Rajeev Thottappillil is a Professor in Electric Power Engineering and Design at
KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. He was named
Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in 2015 for ''contributions to the understanding of lightning and electromagnetic interference''.
Thottappillil obtained his Ph.D. degree in
electrical engineering
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from the
University of Florida
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in
Gainesville in 1992 and until 1995 served there as postdoctoral research fellow. In 1996, he became an associate professor at the High Voltage Research Institute of
Uppsala University
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in Sweden and from 2000 to 2008 served as professor of its Division for Electricity.
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20th-century births
Living people
Swedish electrical engineers
University of Florida alumni
Academic staff of Uppsala University
Academic staff of the KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Fellow Members of the IEEE
Year of birth missing (living people)
Place of birth missing (living people)
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