Robert Harry Kraichnan

Background

Kraichnan, Robert Harry was born on January 15, 1928 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Robert Maxwell and Anna (Maximon) Kraichnan.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1947; Doctor of Philosophy in Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1949.

Career

Member, assistant to Albert Einstein, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, New Jersey, 1949-1950; member technical staff, Bell Telephone laboratories, 1950-1952; research associate, Columbia University, New York City, 1952-1956; research associate Courant Institute, New York University, 1956-1958; senior research scientist Courant Institute, New York University, 1958-1962; private practice physicist, 1962-1980; president, principal, Robert H. Kraichnan, Inc., Santa Fe, since 1980. Adjunct associate professor department graduate physicis New York University, 1956-1957. Associate in physics Woods Hole (Massachusetts) Oceanographic Institute, 1960-1970.

Research affiliate meteorology Massachusetts Institute of Technology, since 1963. Contractor Office Naval Research, 1962-1980, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1967-1969. Consultant Naval Research Laboratory, 1957-1959, Institute for Space Studies, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, 1961-1969, Institute fro Defense Analyses, 1967-1970, Los.

Alamos National Laboratory, since 1979, Princeton University, since 1987.

Achievements

• Robert Harry Kraichnan has been listed as a noteworthy Theoretical physicist, consultant by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Society (Otto Laporte award 1993, Lars Onsager Memorial prize 1997).

Connections

Married Carol Gebhardt, May 22, 1954 (divorced 1988). 1 child, John; m.Judy Ellen Moore, June 30, 1989.

Father:

Robert Maxwell Kraichnan

Mother:

Anna (Maximon) Kraichnan

Spouse:

Carol Gebhardt

child:

John Kraichnan