Banibrata Mukhopadhyay is an Indian Scientist/Astrophysicist and a professor of Physics at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, born at Kolkata, India to Pulak Mukhopadhyay, a biologist, and Tapati Mukhopadhyay, an academic. Mukhopadhyay's mother tongue is Bengali.
Research interests
Mukhopadhyay's research interests include black holes, white dwarfs and neutron stars (called as compact astrophysical objects),[1][2][3][4][5][6] in general, relativistic, high energy and nuclear astrophysics; astrophysical fluid dynamics and other related/similar fluid flows; Einstein's general relativity and its possible modifications and their applications to understand enigmatic astrophysical observations; and field theory in curved spacetime including baryogenesis.Template:Verification needed
Awards and recognition
In recognition of his work, Mukhopadhyay has received the following awards:
- B. M. Birla Science Prize in Physics, 2012,[7]
- Vainu Bappu Gold Medal, 2006,[8]Template:Verification needed
References
- ↑ Fatter than laureate's limit- Indian astrophysicists revise sacrosanct number. The Telegraph(19 February 2013). Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ Extremely bright supernovae may break the Chandrasekhar limit. Physics World(12 February 2013). Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ New mass limit for white dwarfs. Nature India(20 February 2013). Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ Indian physicists crack puzzle of exploding stars. The Telegraph(16 April 2015). Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ New Mass Limit for White Dwarfs: Explains Super-Chandrasekhar Type Ia Supernovae(16 April 2015). Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ IISc scientist's paper explains the existence of super luminous supernova. The Times of India(28 March 2013). Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ B.M. Birla Science Prizes announced. The Hindu(10 October 2013). Retrieved 10 November 2016.
- ↑ ASI Awards. Retrieved 10 November 2016.