Abhijit Sen (physicist)

Indian Plasma Physicist

Abhijit Sen is Emeritus Scientist and INSA fellow, Sr. Professor, of the Institute for Plasma Research,^[1] Chandrasekhar Chair.^[2] Sen has published more than 300 research paper in reputed journals.^[3][4][5]

Education

Sen received a National Merit Scholarship from the Government of India during his education (1962–66). Sen completed his Bachelor of Science at Gujarat University in Physics in 1963. He later completed both a Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy in Physics at the University of Tennessee in 1971. Following his doctoral studies, Sen became a Postdoctoral researcher at Oak Ridge National Laboratory.^[6]

Award and honours

Sen's awards include: ^[7]

• Young Scientist award from Indian National Science Academy
• Fellow, Gujarat Science Society
• Fellow of Indian Academy of Sciences^[8]
• Fellow of National Academy of Sciences, India
• Fellow of Indian National Science Academy^[9]
• Fellow of American Physical Society
• Fellow of Institute of Physics
• Senior Associate of International Centre for Theoretical Physics

Science leadership

Sen is member of many organisations ^[10][11]

• Chairman of International Union of Pure and Applied Physics
• Chairman of board of governors Indian Institute of Geomagnetism^[12]
• Member Editorial board of Plasma Sources Science and Technology ,Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion ,Nuclear Fusion (journal) ,Pramana (journal) ,Indian Journal of Physics
• Member Academic Council Visva-Bharati University Indian Institute of Geomagnetism
• Member Science and technology advisory committee ITER

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