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FACULTY
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Chanda
Jog
Professor, Academic Coordinator (JAP) |
Ph.D.: SUNY Stony Brook (1982)
Visiting positions:
- Princeton University (1982-84), University of
Virginia (1984-86)
- SUNY Stony Brook (1988, 1990, June-Dec. 1993)
- Virginia Institute of Theoretical Astronomy
(1990, 1992)
- Univ. of Massachusetts (1992)
- Observatoire de Paris, France (2003, 2004,
2005, 2006)
- Univ. of Turku, Finland (2004)
Research Interests:
Galactic Dynamics : spiral structure, lopsided galaxies, warps,
vertical structure; Dynamics of interstellar molecular gas clouds;
Starburst galaxies; Morphology and dynamics of interacting and merging
galaxies.
Current research project:
An Indo-French project titled “Dynamics of Lopsided Spiral Galaxies”
with Prof. Francoise Combes, Observatoire de Paris, funded by the
IFCPAR.
She is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences |
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Tel:+91-80-2293-3285 |
| Email-id: cjjog |
| Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~cjjog/ |
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Arnab
Rai Choudhuri
Professor |
PhD: University of Chicago (1985)
Visiting positions:
- High Altitude Observatory, Boulder (1985-87)
- University of Chicago (1989)
- University of St. Andrews (1991)
- Kiepenheuer Institut, Freiburg (as Humboldt
Fellow, 1994-95)
- Montana State University (2000)
- Max-Planck- Institut, Lindau (2002)
- Eotvos University, Budapest (2004)
- Cambridge University (2004)
- Beijing Astronomical Observatory (2006)
Research Interests:
Plasma astrophysics. The origin of solar magnetic cycle.
Formation of sunspots. Magnetic fields of neutron stars and pulsars.
His book The Physics of Fluids and Plasmas: An Introduction for
Astrophysicists (Cambridge University Press, 1998) is used as a
standard graduate textbook in many universities around the world.
He is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences. |
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Tel: +91-80-2360-3481 |
| Email-id: arnab |
| Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~arnab/ |
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Banibrata
Mukhopadhyay
Assistant Professor |
PhD: S.N. Bose National Centre for
Basic Sciences, Jadavpur University (2001)
Visiting positions:
- Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
(2000-02)
- IUCAA, Pune (2002-03)
- University of Oulu, Finland (2003-04)
- Harvard University (2004-06).
- African University of Science and Technology (2009, May).
Research Interests:
Physics of gravitation and compact objects. Astrophysical fluid dynamics and accretion
disk theory. Hydrodynamic (and hydromagnetic) stability and turbulence. Nuclear astrophysics. Astro-particle physics and
cosmology. Field theory in curved space-time.
He is
(1) an Associate of the Indian Academy of Sciences
(2) recipient of M. K. Vainu Bappu Gold Medal 2006 |
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Tel:+91-80-2293-2799, +91-80-2360-7704 |
| Email-id: bm |
| Web: http://www.physics.iisc.ernet.in/~bm/ |
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Tarun
Deep Saini
Assistant Professor |
PhD: IUCAA, University of Pune (2001)
Visiting positions:
- Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge, UK
(2001-2004)
Research Interests:
Cosmology: Dark energy, Gravitational lensing, Structure formation in
the Universe, Large scale structure in the Universe.
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Tel:+91 80 2293-2866; +91 80 23607705 |
| Email-id: tarun |
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