Fellow
Narayan Ramesh
Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences
Current nationality
United States of America (the)
Current country of residence
United States of America (the)
Past nationality
India
Affiliation / Institution
Harvard University
Biodata
Narayan is the Thomas Dudley Cabot Professor of the Natural Sciences at Harvard Univ., U.S.A. He obtained his PhD in 1979 at Bangalore Univ., India. He has made numerous contributions in many areas of astrophysics, notably in the field of black holes. His work spans theory, observations, and numerical simulations. His membership includes: Royal Society (London); National Academy of Sciences (USA); American Association for the Advancement of Science; and Honorary Fellowship of the Indian Academy of Sciences.
Sustainable Development Goals
Keywords
Astrophysics; accretion; active galactic nuclei; black holes; gamma-ray bursts; gravitational lensing; high performance computing; image processing; radio pulsars; scattering theory; relativistic jets; X-ray astronomy
ELECTED
2015
Place of birth
Mumbai
Country of birth
India
Section
08. Physics, Astronomy & Space Sciences
Country where living and working for the majority of the last 10 years
United States of America (the)
Last updated on 12/07/2023