Radha Balakrishnan

Radha Balakrishnan
Residence India
Nationality Indian
Fields Physics
Institutions Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Madras
Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai
Alma mater Delhi University
Brandeis University
Spouse V. Balakrishnan
Children Hari Balakrishnan (son)
Hamsa Balakrishnan (daughter)

Radha Balakrishnan is an Indian physicist. She works at Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai primarily related to nonlinear dynamics and applications in physics.[1][2][3][4]

Education

Balakrishnan pursued her Physics Honours from Delhi University and finished her M.Sc in 1965. She has a Ph.D from Brandeis University where her thesis was one of the earliest studies of quantum crystals on the effects of 4He impurities in solid 3He.[5]

Career

During the 1980s, when Balakrishnan returned to India, she worked at the Department of Theoretical Physics, University of Madras as a Research Associate. She joined Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai in 1987. She retired in the year 2004 and since that time, Balakrishnan is continuing her research as a CSIR Emeritus Scientist.[5] Her current research is on Nonlinear Dynamics, Solitons and Applications in Physics, Connections to Classical Differential Geometry.[1]

Awards & Honours

Balakrishnan received the Tamil Nadu Scientists Award in the Physical Sciences (1999) for her work. She also received INSA’s Professor Darshan Ranganathan Memorial Lecture Award (2005) for original and pioneering contributions in nonlinear dynamics.[5]

Personal life

Balakrishnan is married to V. Balakrishnan who is an Indian theoretical physicist. Their two children, Hari Balakrishnan and Hamsa Balakrishnan, are both faculty members at MIT.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Radha Balakrishnan". Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  2. ↑ "Radha Balakrishnan". Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  3. ↑ G. Caglioti, A. Ferro Milone (ed.). Mechanical and Thermal Behaviour of Metallic Materials Enrico Fermi International School of Physics. Elsevier, 1982. p. 324. ISBN 9780080983837. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Selected Topics in Mathematical Physics: Professor R. Vasudevan Memorial Volume. Allied Publishers, 1995. p. 287. ISBN 9788170234883. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 "Autobiographical article". Retrieved 25 February 2014.