Shrinivas Kulkarni
Shrinivas R. Kulkarni | |
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Born | Kurundwad, Maharashtra, India | 4 October 1956
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Fields | Astronomy
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Institutions | California Institute of Technology |
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Notable students | Alicia M. Soderberg |
Shrinivas Ramchandra Kulkarni (born 4 October 1956) is a US-based astronomer born and raised in India.
Early life and education
Shrinivas Ramchandra Kulkarni was born on 4 October 1956 in the small town of
Kulkarni and his sisters grew up in
Career
In 1987, Kulkarni obtained a position as faculty at the California Institute of Technology.[3] According to his website, he has mentored 64 young scholars by the end of 2016.
Kulkarni is known for making key discoveries that open new sub-fields within astronomy, using wide range of wavelength in observation. ADS shows that his papers cover following fields: (1) HI absorption studies of Milky Way Galaxy, (2) pulsars, millisecond pulsars, and globular cluster pulsars, (3) brown dwarfs and other sub-stellar objects, (4) soft gamma-ray repeaters, (5) gamma-ray bursts, and (6) optical transients. He made significant contributions in these sub-fields of astronomy.
Key discoveries
Kulkarni started off his career as a radio astronomer. He studied
He discovered the first
With
He was also a member of the Caltech team that observed the first irrefutable brown dwarf in 1994 that orbited around a star called Gliese 229.[19]
His recent work involved Palomar Transient Factory which has succeeded in identifying the new groups of optical transients such as superluminous supernovae,[20] calcium-rich supernovae,[21] and luminous red novae.[22][23]
The success of his astronomical research is evident by 63 Nature Letters, 7 Science Letters, and total of 479 refereed scientific articles that bear his name by the end of 2015, according to ADS. Recognizing his contribution to astronomy, he was awarded the Dan David Prize in 2017.[24]
Awards and honours
Kulkarni has received many awards and honours, including the NSF's
Services to the field
Kulkarni has been the Jury Chair for the
Kulkarni is a member of as many as four national academies around the globe. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, London, in 2001,[1][32] a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2003,[33] an honorary fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences in 2012,[34] and a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences on 12 September 2016.[35][36]
References
- ^ a b "Shrinivas Kulkarni". The Royal Society. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ a b Kembhavi, Ajit (2001). "An accomplished observer". Frontline.
- ^ a b c d "Shrinivas R. (Shri) Kulkarni". Caltech Geology and Planetary Science. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ a b "Karnataka Online Teachers Data Base". Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences Karnataka. 2012.
- ^ a b Kamala Bhatt (15 July 2002). "What Went Wrong?".
- ^ "Two daughters who made India proud". www.leadcampus.org. 9 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "A star called Kulkarni". rediff.com. 19 August 2003.
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- doi:10.1086/184711
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- doi:10.1038/43132
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- ^ "Indian scientist Shrinivas Kulkarni wins Dan David Prize". The Hindu. 18 May 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Alan T. Waterman Award Recipients, 1976 - present". American Astronomical Society. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Jansky Lectureship". science.nrao.edu. 24 August 2016.
- ^ "Caltech Astronomer Receives 2017 Dan David Prize". www.caltech.edu. 10 February 2017.
- ^ "Laureates 2017". www.dandavidprize.org. Retrieved 27 March 2017.
- ^ "Honorary Doctorate for astronomer Shrinivas Kulkarni". Retrieved 2 June 2017.
- ^ "Jury Chairs 2009". Infosys Science Foundation. Archived from the original on 28 March 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2017.
- ^ "The Royal Society inducts Shrinivas Kulkarni". rediff.com. 2001.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Member Directory". National Academy of Science, US. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Honorary Fellows". Indian Academy of Science. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "KNAW kiest zestien nieuwe leden" (in Dutch). Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
- ^ "Shrnivas Kulkarni". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
External links
- Royal Society, London
- Geology and Planetary Science, Caltech
- Personal webpage
- United States National Academy of Sciences
- Indian Academy of Science
- Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- National Science Foundation: Waterman Prize
- National Radio Astronomy Observatory: Jansky Prize
- Dan David Prize
- Infosys Science Prize Jury Chairs
- An accomplished observer Frontline - 27 Oct - 9 Nov 2001
- Nature Podcast 24 May 2007 - Nature
- Kulkarni Inducted Into The Royal Society, 2001