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'''Alak Ray''' is an Indian astronomer and high-energy astrophysicist, who works on [[neutron star]]s, [[supernova]]e and [[Gamma-ray burst|GRBs]].<br />
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==Education==<br />
Alak Ray received his B.Sc. degree from [[Calcutta University]] in 1970. He earned his Ph.D. (1979) at the [[Columbia University]], under the supervision of [[Malvin Ruderman]].<ref>Mathematics Genealogy Project, [https://www.mathgenealogy.org/id.php?id=175971 "Alak Ray"]</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
During 1979–1981, Ray worked at [[University of California, Irvine]] as a postdoctoral research associate.<br />
In 1981 he moved back to India to join the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]], where he served as reader, associate professor and then professor. Between the years of 1996 and 1998, he took a sabbatical as senior research associate at [[NASA]]'s [[Goddard Space Flight Center]].<br />
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With Brian Cameron and Poonam Chandra in 2004, Ray discovered the first radio counterpart of a [[Soft gamma repeater]], [[SGR 1806−20]].<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nature03605 | doi=10.1038/nature03605 | title=Detection of a radio counterpart to the 27 December 2004 giant flare from SGR 1806–20 | year=2005 | last1=Cameron | first1=P. B. | last2=Chandra | first2=P. | last3=Ray | first3=A. | last4=Kulkarni | first4=S. R. | last5=Frail | first5=D. A. | last6=Wieringa | first6=M. H. | last7=Nakar | first7=E. | last8=Phinney | first8=E. S. | last9=Miyazaki | first9=Atsushi | last10=Tsuboi | first10=Masato | last11=Okumura | first11=Sachiko | last12=Kawai | first12=N. | last13=Menten | first13=K. M. | last14=Bertoldi | first14=F. | journal=Nature | volume=434 | issue=7037 | pages=1112–1115 | pmid=15858569 | arxiv=astro-ph/0502428 | bibcode=2005Natur.434.1112C | s2cid=4409584 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.nasa.gov/vision/universe/watchtheskies/swift_nsu_0205.html Cosmic Explosion Among the Brightest in Recorded History], 2005-02-18 (''[[NASA]]'' News & Features)</ref><br />
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Along with Alicia Soderberg and Sayan Chakraborti in 2009, Ray discovered the first relativistic outflow from a [[Supernova]] without a detected [[Gamma-ray burst]].<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://www.nature.com/articles/nature08714 | doi=10.1038/nature08714 | title=A relativistic type Ibc supernova without a detected γ-ray burst | year=2010 | last1=Soderberg | first1=A. M. | last2=Chakraborti | first2=S. | last3=Pignata | first3=G. | last4=Chevalier | first4=R. A. | last5=Chandra | first5=P. | last6=Ray | first6=A. | last7=Wieringa | first7=M. H. | last8=Copete | first8=A. | last9=Chaplin | first9=V. | last10=Connaughton | first10=V. | last11=Barthelmy | first11=S. D. | last12=Bietenholz | first12=M. F. | last13=Chugai | first13=N. | last14=Stritzinger | first14=M. D. | last15=Hamuy | first15=M. | last16=Fransson | first16=C. | last17=Fox | first17=O. | last18=Levesque | first18=E. M. | last19=Grindlay | first19=J. E. | last20=Challis | first20=P. | last21=Foley | first21=R. J. | last22=Kirshner | first22=R. P. | last23=Milne | first23=P. A. | last24=Torres | first24=M. A. P. | journal=Nature | volume=463 | issue=7280 | pages=513–515 | pmid=20110995 | arxiv=0908.2817 | bibcode=2010Natur.463..513S | s2cid=205219464 }}</ref><ref>[https://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/report-tifr-discovers-new-class-of-supernovae-1340014 TIFR discovers new class of supernovae], 2010-01-28 (''DNA Newspaper'')</ref><br />
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In collaboration with Sayan Chakraborti, Naveen Yadav, and Carolin Cardamone in 2012, Ray discovered the presence of strong magnetic fields in [[Pea galaxy|Green Pea Galaxies]].<ref>{{cite journal | url=https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/2041-8205/746/1/L6 | doi=10.1088/2041-8205/746/1/L6 | title=Radio Detection of Green Peas: Implications for Magnetic Fields in Young Galaxies | year=2012 | last1=Chakraborti | first1=Sayan | last2=Yadav | first2=Naveen | last3=Cardamone | first3=Carolin | last4=Ray | first4=Alak | journal=The Astrophysical Journal | volume=746 | issue=1 | pages=L6 | arxiv=1110.3312 | bibcode=2012ApJ...746L...6C | hdl=1721.1/95641 | s2cid=55407853 | hdl-access=free }}</ref><br />
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At the [[Tata Institute of Fundamental Research]] Ray supervised the doctoral research of many researchers, including [[Nandivada Rathnasree]] who was elected the Director of the [[Nehru Planetarium]],<ref>[https://science.thewire.in/the-sciences/rathnasree-nandivada-nehru-planetarium-astronomical-society-of-india/ Remembering Rathnasree Nandivada, Who Brought the Stars To All of Us], 2021-11-06 (''The Wire'')</ref> and Sayan Chakraborti who was elected Junior Fellow of the [[Harvard Society of Fellows]].<ref>[https://www.hindustantimes.com/mumbai/city-phd-student-gets-prestigious-harvard-fellowship/story-UJ5yZTjF1i1XsTbAR18hWP.html City PhD student gets prestigious Harvard fellowship], 2011-12-15 (''[[Hindustan Times]]'')</ref><br />
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==Honors==<br />
Ray was awarded a [[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Fellowship]] in 2014.<ref>[https://www.usief.org.in/INF-2014-15/Academic-and-Professional-Excellence-Scholars/Alak-Kanta-Ray.html Fulbright-Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Fellowship], 2014-2015 (''[[Fulbright Program|Fulbright Fellowship]]'')</ref> He was elected to the [[International Astronomical Union]] in 1985.<ref>[https://www.iau.org/administration/membership/individual/6511/ Member], Since 1985 (''[[International Astronomical Union]]'')</ref><br />
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