I am an Associate Editor of Physical Review Letters, the letters journal of the American Physical Society.  I also hold a courtesy research faculty appointment in the Department of Physics at Florida International University, Miami.

As a theoretical physicist, I study the strong-force that binds the fundamental particles called quarks and gluons to form the ubiquitous protons and neutrons that build the atomic nuclei.  I use a technique called Lattice QCD to numerically simulate the equations of Quantum Chromodynamics (QCD) that govern the strong-force. Through such numerical experiments performed on high-performance computing facilities, I try to learn more about aspects of QCD that are not amenable to a pencil-and-paper calculation.

I obtained my Ph.D. from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. I held postdoctoral research positions at  Florida International University,  Brookhaven National Laboratory, and Jefferson Lab. 

You can contact me at nkarthik.work AT gmail.com  

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