Background
Kundu, Prasun Kumar was born on December 10, 1953 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Dhirendra Nath and Pusparani Kundu.
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Prasun Kumar Kundu
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Education
Bachelor of Science with Honours, St. Xaviers College, Kolkata, India, 1973. Master of Science, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India, 1976. Doctor of Philosophy, University Rochester, New York, 1980.
Career
Research associate University Chicago, Enrico Fermi Institute, 1980—1982. Instructor University Utah, Department Physics, Salt Lake City, 1982—1985. Assistant professor physics Ohio University, Department Physics and Astronomy, Athens, 1985—1992.
Associate scientist Applied Research Corporation, Maryland, 1992—1997. Senior staff Space Applications Corporation, 1997—1998. Senior support scientist Emergent Information Technologies, Inc., 1998—2001.
Staff scientist Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, 2001. Associate research scientist GEST, University Maryland Baltimore County, 2001—2004. Research associate professor JCET, University Maryland Baltimore County, since 2004.
Lecturer Whiting School Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, since 2002.
Achievements
Membership
Member of American Geophysical Union, American Physical Society.
Interests
Connections
Married Namita Pal, August 5, 1982. Children: Bornali, Piyali.
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Nationality
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Religion
Hindu -
Political Party
Independent
Awards
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Recipient Exceptional Science Support award, Climate and Radiation Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, 2000. Grantee Faculty Research and Development, Ohio University Research Committee, 1986-1991, Co-Investigator, EOS AQUA Rainfall Research, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2001-2003, Co-Investigator, TRMM and GPM Rainfall Research, since 2003. National Science Talent Search scholarship, Government India, 1970-1976.Recipient Exceptional Science Support award, Climate and Radiation Branch, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Goddard Space Flight Center, 2000. Grantee Faculty Research and Development, Ohio University Research Committee, 1986-1991, Co-Investigator, EOS AQUA Rainfall Research, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 2001-2003, Co-Investigator, TRMM and GPM Rainfall Research, since 2003. National Science Talent Search scholarship, Government India, 1970-1976.