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Biography
AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsKrishnan Raghavachari
Dates
April 3, 1953 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Raghavachari, Krishnan
Biography
Abstract
Krishnan Raghavachari is a Professor of Chemistry at Indiana University (2002-present). His other institutional affiliations include Carnegie Mellon University and Bell Laboratories. He is known for his work on the development and applications of electron correlation techniques in computational quantum chemistry.
Important Dates
April 3, 1953Birth (formerly named Madras, India), Chennai (India).
1973Obtained BSc, Madras University, Chennai (India).
1975Obtained MSc, Indian Institute of Technology, Chennai (India).
1981Obtained PhD in Chemistry, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh (Pa.).
1981 – 1984Member, Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).
1984 – 1996Member, Technical Staff (1984-1987) and Distinguished Member, Technical Staff (1987-1996), AT & T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).
1996 – 2002Distinguished Member, Technical Staff, Bell Labs Innovations, Murray Hill (N.J.).
2002 – presentProfessor of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington (Ind.).
2009Awarded Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Quantum chemist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
PhD advisor at Carnegie-Mellon University.
Colleagues
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.
Brinkman, William F. (William Frank), 1938-
Both employed at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Indiana University.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Thomas, D. G. (David Gilbert), 1928-
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories and Lucent Technologies.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Institutions
Major Positions
Member and Distinguished Member, Technical staff.
Distinguished Member, Technical staff.
Member, Technical staff.
Indiana University, Bloomington. Department of Chemistry
Professor of Chemistry.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Chemical Society
Awarded 2009 Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics.
Carnegie-Mellon University. Department of Chemistry
Obtained PhD (1981).
Indian Institute of Technology (Chennai, India)
Obtained MSc (1975).
University of Madras
Obtained BSc (1973).