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'''Kirpal "Paul" Nandra''' is director of the [[Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics]].<ref>http://www.mpe.mpg.de/Highlights/PR20100610/text.html</ref> |
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'''Kirpal "Paul" Nandra''' is a British physicist and the current director at the [[Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.mpe.mpg.de/Highlights/PR20100610/text.html|title=Kirpal Nandra appointed as new Director at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics|date=2010-06-10|website=Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100616181806/http://www.mpe.mpg.de/Highlights/PR20100610/text.html|archive-date=2010-06-16|url-status=}}</ref> |
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He was Professor of [[Astrophysics]] and Head of the Astrophysics Group at [[Imperial College London]]. |
He was Professor of [[Astrophysics]] and Head of the Astrophysics Group at [[Imperial College London]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://astro.ic.ac.uk/knandra/home|title=Prof. Kirpal Nandra {{!}}|website=Imperial College London Astrophysics|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170614005505/http://astro.ic.ac.uk/knandra/home|archive-date=2017-06-14|url-status=}}</ref> |
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He is noted as a member of the X-ray group and studies the astrophysics of extreme environments, specifically those close to [[black holes]] in [[active galactic nuclei]]. He has written or co-written numerous papers on this topic.<ref> |
He is noted as a member of the X-ray group and studies the astrophysics of extreme environments, specifically those close to [[black holes]] in [[active galactic nuclei]]. He has written or co-written numerous papers on this topic.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&lr=&safe=active&q=%22K+Nandra%22&btnG=Search|title=K Nandra|website=scholar.google.com|access-date=2019-04-29}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=April 2019}} |
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*[http://astro.ic.ac.uk/~nandra/ "Paul" Nandra's home page] |
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* [http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/features/bios/nandra/nandra.html Profile of Nandra at NASA] |
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Latest revision as of 13:38, 24 April 2024
Kirpal "Paul" Nandra is a British physicist and the current director at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics.[1]
He was Professor of Astrophysics and Head of the Astrophysics Group at Imperial College London.[2]
He is noted as a member of the X-ray group and studies the astrophysics of extreme environments, specifically those close to black holes in active galactic nuclei. He has written or co-written numerous papers on this topic.[3][better source needed]
Awards
[edit]- 2000 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy for his work.
References
[edit]- ^ "Kirpal Nandra appointed as new Director at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics". Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. 10 June 2010. Archived from the original on 16 June 2010.
- ^ "Prof. Kirpal Nandra |". Imperial College London Astrophysics. Archived from the original on 14 June 2017.
- ^ "K Nandra". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 29 April 2019.
External links
[edit]- "Kirpal Nandra", Scientific Commons
- Profile of Nandra at NASA
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