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Dr. Rohini Madhusudan Godbole
FASc, FNA, FNASc, FTWAS |
Position:
Prof. Indian Institute of Science (IISc),
Bangalore
Specialization:
Elementary Particle Physics: Field
Theory and Phenomenology |
Address:
Centre for High Energy Physics,
Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore 560 012, India; |
Education:
Ph.D. from State Univ. of New York at Stony
Brook, USA. |
Career:
• Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
(TIFR), Bombay: Visiting Fellow 1979–1982
• Adjunct Faculty: 2005-2008; Institute of
Science, Bombay:
• Council for Scientific and Industrial
Research (CSIR) Fellow 1982;
• University of Bombay: Lecturer 1982-1988,
Reader 1988 -1995;
• University of Dortmund, Germany: Visiting
Scientist 1986–1988;
• IISc, Bangalore, Centre for High Energy
Physics:
Associate Professor 1995–1998 (Chair from
1996),
Professor 1998– (Chair till 2002);
• CERN (Geneva) and DESY (Hamburg): Visiting
Scientist. 2002–03;
Theoretical Physics Department and
International Centre for Theoretical
Sciences,
TIFR, Adjunct Faculty: 2005-now;
• CERN Scientific Associate: June 2010 to
February 2011;
• Univ. of Utrecht, Visiting Professor,
February 2011-August 2011,
• Staff Associate of the International
Centre for theoretical Physics (ICTP)
(2013-2016) |
Scientific Work:
Worked extensively on different aspects of
particle phenomenology over the past three
decades, authoring more than 250 research
publications in refereed journals and
arxived e-prints . Many have been cited
highly. The work regarding hadronic
structure of high energy (real and virtual)
photons pointed out dominance of an entirely
new class of
processes which could yield directly,
invaluable information about this structure
and started off the physics program of
'resolved photon processes' at HERA.
This work also has had important
implications for the design of next
generation electron positron colliders, due
to the large hadronic backgrounds, whose
possible existence it revealed. Suggested
innovative ways to search for the top quark,
Higgs bosons and other new particles and to
explore physics beyond the standard model of
particle physics at the Large Hadron
Collider (LHC) and the International Linear
Collider (ILC).
Co authored a book '''Theory and
phenomenology of Sparticles: An account of
four-dimensional N=1 Supersymmetry in high
energy physics '' (Published by World
Scientific, January 2005). Contributed
chapters to books brought out by INSA
(Indian National Science Academy), Indian
Physics Association etc. for young students. |
Election to
Academies:
• Young Associate of the Indian Academy of
Sciences (IASc) 1985-1988
• Associate Member of the International
Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste
1984-1992, 1995-2001
• Fellow: Academy of Sciences of the
Developing World, TWAS 2009
• Fellow: Indian Academy of Sciences, 1992,
• Fellow: Indian National Science Academy
(INSA), 2003;
• Fellow : National Academy of Sciences
(NASI), India, 2007 |
Memberships of
National/International Committees:
• Member: Commission C11 on Particles and
Fields of the International Union of Pure
and Applied Physics
(2002-2005,
2008- 2011)
• Member: International Detector Advisory
Group for the International Linear Collider
(2007- 2012)
• Member: scientific Advisory Committee to
the Cabinet (SAC-C) of India (2007- 2012)
• Founder Chair of the IASc Panel for Women
in Science (2005-);
• Member, Standing committee of the Govt. of
India on Women in Science (2009- )
• Member, National Committee of IUPAP,
2008-2011
• Member, Council of the Indian National
Science Academy, India, 2011-2014
• Member, Linear Collider Board of the
Linear Collider Collaboration (2013-2016)
• Member, DAE-DST steering committee for
India at CERN, (1995-)
• Member, Indian DST delegation to Bulgaria
(2009)
• Member, Indian Delegation for the Biennial
Ministerial meeting between UK and India
(2012). |
Editorial:
• Chief Editor, Pramana, Indian Journal of
Physics, 2008- (Associate Editor 1998-2008)
• Member, Editorial Board, TRIPS series of
text books in Physics in India, 2000-2010;
• Member, Editorial Board of 'Current
Science', the interdisciplinary journal of
the IASc, 1997-2008. |
Educational and
Research Initiatives:
• Chair, the planning committee for SERC
schools in Theoretical High Energy Physics
in India, (member since 1997,
Chair 2005-2011);
• One of the founders of the successful
series of workshops on High Energy Physics
Phenomenology (WHEPP) which take place in
India since 1991
• Research supervision of around 20 research
students and postdoctoral fellows.
• Guiding undergraduate students in summer
as well as through the year, giving lectures
in schools and colleges, writing articles
in Science Education Journals like
Resonance. |
Collaborative
Research Initiatives:
• Founding of the Indian Linear Collider
Working Group and ILC -India Forum,
• Indo-US projects with University of
Hawaii,
• Indo-French projects with LAPP -TH
(Annecy) and LPT (Orsay) and collaboration
with INFN (Frascati).
• INDO US Centre for BSM Physics with Univ.
of Hawaii, Univ. of Madison, USA.
• Joint project on 'Topics in Top and Higgs
Physics', with F. Maltoni, Univ. of Louvain,
Belgium. |
Some of the
Awards & Distinctions (from 2000 onwards):
• Sheel Memorial Lecture Award of NASI ,
2000.
• Indian Institute of Technology, Powai,
Distinguished Alumnus Award, 2004.
• Jawaharlal Nehru Centenary Visiting
Fellowship of INSA , 2005.
• IISc Rustom Choksi Award for Excellence in
Research 2006.
• MSIL chair for Physical Sciences, Indian
Institute of Science, 2006-2009.
• Asiatic Society of Kolkata, Meghnad Saha
Memorial Gold Medal for Physics, 2007
• DST J C Bose Fellowship of the Government
of India , 2008.
• INSA Satyendranath Bose Medal for
Theoretical Physics, 2009
• TIFR Alumini Association Excellence in
Research Award, 2010. |
Conferences:
Invited speaker, member of the Program
Advisory Committee and session organiser for
a large number of International Conferences
and Workshops, held all over the world in
and out of India. Some of the examples are:
Summary talk at Photon 2007 in Italy,
Concluding remarks at LCWS06 in India,
Plenary talks at LCWS00 in USA,
LCWS04 in France,
SUSY 2012 in Beijing,
Lectures in CERN schools, Corfu school,
Schools in Vietnam, Algeria, School in ICTP,
Trieste
Invited speakers for the foundation day
and/or science day at TIFR, ISRO, NAL etc. |
Activities
related to Women in Science:
Plenary speaker at the first International
conference on Women in Physics organised by
the International Union of Pure and Applied
Physics (IUPAP) as the 'Indian Success
Story'.
Co-edited a book 'Lilavati's Daughters:
Women Scientists of India', containing
(auto) biographical sketches of about 100
Women Scientists of India, released in
December 2005 and also a book called 'A
Girls' Guide to a Life in Science'
containing material which we hope will
inspire young girls to take up a career in
Science. Interestingly, this book along with
my book on Supersymmetry were
prescribed
reading for two separate courses,
one in physics
and one in Humanity, at Stanford
University in one semester. Directed a
unique survey entitled "The trained
scientific Women power in India: what
fraction are we losing and why?". Worked
towards pioneering a variety of programs, at
various fora, to raise awareness on the
subject of Women in Science. Member of the
AASSA (Association
of Academies and Societies of Science in
Asia) committee on Women in Science.
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