Brief Bio:
Dr. V. Sasidevan received master's degree in Physics from Cochin University of Science and Technology in 2007 and Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai in 2014. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai during 2013 - 2016 and at the Frankfurt Institute for Advanced Studies, Germany, during 2016- 2017. His research interests are Statistical physics of complex systems, Interdisciplinary applications of statistical physics in socio-economic systems, Physics education, and Game theory.
Topics of Research
Lattice and continuum models of percolation, Complex adaptive systems, Foundations of game theory, Epidemiological models, Physics higher education.
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Recent Publications
- Herd Immunity with Spatial Adaptation Based on Global Prevalence Information, Akhil Panicker and V Sasidevan, Proc.R. Soc. A 20250690 (2026).
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- Critical and quasicritical behavior in a three-species dynamical model of semi-directed percolation, CK Jasna and V Sasidevan arXiv:2508.21560 (2026).
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- Modeling competition for space: Emergent inefficiency and inequality due to spatial self-organization among a group of crowd-avoiding agents, Ann Mary Mathew and V Sasidevan, Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications 660, 130360 (2025).
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- Percolation in semicontinuum geometries, CK Jasna, V Krishnadev and V Sasidevan, Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment 2025 (1), 013201(2025).
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- Effect of shape anisotropy on percolation of aligned and overlapping objects on lattices, CK Jasna and V Sasidevan, Physical Review E 109 (6), 064118 (2024).
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- Social adaptive behavior and oscillatory prevalence in an epidemic model on evolving random geometric graphs, Akhil Panicker and V Sasidevan, Chaos, Solitons & Fractals 178, 114407 (2024).
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- Participatory approach to introduce computational modeling at the undergraduate level, extending existing curricula and practices: Augmenting derivations, KK Mashood, Kamakshi Khosla, Arjun Prasad, V Sasidevan, Muhammed Ashefas CH, Charles Jose and Sanjay Chandrasekharan, Physical Review Physics Education Research 18 (2), 020136 (2022).
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Courses
- Basic and Advanced Mathematical Physics, Statistical Physics, Phase Transition and Critical Phenomena, Complex Networks, Science Communication.
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Science Talks
- Game theory for beginners: A set of three lectures given at Spins, Games and Networks workshop 2024 at IMSc Chennai: Link
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- Information Coarse-Graining and its Effect on Local and Global Outcomes in a Complex Adaptive System. Statistical Physics: Recent advances and future directions ICTS Bangalore 2022: Link
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- Committing heresy by co-action: A critique of Nash optimization. Summer Research Program on Dynamics of Complex Systems ICTS Bangalore 2019: Link
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Public Talks
- How not to write CV, Emails and Other things. Kerala Theoretical Physics Initiative (KTPI) webinar: Link
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- From Oobleck to Artificial Intelligence: The world of emergent phenomena: Link
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- The impact of the new age technology on the life of the common man (Malayalam): Link
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Other
- Research Associateship at The Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (2023 - 2026).
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- Physics Board of Studies Member: Cochin University (2018 Onwards).
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- Post Graduate Physics Board of Studies Member: Calicut University (2023 - 26).
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- Staff Council Member: Cochin University (2024 - 26).
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- Nodal Officer, Cochin University for 'Monitoring and outreach - Implementation of NEP 2020' program (2025 Onwards).
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- Chairman: State IT Sub Committee of Kerala Sasthra Sahitya Parishad (2024 Onwards).
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Google Scholar: Sasidevan
IQAC Profile: Link
