Education
University of Southern California.
University of Southern California.
One of the famous inventions he has contributed to is President Obama awarded him the National Medal of Technology on February 2, 2013 for his contributions to laser eye surgery. In 1981, Srinivasan discovered that an ultraviolet excimer laser can be used to etch a living tissue precisely without causing any thermal damage to surrounding area. He named it (APD).
In 1983, Srinivasan collaborated with Stephen Trokel, an ophthalmic surgeon, to use APD for a surgery of the cornea.
This led to development of Inducted into the United States "Inventor Hall of Fame" in 2002, Srinivasan has spent 30 years at International Business Machines Corporation"s T J Watson Research Center.
He received both bachelor"s and master"s degrees in science from the University of Madras, in 1949 and 1950. He earned doctorate in physical chemistry at the University of Southern California in 1956.
He currently holds 21 United States patents.
In 1998, Srinivasan was awarded the Biological Physics Prize by the American Physical Society. In 2012, Srinivasan along with two other scientists, James J. Wynne and Samuel Blum, of International Business Machines Corporation Watson were honored with National Medal of Technology and Innovation by the President of The United States Barack Obama for breakthrough in Excimer laser that enabled Surgery.
