Love Grover
PhD researcher, Physics · IISER Mohali
I am a PhD researcher in physics at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali.
My work sits in theoretical and computational soft matter, with a focus on active matter: systems whose constituents convert energy into motion. I study how self-propelled particles organize at interfaces and how activity reshapes the fluctuations of semiflexible polymers, using statistical mechanics together with large-scale simulation.
I also build small interactive simulations to make these ideas tangible: the Active Matter Lab.
Research interests. Active matter and self-propelled particles; Statistical mechanics of soft & biological matter; Semiflexible polymers and active fluctuations; Large-scale molecular / Langevin dynamics simulation.
Research
- Spatial organization of multiple species of active particles interacting with an interfaceL. Grover, R. Kapri, A. Chaudhuri. Physical Review E 111, 045412, 2025. Read it at the journal or .
- Spectral Signatures of Active Fluctuations in Semiflexible PolymersL. Grover, A. K. Dasanna, A. Chaudhuri. arXiv:2604.10168, 2026. Read it on arXiv or .
- The full list is on Google Scholar and ORCID.
Education. PhD, Physics, IISER Mohali, Active matter; theoretical & computational soft matter, currently; BS-MS, Physics, IISER Mohali, 2011–2016; Class XI–XII, Govt. Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, C-Block, Dilshad Garden, Delhi; Class IX–X, Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya (RPVV), D-Block, Nand Nagri, Delhi; Class VI–VIII, Govt. Sarvodaya Bal Vidyalaya, E-Block, Nand Nagri, Delhi
Skills. Computational physics, Langevin / Brownian dynamics, Monte Carlo, molecular dynamics; Programming & tools, Python, C/C++, Fortran · LAMMPS · LaTeX; Languages, Hindi, English
Teaching. Teaching assistant for three laboratory courses during the PhD; Mentored a summer research student, 2019
Conferences & schools. Bangalore School on Statistical Physics XVI, ICTS Bengaluru, 2025; STATPHYS-Kolkata, International Conference on Statistical Physics (presented); ICBP, 12th International Conference on Biological Physics, Genoa, Italy (poster), 2026
Honours. INSPIRE Scholarship (DST), during BS-MS; Qualified JEST, 2017; Qualified IIT-JEE, 2011
Talks and posters
- STATPHYS, Kolkata: poster on the spatial organization of active particles at an interface.
- ICBP 2026, Genoa: poster on spectral signatures of active fluctuations in semiflexible polymers.
- Pre-PhD seminar, IISER Mohali: slides from my pre-PhD presentation on active matter.
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Elsewhere
All my hobbies and side projects — my CV, the science games, the interactive terminal, community chat, the live pulse, and more, gathered on one page.
Active Matter Lab
A growing collection of interactive simulations of active matter, with a new simulation every week.
Watch self-propelled particles flock, jam, and self-organize, and play with the parameters yourself.
Contact
- email: contact@lovegrover.com
more
- personal email: tolovegrover@gmail.com
- google scholar: scholar.google.com
- researchgate: researchgate.net/profile/Love-Grover
- linkedin: linkedin.com/in/tolovegrover
- orcid: orcid.org/0000-0001-9971-465X
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