Kirpal Nandra

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Kirpal Nandra is Professor of Astrophysics and Head of the Astrophysics Group at Imperial College London. He is noted as a member of the X-ray group and studies the astrophysics of extreme environments, specifically those close to black holes in active galactic nuclei (AGN). He has written or co-written numerous papers on this topic.[1] In 2000 he received the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy for his work. He goes by the name "Paul Nandra" for certain circumstances.

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• "Paul" Nandra's home page