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Archival as SubjectPublished as AuthorChandrashekhar Joshi
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July 22, 1953 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Joshi, Chandrashekhar
Additional Forms of Names
Joshi, Chan (Chandrasekhar)
Biography
Abstract
Chandrashekhar Joshi is Director, Center for High Frequency Electronics and Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles (1988-present). Other institutional affiliations include the National Research Council Canada. His research interests include plasma accelerators and plasma waves.
Important Dates
July 22, 1953Birth, India.
1974Obtained BS in Nuclear Engineering, University of London, London (England).
1978Obtained PhD in Applied Physics, University of Hull, Hull (England).
1978 – 1980Research Physicist, National Research Council Canada.
1980 – presentResearch Staff Member (1980-1988); Professor of Electrical Engineering (1988-present); and Director, Center for High Frequency Electronics (2005-present), University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles (Calif.).
1990Fellow, American Physical Society.
2006Awarded James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics, American Physical Society.
Occupation
Plasma physicist.
Places
Undergraduate Education
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Both employed at University of California, Los Angeles.
Both employed at University of California, Los Angeles.
Both employed at University of California, Los Angeles.
Both employed at University of California, Los Angeles.
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Major Positions
National Research Council of Canada
Research Physicist.
University of California, Los Angeles. Department of Engineering
Research Staff Member; Professor of Electrical Engineering; and Director, Center for High Frequency Electronics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Fellow and received 2006 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics.
University of Hull
Obtained PhD in Applied Physics (1978).
University of London
Obtained BS (1974).
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Oral history interview with Norman M. Kroll, 1987 March 29.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Proceedings of the ECFA-RAL topical meeting : The challenge of ultra-high energies, 1982.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Advanced accelerator concepts, Lake Arrowhead, CA 1989 / editor, Chan Joshi.