Background
Gopalswamy, Natchimuthukonar was born on February 15, 1954 in V. Chandrapuram, India. Son of Krishnakonar and Kuyilammal Natchimuthukonar. came to the United States, 1985.
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Natchimuthukonar Gopalswamy
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Natchimuthukonar Gopalswamy, Indian Astronomer. Achievements include discovery that slow coronal mass ejections can produce radio signatures, as shown by radio data from Clark Lake Radioheliograph and Coronagraph data from Solar Maximum Mission Satellite;estimation of mass of a coronal mass ejection from radio data; discovery of transient microwave brightenings.
Education
Master of Science, U. Madras (India), 1977; Doctor of Philosophy, Indian Institute Science, Bangalore, India, 1982.
Career
Visiting scientist, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1982-1984; research fellow, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, 1984; resident scientist, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Kodaikanal, India, 1984-1985; research associate, U. Maryland., College Park, 1985-1989; assistant research scientist, U. Maryland., College Park, 1989-1992; associate research scientist, U. Maryland., College Park, since 1992. Member Summer School Organizing Committee, Kodaikanal, 1984-1985, Local Organizing Committee, Solar Physics, Kodaikanal, 1985, Astronomical Museum Committee, Kodaikanal, 1985.
Achievements
Membership
Member International Astronomical Union, American Astronomical Society, American Geophysical Union, Astronomical Society India (life).
Connections
Married Suseela Ganapathykonar, February 21, 1983. Children: Shobana T., Kalpana V.
