Premala Chandra

Premala Chandra
Born
United States
Alma materYale University
University of California, Santa Barbara
Known forQuantum and electromagnetic behavior of matter at the nanoscale
SpousePiers Coleman
AwardsFellow of the American Physical Society (2013)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical condensed matter physics
InstitutionsRutgers University
Doctoral advisorJames S. Langer
WebsiteRutgers faculty page

Premala "Premi" Chandra is an American theoretical condensed matter physicist whose research concerns the quantum mechanical and electromagnetic behavior of matter at the nanoscale, especially in two-dimensional surfaces. She is a professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Rutgers University.