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Kirpal Nandra

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Kirpal "Paul" Nandra is Professor of Astrophysics and Head of the Astrophysics Group at Imperial College London. 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.[1] In 2000 he was awarded the Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy for his work.