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Published as SubjectRobert H. Kraichnan
Dates
January 15, 1928 – February 26, 2008
Authorized Form of Name
Kraichnan, Robert H., 1928-2008
Additional Forms of Names
Kraichnan, R.H. (Robert Harry)
Kraichnan, R.H., 1928-2008
Biography
Abstract
Robert H. Kraichnan was Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University (2003-2008). Other institutional affiliations included Los Alamos National Laboratory at National Aeronautics and Space Administration. His research interests included turbulent flow and general relativity.
Important Dates
January 15, 1928Birth, Philadelphia (Pa.).
1947Obtained BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1949Obtained PhD in Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge (Mass.).
1949 – 1950Member and Assistant to Albert Einstein, Institute for Advanced Study.
1950 – 1952Member, Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories.
1952 – 1956Research Associate, Electronics Research Laboratory, Columbia University.
1956 – 1962Member, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (1956-1959) and Senior Research Scientist (1959-1962), New York University.
1957 – 1959Consultant, Naval Research Laboratory, United States Navy.
1960 – 2008Associate in Physics, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute.
1961 – 2008Consultant, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1962 – 2008Consultant, Los Alamos National Laboratory.
1997Awarded Lars Onsager Prize, American Physical Society.
2000Member, National Academy of Sciences.
2003 – 2008Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University.
February 26, 2008Death, Santa Fe (N.M.).
Occupation
Theoretical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Gebhardt, Carol
First wife. Divorced.
Kraichnan, John
Son.
Moore-Kraichnan, Judy
Second wife.
Advisors & Collaborators
PhD advisor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), “Relativistic Scattering of Pseudoscalar Mesons by Nucleons.”
Colleagues
Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at New York University.
Bode, Hendrik W. (Hendrik Wade), 1905-1982
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Brattain, Walter H. (Walter Houser), 1902-1987
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Buckley, Oliver Ellsworth, 1887-1959
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Conwell, Esther M. (Esther Marley), 1922-2014
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at New York University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Columbia University.
DeWitt, Bryce S. (Bryce Seligman), 1923-2004
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Dunning, John R. (John Ray), 1907-1975
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study. Kraichnan was Assistant to Albert Einstein.
Fisk, James B. (James Brown), 1910-1981
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Foley, Henry Michael, 1917-1982
Both employed at Columbia University.
Friedrichs, K. O. (Kurt Otto), 1901-1983
Both employed at New York University.
Frosch, Robert A. (Robert Alan), 1928-
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at New York University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Herring, William Conyers, 1914-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study and Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Lamb, Willis E. (Willis Eugene), 1913-2008
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Low, Francis E. (Francis Eugene), 1921-2007
Both employed at Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at New York University.
Oppenheimer, J. Robert, 1904-1967
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Pearson, Gerald L. (Gerald Leondus)
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Pegram, George Braxton, 1876-1958
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Rabi, I. I. (Isidor Isaac), 1898-1988
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Columbia University.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Both employed at the Institute for Advanced Study.
Institutions
Major Positions
Member, Technical staff.
Columbia University. Department of Physics
Research Associate, Electronics Research Laboratory.
Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
Member.
Institute for Advanced Study (Princeton, N.J.)
Member and Assistant to Albert Einstein.
Johns Hopkins University. School of Engineering
Professor of Mechanical Engineering.
New York University. Department of Physics
Senior Research Scientist.
Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Associate in Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1997 Lars Onsager Prize.
Los Alamos National Laboratory
Consultant.
Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory
Consultant.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Physics
Obtained BS (1947) and PhD in Physics (1949).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Consultant.
United States. Office of Naval Research
Consultant.