Arpan Dey is a physics graduate student, researcher and author whose interests span statistical mechanics, nonlinear dynamics, complex systems, the foundations of quantum mechanics and the philosophy of physics. He has carried out research at various institutions, and has presented his work at international conferences.He is the author of Our Physics So Far and The City of Equilibrium, and the founder of The Journal of Young Physicists, an international student-led journal that provides young researchers with a structured platform to develop and publish their work through a review process. He has also spent several years in editorial and mentoring roles with the Young Scientists Journal. Outside physics, his interests include music, aviation, neuroscience, literature, consciousness and metaphysics.