Shirshendu Ganguly

Research Bio

Shirshendu Ganguly is interested in a wide range of problems in probability theory, statistical physics and related areas including Geometry of Polymers and other aspects of Disordered Environments, Phase Transitions in models of Self Organized Criticality, Random Matrices, Study of Sparse Combinatorial Structures, Markov chains and Random walks.  

Research Expertise and Interest

probability theory, statistical mechanics

In the News

Seven early-career faculty win Sloan Research Fellowships

Seven assistant professors from the fields of astronomy, biology, computer science, economics and statistics have been named 2019 Sloan Research Fellows. They are among 126 scholars from the United States and Canada whose early-career achievements mark them as being among today’s very best scientific minds. Winners receive $70,000 over the course of two years toward a research project.

Teaching

Courses taught during the three most recent terms
2026 Spring

  • Individual Study Leading to Higher Degrees  [STAT 299]  

2025 Fall

  • Individual Study Leading to Higher Degrees  [STAT 299]  

2025 Summer

  • Field Study in Statistics  [STAT 197]  

  • Field Study in Statistics  [STAT 197]  

  • Field Study in Statistics  [STAT 197]  

  • Individual Study Leading to Higher Degrees  [STAT 299]  

2025 Spring

  • Probability Theory  [MATH C218B]  

  • Field Study in Statistics  [STAT 197]  

  • Statistics Research Seminar  [STAT 278B]  

  • Individual Study Leading to Higher Degrees  [STAT 299]  

  • Probability Theory  [STAT C205B]