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Shrinivas Ramchandra Kulkarni (born 4 October 1956) is a US-based astronomer born and raised in India. He is currently a professor of astronomy and planetary science at California Institute of Technology , [3] and he served as director of Caltech Optical Observatory (COO) at California Institute of Technology, in which capacity he oversaw the ...
I hold a McArthur Professorhip in Astronomy & Planetary Science. Starting 2006, I have served as Director of the Caltech Optical Observatories (which include Palomar, the W. M. Keck Observatory partnership and the Thirty Meter Telescope partnership).
Jun 27, 2024 · This episode features an in-depth conversation with Shrinivas Kulkarni, who won the 2024 Shaw Prize in Astronomy “for his ground-breaking discoveries about millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and other variable or transient astronomical objects”. Based at Caltech in the US, he is also cited for his “leadership of the ...
Shrinivas R Kulkarni, an Indian-origin professor of astronomy from the US will be bestowed the prestigious Shaw Prize in Astronomy for his ground-breaking discoveries about millisecond pulsars,...
May 21, 2024 · Shrinivas Kulkarni has won the 2024 Shaw Prize in Astronomy for his work on variable and transient astronomical objects.
Shrinivas Kulkarni. George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Sciences, Caltech. Prof. Shrinivas Kulkarni’s primary interests are the study of cosmic explosions, neutron stars and developing new methodologies for astronomical research.
May 27, 2024 · The Shaw Prize in Astronomy 2024 is awarded to Shrinivas R Kulkarni, George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science, Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy at the California Institute of Technology, USA for his ground-breaking discoveries about millisecond pulsars, gamma-ray bursts, supernovae, and other variable or ...
Shrinivas Kulkarni is an American astronomer and currently a professor of astronomy and planetary science at the California Institute of Technology. His primary focus is the study of supernovae – exploding stars – and highly energetic compact objects called neutron stars, as well as developing new methods for astronomy research.
Shrinivas Kulkarni. George Ellery Hale Professor of Astronomy and Planetary Science. Caltech Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy. M.S., Indian Institute of Technology, 1978; Ph.D., University of California, 1983; D.h.c., Radboud University.
Shrinivas Kulkarni has contributed centrally to fundamental astronomical discoveries that span a broad range of disciplines and include the fastest radio pulsar known with a spin period of 1.5 milliseconds, the first example of a brown dwarf star, white dwarf companions to binary pulsars, radio counterparts to soft gamma ray repeating sources ...
