Ramamurti Rajaraman
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Ramamurti Rajaraman (born 11 March 1939) is an emeritus professor of theoretical physics at the School of Physical Sciences at Jawaharlal Nehru University.[2] He was also the co-Chairman of the International Panel on Fissile Materials and a member of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists' Science and Security Board. He has taught and conducted research in physics at the Indian Institute of Science, the Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, and as a visiting professor at Stanford, Harvard, MIT, and elsewhere. He received his doctorate in theoretical physics in 1963 from Cornell University. In addition to his physics publications, Rajaraman has written widely on topics including fissile material production in India and Pakistan and the radiological effects of nuclear weapon accidents.
Ramamurti Rajaraman | |
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Born | (1939-03-11) 11 March 1939 (age 85)[1] |
Nationality | Indian |
Alma mater | St. Stephen's College, Delhi (B.Sc.) Cornell University (PhD) |
Awards | 1983 Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize
2014 Leo Szilard Lectureship Award by American Physical Society |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | Jawaharlal Nehru University |
Doctoral advisor | Hans Bethe |