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Ashoke Sen
Ashoke Sen | |
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 Sen in the Physics department of Scottish Church College in 2019 | |
| Born | 15 July 1956 Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
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| Known for | Contributions to string field theory S-duality Sen Conjecture |
| Spouse | Sumathi Rao |
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| Fields | Physics |
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| Website | home |
Ashoke Sen FRS (/əˈʃoʊk sɛn/; born 1956) is an Indian theoretical physicist and distinguished professor at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences (ICTS), Bangalore.[1] A former distinguished professor at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad,[2] He is also an honorary fellow in National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) India[3] he is also a Morningstar Visiting professor at MIT and a distinguished professor at the Korea Institute for Advanced Study. His main area of work is string theory. He was among the first recipients of the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics "for opening the path to the realization that all string theories are different limits of the same underlying theory".[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
ICTSwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Pulakkat, Hari (19 December 2013). "How many of us know about Breakthrough Prize winner, Ashoke Sen?". The Economic Times. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "School of Physical Sciences". National Institute of Science Education and Research. Retrieved 4 September 2019.
- ^ "Breakthrough Prize - Fundamental Physics Breakthrough Prize Laureates - Ashoke Sen". breakthroughprize.org. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
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