Arnab Rai Choudhuri
Arnab Rai Choudhuri | |
|---|---|
| Born | 9 November 1956 |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Presidency College, Kolkata University of Calcutta IIT Kanpur University of Chicago High Altitude Observatory |
| Known for | Contributions to Solar Dynamo theory |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore |
| Doctoral advisor | Eugene Parker |
| Doctoral students | Mausumi Dikpati, Dibyendu Nandi |
Arnab Rai Choudhuri is an Indian scientist working in the area of Astrophysical MHD, specially in context of solar magnetic cycle.
Career
He obtained his Bachelor of Science degree in 1978 from the Presidency College under the University of Calcutta and his M.Sc degree in physics from the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur. He earned his Ph.D at the University of Chicago in 1985 working under the supervision of Professor E.N. Parker. For next two years till 1987 he did research at the High Altitude Observatory, Boulder, USA. In 1987, he joined the Physics Department of Indian Institute of Science (IISc) as lecturer and became professor there in 2002.[1][2]
Research
His research mainly deals with the study of astrophysical MHD problems specifically solar dynamo modelling.[3]
He is an author of two advanced textbooks and a popular science book.
References
- ^ "Professor AR Choudhuri". Indian National Science Academy. Retrieved 27 January 2014.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Arnab Rai Choudhuri". IISC. Retrieved 27 January 2014.
- ^ Chatterjee, P.; Nandy, D.; Choudhuri, A. R. (2004). "Full-sphere simulations of a circulation-dominated solar dynamo: Exploring the parity issue". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 427 (3): 1019. doi:10.1051/0004-6361:20041199.
External links
- Orphaned articles from December 2014
- Living people
- Indian astrophysicists
- 20th-century Indian physicists
- Bengali scientists
- Indian space scientists
- University of Calcutta alumni
- Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur alumni
- University of Chicago alumni
- Indian Institute of Science faculty
- 1956 births
- Scientists from Kolkata