Shobhana Narasimhan
Shobhana Narasimhan is an Indian academic who is Professor of Theoretical Sciences at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India. Her main area of interest is computational nanoscience. Her research examines how the lowering of dimensionality and reduction of size affect material properties.[1] She is a Fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences.[2]
Shobhana Narasimhan | |
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| Nationality | Indian |
| Alma mater | Harvard University, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, St. Xavier's College, Mumbai |
| Awards | Stree Shakti Samman Science Award, 2010, Kalpana Chawla Woman Scientist Award of the Government of Karnataka, 2010 |
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| Fields | Computational Nanoscience |
| Institutions | Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research |
| Doctoral advisor | David Vanderbilt |
Education and career
Narasimhan earned her B.Sc. in Physics from St. Xavier's College, Mumbai in 1983 and her M.Sc. in Physics from IIT Bombay in 1985. She received her Ph.D. in Theoretical Physics from Harvard University in 1991 where she was advised by David Vanderbilt.[3] Subsequently, she did her postdoctoral work at Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA and at Fritz-Haber-Institut of the Max Planck Society in Berlin, Germany. She joined the Theoretical Sciences Unit of Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research, Bangalore, India as a faculty member in 1996.[4] She was formerly Chair of the Theoretical Sciences Unit and Dean of Academic Affairs at JNCASR.
Narasimhan has a strong interest in innovative teaching methods and has organized and participated in many interactive workshops in several countries.[5] She is also keen on promoting women in science causes. She is a member of the Standing Committee on Women in Science of the Government of India and was formerly a panel Member of the Women in Science initiative of the Indian Academy of Sciences,[6] and has also organized several Career Development Workshops for Women in Physics at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy.[7] and at the East African Institute for Fundamental Research in Kigali, Rwanda.[8]
Awards and recognition
Narasimhan became a Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences, India in 2011. She also received the Stree Shakti Samman Science Award in 2010[9] and the Kalpana Chawla Woman Scientist Award of the Government of Karnataka in 2010.[10]
Professor Shobhana Narasimhan has been elected as an International Honorary Member to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.[11]
References
- ↑ "Shobhana Narasimhan: Research Interests". Retrieved 22 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Fellows, Indian Academy of Sciences, India". Indian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Harvard PhD Theses in Physics: 1971-1999". Harvard PhD Theses in Physics: 1971-1999. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "Faculty, Theoretical Sciences Unit, JNCASR". Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ↑ "ICTP - Working Towards Gender Equity, One Workshop at a Time". www.ictp.it. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
- ↑ "Panel Members, Women in Science, IAS". Indian Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ "Career Development Workshop for Women in Physics at ICTP". International Centre for Theoretical Physics. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ "Women in Science | EAIFR".
- ↑ "Stree Shakti". Stree Shakti. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ "Scientists, engineers get awards". The Hindu. February 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
- ↑ "New members". American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 2020. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
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