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Shrinivas Kulkarni

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Shrinivas Ramchandra Kulkarni is an Indian American astronomer born October 4, 1956, who holds a professorship in astronomy and planetary science at the California Institute of Technology and previously directed the Caltech Optical Observatory, overseeing the Palomar and Keck telescopes. His research spans the interstellar medium, pulsars, brown dwarfs, soft gamma ray repeaters, gamma ray bursts and optical transients, and he is a fellow of the Royal Society and a member of several national academies. He received the 2024 Shaw Prize in Astronomy.

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Birth Year
1956 1
Birth Date
1956-10-04 1
Nationality
Indian American 1
Birthplace
Kurundwad, Maharashtra, India 1
Field
Field (category)
Astronomy 1
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1. Shrinivas Kulkarni - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1956-10-04
  • Infobox, birth_place
    Kurundwad, Maharashtra, India
  • Extract, opening sentence
    Shrinivas Ramchandra Kulkarni ... is an Indian American astronomer
  • Wikipedia 'Shrinivas Kulkarni': stated occupation/field in article intro, checked 2026-09-27
  • Works In: Astronomy, Lead sentence
    Shrinivas Ramchandra Kulkarni (born 4 October 1956) is an Indian American astronomer.
  • Member Of: Royal Society, Article text
    He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, London, in 2001, a member of the Unite
  • Member Of: National Academy of Sciences, Article text
    He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, London, in 2001, a member of the United States National Academy of Sciences in 2003, an honorary fellow of Indian A
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