Aniket Bhattacharya

Aniket Bhattacharya is a Professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Central Florida (UCF), specializing in theoretical and computational studies of soft condensed matter physics and biophysics. His work spans DNA translocation through nanopores, intrinsically disordered proteins, and confined biopolymers, with applications in biomedical materials.

• PhD in Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics (University of Maryland, 1992)
• BS – Physics Honors (Presidency College, Kolkata)
• MS in Physics (University College of Science, Kolkata)

Research interests:

• Scaling theory and simulations of soft matter systems
• Polymer physics in crowded environments
• Biologically inspired physics, particularly DNA transport through nanopores
• Physics of intrinsically disordered proteins linked to disease
• Development of soft materials for biomedical applications

Recent publications focus on machine learning strategies for protein characterization, nanopore DNA barcoding, and polymer dynamics in confined spaces. His work has been supported by grants from the NSF, NASA, and NIH. He holds multiple patents related to nanopore-based DNA analysis and mutation prediction in disordered proteins.

• United States Patent 12,049,663B2 (2024)
• Non-Provisional Patent Application 19/232,158 (2025)

His lab collaborates on interdisciplinary projects involving computational modeling, nonequilibrium transport phenomena, and biomedical applications.