scientific Associate, Theory Division, [[CERN]], [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]], 1987–1989,
and then in 1989 he joined the [[Indian Institute of Science]], Bangalore, as a faculty member.<ref>[http://cts.iisc.ernet.in/Personnel/adpatel.html Patel's CV] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080620005058/http://cts.iisc.ernet.in/Personnel/adpatel.html |date=20 June 2008 }}</ref>

==Personal life==
In 1989 he married Rashmi, a surgeon specializing in [[laparoscopy]] and [[endosurgery]]. His son, Aavishkar, was born in 1990.

==See also==
* ''[[Quantum Aspects of Life]]''

==Notes==
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==External links==
* [http://chep.iisc.ac.in/Personnel/adpatel.html Patel's homepage]
* [http://www.informatik.uni-trier.de/~ley/db/indices/a-tree/p/Patel:Apoorva_D=.html Patel on DLPB]
* [http://en.scientificcommons.org/apoorva_d_patel Patel on Scientific Commons]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110814035103/http://cts.iisc.ernet.in/Personnel/adpatel/adp_pub.html Patel's publications]
* [http://genealogy.math.ndsu.nodak.edu/id.php?id=114527 Patel on Math Genealogy]
* [https://inspirehep.net/author/profile/A.D.Patel.1 Scientific publications of Apoorva D. Patel] on [[INSPIRE-HEP]]

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