Sarbani Basu

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Sarbani Basu
Alma materUniversity of Madras

University of Poona

University of Bombay
Scientific career
InstitutionsYale University

University of Aarhus

Queen Mary University of London

Sarbani Basu is an Indian astrophysicist and Professor at Yale University. She is on the board of directors of the Association of Universities for Research in Astronomy and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

Education

Basu earned her bachelor's degree at the University of Madras in 1986.[1] She completed her graduate studies at the Savitribai Phule Pune University and University of Mumbai, gaining her PhD in 1993.[1]

Research

In 1993 Basu joined

helioseismic inversions Basu determines what processes take place inside the sun.[7][8] She has written a book chapter about Helioseismology.[9]

Basu has published over 200 papers in peer-reviewed scientific journals and has a H-index of 82.[10] She also visits schools to discuss her research with young people.[11][12]

Honors and awards

Basu was elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in 2015.[13] In 2017 she published "Asteroseismic Data Analysis Foundations and Techniques" with William Chaplin.[14] She won the American Astronomical Society's George Ellery Hale Prize in 2018 for her contributions to our understanding of the internal structure of the Sun.[15][16][17] She was presented with the award at the Triennial Earth-Sun Summit in Virginia.[18] She was elected a Legacy Fellow of the American Astronomical Society in 2020.[19]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Sarbani Basu, CV". www.astro.yale.edu. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  2. ^ "Professor M. K. Vainu Bappu Gold Medal | Astronomical Society of India". www.astron-soc.in. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  3. ^ "Sarbani Basu". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
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  5. ^ "Sarbani Basu". www.astro.yale.edu. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
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  7. ^ "Sarbani Basu". Interseismology. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
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  9. ISBN 9781139333696
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  10. ^ "Sarbani Basu - Google Scholar Citations". scholar.google.co.uk. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  11. ^ School, Taft (24 January 2017), Morning Meeting, 1/24/17: Sarbani Basu, Professor of Astronomy, Yale University, retrieved 20 May 2018
  12. ^ "4/30/18: Public Evening Lecture: Dr. Sarbani Basu, Yale Univ". www.as.arizona.edu. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  13. ^ "Basu elected Fellow of AAAS". astronomy.yale.edu. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  14. ISBN 9780691162928
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  15. ^ "Sarbani Basu wins 2018 George Ellery Hale Prize". YaleNews. 11 January 2018. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  16. ^ "2018 Hale Prize for Solar Astronomy Goes to Sarbani Basu". www.spaceref.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  17. ^ Staff Writer. "Yale Astronomer Sarbani Basu wins George Ellery Hale Prize". IndiaAbroad.com. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  18. ^ "Home - TESS 2018". connect.agu.org. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  19. ^ "AAS Fellows". AAS. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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