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
The Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (IIT- Kanpur or IIT-K) is a public institute of technology located in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India. As an Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), it was declared an Institute of National Importance by ...
.
He earned his Ph.D. at the
University of Chicago
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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
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Its staff condu ...
, Boulder, USA. In 1987, he joined the Physics Department of
Indian Institute of Science
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(IISc) as lecturer and became professor there in 2002.
Research
His research mainly deals with the study of astrophysical MHD problems specifically solar dynamo modelling.
He is an author of two advanced textbooks and a popular science book.
References
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Living people
Indian astrophysicists
20th-century Indian physicists
Bengali scientists
Indian space scientists
University of Calcutta alumni
IIT Kanpur alumni
University of Chicago alumni
Academic staff of the Indian Institute of Science
1956 births
Scientists from Kolkata