Kirpal Nandra
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]
Awards
- 2000 Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy for his work.
References
- "Kirpal Nandra appointed as new Director at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics". Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. 2010-06-10. Archived from the original on 2010-06-16.
- "Prof. Kirpal Nandra |". Imperial College London Astrophysics. Archived from the original on 2017-06-14.
- "K Nandra". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 2019-04-29.
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