Atish Dabholkar | |
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| Born | India |
| Alma mater | |
| Known for | Studies on quantum gravity, black holes and string theory |
| Awards | SS Bhatnagar Prize (2006) ANR Chaire d'Excellence (2007) National Leadership Award (2008) Distinguished Alumnus Award (2023) |
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| Institutions | Rutgers University Harvard University California Institute of Technology TIFR Stanford University CNRS CERN ICTP |
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Atish Dabholkar (Marathi अतीश दाभोलकर) is an Indian theoretical physicist. He is currently the Director of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) [1] with the rank of Assistant Director-General, UNESCO. Prior to that, he was head of ICTP's High Energy, Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics section,[2] and also Directeur de Recherche at the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) at Sorbonne University in the "Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes Énergies" (LPTHE).
- ^ Castelvecchi, Davide; Makoni, Munyaradzi (14 November 2019). "Physics institute focused on developing countries gets a new leader". Nature. doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03512-5. PMID 33184467. S2CID 214093705.
- ^ "Following in Salam's footsteps". International Centre for Theoretical Physics. 25 October 2017. Retrieved 30 October 2017.