Eshan Chattopadhyay Age, Wiki and Bio

Eshan Chattopadhyay

Quick Info

ProfessionAssociate Professor
NationalityIndian
Date of BirthXX/XX/1989
AgeUnknown
BirthplaceIthaca, New York, United States

Bio/Wiki

ProfessionAssociate Professor

Physical Stats & More

Height5' 5" (165 cm)
Eye ColorBlack
Hair ColorBlack

Educational Qualification(s)

Degrees
  • Bachelor's of Technology Degree in Computer Science from Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur
  • Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Science from The University of Texas, Austin

Personal Life

Marital StatusMarried
ReligionHinduism

Relationships & More

ChildrenDaughter

Career

Current PositionAssociate Professor at Cornell University since 2018
Previous Roles
  • Postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton for 4 months in 2016
  • Postdoctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley for 5 months in 2017
  • Consulting Researcher at Microsoft in Greater Bengaluru Area for 3 months in 2017
  • Joined the Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton as a postdoctoral researcher in 2017
Research FocusHis research centers around pseudo randomness, extractors, and computational complexity, which are critical for modern data security and efficient computation.
Awards
  • 2021: NSF Computer and Information Science and Engineering Research Initiation Initiative Award
  • 2023: Sloan Research Fellowship
  • 2024: National Academy of Sciences Held prize
  • 2025: The Godel Prize for his Research Paper
Notable AchievementIn 2025, he received the Gödel Award in Theoretical Computer Science for providing a solution to a long-standing problem in randomness extraction.

Some Lesser Known Facts

In 2016, he conducted research as a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Princeton for a duration of 4 months.
He transitioned to the University of California, Berkeley as a postdoctoral researcher in January 2017.
In June 2017, he was a Consulting Researcher at Microsoft's office in Greater Bengaluru Area, where he focused on theoretical computer science and cryptography for 3 months.
Demonstrating a progressive career, he joined Cornell University as an Assistant Professor in 2018.