Dr Kirscher Johannes

Johannes Kirscher is a theoretical physicist whose research focuses on effective field theories, few-body systems, and the universality of strongly interacting matter. His work bridges nuclear physics, quantum chromodynamics (QCD), and atomic systems, with applications to scattering theory, nuclear forces, and cluster dynamics. He has held research positions across the United States, Europe, and the Middle East, contributing to advances in computational modeling of light nuclei and few-body interactions.

He has published and presented extensively at leading international workshops and conferences, and his contributions have been recognized with competitive awards such as the Parke Prize for Excellence in Research in Theoretical Physics and the Minerva Postdoctoral Fellowship.

Associate Professor, SRM University AP, India (since 2022)

Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Manchester, UK (2018–2022)

Postdoctoral Researcher, The City College of New York, USA (2016–2018)

Postdoctoral Researcher, Racah Institute of Physics, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (2014–2016)

Postdoctoral Fellow, Ohio University, USA (2010–2011)

Mathematical Modeler, Energie Baden-Württemberg (EnBW AG), Germany (2011–2014)

Ph.D. in Physics, The George Washington University, Washington D.C., USA (2010)

1. Thesis: Towards the frontiers of light nuclei in effective field theory

Diplom in Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen, Germany (2006)

1. Thesis: Three-body-interactions in small nuclear systems (Grade: 1.0)

Courses taught: Nuclear and Particle Physics, Quantum Mechanics, Introduction to Quantum Computing, Engineering Physics, Solid-State Device Physics

Advisor and co-advisor for Ph.D. theses in nuclear and computational physics across SRM University, IIT Guwahati, and University of Manchester

Extensive experience tutoring and mentoring undergraduate and graduate students in physics and applied mathematics

Organizer of international workshops including:

1. Universality in strongly-interacting systems: from QCD to atoms (ECT*, 2025)
2. CEA Lectures on Scattering Resonances (CEA ESNT, 2021)
3. Lattice Nuclei – Nuclear physics and QCD: Bridging the Gap (ECT*, 2015)

Regular invited speaker at international conferences and research institutes, including the Institute for Nuclear Theory (Seattle), Jefferson Lab, and IIT Guwahati

SEED Startup Grant (2023) – Project on Bose clusters and universal few-body interactions

Minerva Postdoctoral Fellowship (2014)

Parke Prize for Excellence in Research in Theoretical Physics, The George Washington University (2008)

University Fellowship, The George Washington University (2006)

Effective Field Theories in Nuclear and Atomic Physics

Few-Body and Many-Body Quantum Systems

Universality in Strongly Interacting Systems

Computational Approaches to Scattering and Nuclear Dynamics