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Published as SubjectV. R. Pandharipande
Dates
August 7, 1940 – January 3, 2006
Authorized Form of Name
Pandharipande, V. R.
Additional Forms of Names
Pandharipande, Vijay
Biography
Abstract
Vijay Pandharipande was Professor of Physics at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. His research interests included nuclei, neutron matter, neutron stars, and quantum liquids. He played a role in the development of the nuclear many-body problem.
Important Dates
August 7, 1940Birth, Nāgpur (India).
1959Obtained BSc, Nagpur University, Nāgpur (India).
1961Obtained MSc, Nagpur University, Nāgpur (India).
1961 – 1973Research Assistant, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai (India).
1969Obtained PhD in Physics, Bombay University, Mumbai (India).
1969 – 1971Fellow, Niels Bohr Institute.
1972Postdoctoral Fellow, Cornell University.
1972 – 2006Research Associate (1972-1973); Assistant Professor of Physics (1973-1974); Associate Professor of Physics (1974-1977); and Professor of Physics (1977-2006), University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Champaign (Ill.).
1999Awarded Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics, American Physical Society.
January 3, 2006Death, Boston (Mass.).
Occupation
Nuclear theorist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
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People
Colleagues
Anderson, A. C. (Ansel Cochran), 1933-
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Bethe, Hans A. (Hans Albrecht), 1906-2005
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Feigenbaum, Mitchell, 1944-2019
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Loomis, F. W. (Francis Wheeler), 1889-1976
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
McDaniel, Boyce D. (Boyce Dawkins), 1917-
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Richardson, Robert C. (Robert Coleman), 1937-2013
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Both employed at Cornell University.
Both employed at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
Wilson, Kenneth G. (Kenneth Geddes), 1936-2013
Both employed at Cornell University.
Institutions
Major Positions
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
Research Assistant.
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Department of Physics
Research Associate; Assistant Professor of Physics; Associate Professor of Physics; and Professor of Physics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Received 1999 Tom W. Bonner Prize in Nuclear Physics.
Cornell University. Department of Physics
Postdoctoral Fellow.
Nagpur University
Obtained BSc (1959) and MSc (1961).
Niels Bohr institutet
Fellow.
University of Bombay
Obtained PhD in Physics (1969).