Education:

Ph.D Theoretical Physics, Inter-University Center for Astronomy & Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India 1997.

Msc Physics (5 year Integrated), Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India 1991

 

Contact Information:

Sr  Postdoctoral Scholar,

M/C 156-29,

Division of Biology,

California Institute of Technology

Ph: (626)-395-8438, (626)-395-8937

Cell: (909)-261-3334.

Email: vchickar@caltech.edu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Research Interests:

Computational Approaches to understanding Plant Biology: Venation patterning in leaves, Computer models to study cell growth, division, endoreduplication. Turing patterning mechanisms to study shoot regeneration. (The Computable Plant)

 

Mathematical modeling of Gene Regulation, Signaling Networks, Stochastic  Effects in Gene Regulatory and Signaling networks, Spatial Regulation of Hematopoietic Stem Cells.

Publications.

Software Manuals and Preprints.

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