Somak Raychaudhury

Background

Raychaudhury, Somak was born on July 4, 1962 in Calcutta, India. Son of Nakshatra Kumar and Bandana Raychaudhury.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Physics, U. Calcutta, 1983; Master of Arts in Physics, U. Oxford, 1986; Doctor of Philosophy in Astrophysics, U. Cambridge, 1990.

Career

Research fellow, Institute of Astronomy, University Cambridge, England, 1989-1991; Smithsonian fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1991-1995; faculty member, Inter-University Center Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India, since 1995. Tutor Lowell House, Harvard University, 1993-1995. Research fellow St. Edmund's College, Cambridge, England, 1989-1991.

Achievements

• Somak Raychaudhury has been listed as a noteworthy Astrophysicist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Fellow American Astronomical Society.

Connections

Father:

Nakshatra Kumar

Mother:

Bandana Raychaudhury