Bhavay S. Tyagi

About

He who doesn't fear death dies only once. - Giovanni Falcone

I am a Theoretical Physicist, currently pursuing a PhD at the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics in University of Houston.

I'm currently looking at Dynamical Open Quantum Systems and Phase Transitions. I'm interested in the intersections of mathematical physics and ultimately interested in a complete quantum theory of gravity. Dualities in physics is a gamechanging idea that fascinates me a lot. It tells us that there exist underlying connections in seemingly unrelated physical systems. I'm curious to know how and why.

I am a musician at heart and I love to sing and play the guitar. I love performing on stage. I am also an amateur guitar mechanic/collector and vinyl collector, but one day hope to have a very unique collection. Music runs through my genes and I can never see my life without it. Fun Fact: Music makes the deepest (most fundamental) neural pathways in your brain. Ever thought why you remember so many songs?

I am also a sports enthusiast and I think that at any given point in time, in life, one must always be associated with atleast one sport. The blend of psychology and the physicality is unparalleled and it helps one grow stronger both mentally and physically. I love playing and watching everything from Cricket, Football,...,Chess and even E-Sports. I'm a hardcore Cricket fan though and at one point was on the path of pursuing it professionally.

I am a co-host of a monthly podcast called The Knowmads Podcast along with my girlfriend Prachi. We invite guests from various fields including but not limited to STEM, philosophy, psychology, cultural arts, music etc.

So feel free to talk to me about anything.
P.S. I'm still exploring myself, so more about me later.
How you doing?

क्या हार में, क्या जीत में, किंचित नहीं भयभीत मैं। कर्तव्य पथ पर जो भी मिला, यह भी सही वो भी सही, वरदान नहीं मांगूंगा, हो कुछ पर हार नहीं मानूंगा।-अटल बिहारी वाजपेयी

Research

CV

Current Work

• Dynamics of Open Quantum Systems
• Theory of Phase Transitions

Stuff I've Worked on in the Past

1. SYK Model
2. AdS/CFT and Entanglement Entropy
3. SUSY and Quantum Field Theories
4. Strings

Resources

Send me an email if you want the presentation/report for anything that interests you.

Talks

1. Asymmetry Amplification - Global Physics Summit Anaheim, CA 2025
2. Noise-Induced Synchronisation - Physics Research Day 2025
3. Asymmetry Amplification - CNLS, Los Alamos National Lab 2024

Short Reviews

1. Black Holes as Information Scramblers by Bhavay Tyagi

2. A Quantum Theory of Flux Tubes by Bhavay Tyagi

Everything Else

1. Geneology

2. Outreach

3. The Knowmads Podcast

4. Music

5. APS UH Chapter

Geneology

My Ph.D advisor is Prof. Eric R. Bittner. He worked with John C. Light at the University of Chicago and obtained his Ph.D. He is currently the Hugh Roy and Lillie Cranz Cullen Distinguished Professor at Department of Physics at University of Houston. In the summer of 2001, he worked as visiting faculty at the Center for Non-Linear Studies at Los Alamos National Lab and in 2023 he served as the Ulam Distinguished Scholar at the CNLS.

Outreach

I am an active and passionate science communicator. I Co-founded Beyond Portals, to promote and popularize research in fundamental sciences. We also support minorities in STEM and provide them with a platform to learn, grow and guide them to pursue a career in fields they are passionate about. According to my experiences I strongly feel that the education system of the world needs a major fix and that is what keeps me motivated towards building a community of people sharing revolutionay ideas and are equally passionate and willing to collectively build a platform that has the potential to transform education, academics, research as well as industry across the globe.

We organize public talks, workshops and seminars online as well as offline. Our members are actively working on tapping into areas like social media, e-schooling etc. and are constantly coming up with new ideas and approaches to efficiently propagate our ideas. I hope those sharing similar ideas will join hands with us and make this dream come true. Stay tuned.

The Knowmads Podcast

• YouTube
• Spotify
• Apple Podcasts

Music

If Music be the Food of Love, Play On. - William Shakespeare

I have always been a musician at heart. If not a physicist I would pursue music as my career. My journey as a musician was very organic. Although it is important to say that I'm the son of the greatest musician in the world "Mr. Rajieve Saarang". My father never forced me to do music but he made sure that Music was always there during my grooming stages. I have seen Jam sessions as a very small kid without ear plugs. So the damage has been done. Music has been engrained in me. I had met with an accident when I was in the 5th grade and I designate that incident to be life changing, a canon event if you would like that. I started loving physics and picked up the guitar. I have never stopped since then. I was in the school band during high school. I was the front man in my undergraduate band. Music is my expression and it has helped me grow, it has shaped my personality and through music I explored the various cultures of the world. I have a youtube channel that goes way back, I'm not super active but you surely see me hit puberty to a fully grown adult on that channel while enjoying the music I have to share.

APS UH Chapter

to advance and diffuse the knowledge of physics - First APS Meeting May 20 1899

I'm currently the Chair of the University of Houston APS Chapter. I was fortunate to get the opportunity to attend the APS Annual Leadership Meeting 2023,24 and 25 at Washington DC where I met many incredible researchers and APS officers who have curated this amazing network that has collaboration at its heart. If you want to learn more, visit
APS WEBSITE

Contact

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