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Karan Jani | |
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| કરણ જાની | |
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| Born | May 18, 1988 |
| Resting place | Atlanta, GA |
| Nationality | India |
| Alma mater | Pennsylvania State University, Maharaja Sayajirao University |
| Known for | Black holes, Gravitational Waves |
| Awards | Sam Nunn National Security Fellow Vanderbilt University Prize,[1] United States-India Science & Technology Endowment Fund |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Gravitational-wave astronomy, numerical relativity |
| Institutions | Georgia Institute of Technology |
Karan Jani (born May 18, 1988) is an Indian astrophysicist and physics graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology, working on black holes, gravitational waves, and testing Albert Einstein's General Theory of Relativity.[2][3] He is part of the LIGO team which led to the first observation of gravitational waves from binary black hole merger.[4] He also holds the Senator Sam Nunn fellowship in national security at the Sam Nunn School of International Affairs.[5]
He is a member of the Indian Initiative in Gravitational-wave Observations effort to build gravitational wave detector LIGO in India.[6][7]
Biography
editKaran was born in Mumbai, India and did his K-12 schooling in Baroda, Gujarat. He attended Maharaja Sayajirao University before joining Penn State from where he obtained his degrees in physics, astronomy, astrophysics along with a minor in mathematics.[8] He is currently a graduate student at the Georgia Institute of Technology.[9] He has previously held undergraduate research positions at the Institute of Gravitation and Cosmos at Penn State, Max Planck Institute for Gravitational Physics and Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.[10]
He was part of the delegation that met with the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in Washington DC for the historic signing of MoU between National Science Foundation and Department of Atomic Energy to build a LIGO detector in India.[11] The LIGO-India project is ranked as the top science-technology priority in the India–United States relations.[12]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Karan Jani selected as one of only two finalists for the 2009 Vanderbilt Prize awarded for undergraduate research in Physics and Astronomy". Center for Gravitational Wave Physics.
- ^ "Vadodara man behind simulation of Einstein's gravitational waves". Times of India.
- ^ "Of LIGO, Gravitational Waves, And A Revolution In Physics". Live Mint.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
PRL-20160211was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy". cistp.gatech.edu.
- ^ "LIGO India project to take off soon". Times of India.
- ^ "Vadodara born astrophysicist wants India to set up 3rd LIGO". economictimes.com.
- ^ "School of Physics,". Georgia Institute of Technology.
- ^ "Georgia Tech PhD Student Called To Meet India's Prime Minister". gatech.edu.
- ^ "Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics". perimeterinstitute.ca.
- ^ "LIGO project: 2 Indian scientists in US excited about possibility of returning home". TheHindu.com.
- ^ "JOINT STATEMENT: The United States and India: Enduring Global Partners in the 21st Century". whitehouse.gov.
External links
edit- Karan Jani's homepage
- Jani's publication on ArXiv
- Vishwa Gujarat News,http://www.vishwagujarat.com/gujarat/gujarat-connection-to-gravitational-waves-discovery.htmlGujarat Connection to Gravitational Waves Discovery, February,14,2016