Background
Rao, Gopalakrishna M. was born on March 17, 1944 in Udupi, Karnataka, India. Son of Laxminarayana M. and Saraswathi M. (Acharya) Shanbouge. came to the United States, 1978.
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Gopalakrishna M. Rao
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Bachelor of Science in Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics Mysore (India) U., 1964; Master of Science in Chemistry, Mysore (India) U., 1966; Doctor of Philosophy in Physical Chemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland, Canada, 1973.
Career
Lecturer, Bangalore U., Karnataka, 1966-1967; demonstrator, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, 1967-1974; postdoctoral research associate chemistry, U. Alberta, Edmonton, Canada, 1974-1977; postdoctoral fellow metallurgical engineering, Queen's U., Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 1977-1978; research associate Center for Materials Research, Stanford (California) U., 1978-1981; project leader inorganic chemicals research, Dow Chemical Company, Freeport, Texas, 1981-1986; visiting Welch scholar department chemistry, Rice U., houston, 1986-1987; manager, Advanced Clinical Products, Leauge City, Texas, 1987-1988; guest scientist, Department Air Force, Frank J. Seiler Research Laboratory, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1988-1989; battery engineer Code 711.5 Space Power Applications Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1989-1991; head energy storage section Code 734.5, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., 1991-1996; staff engineer power system branch code 563, National Aeronautics and Space Administration/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland., since 1996. Visiting professor energy department Cinvestav-National Polytechnic Institute-Unidad Merida, Yucatan, Mexico, 1984.
Achievements
Membership
Volunteer various community (tutorial) and educational institutions Member Electrochemical Society (battery steering committee), American Chemical Society, Metallurgical Society of American Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum Engineers, Materials Research Society, American Society Metals, American Association Crystal Growth, Chemical Institute Canada.
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1 child, India G.
