Reshmi Mukherjee

Reshmi Mukherjee is an Indian-American astrophysicist known for her research on gamma-ray astronomy and blazars, involving work based on the Compton Gamma Ray Observatory,[1][2] VERITAS,[3] Energetic Gamma Ray Experiment Telescope (EGRET), and Cherenkov Telescope Array collaborations.[4] She is Helen Goodhart Altschul Professor of Physics & Astronomy at Barnard College.[5]

Education and career

Mukherjee writes that she was inspired to go into physics by her father, who encouraged her in it despite his own lack of a college education.[6] She graduated with a bachelor's degree in physics from Presidency College, at the time part of the University of Calcutta, in 1986, and earned a master's degree there in 1989. She went to Columbia University for graduate study, under the supervision of Elena Aprile, and completed her Ph.D. in physics at Columbia in 1993.[7]

After postdoctoral research with the EGRET project at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, and a visiting position at McGill University, she joined the Barnard faculty in 1997.[5][7]

Mukherjee teaching includes introducing undergraduates to research by bringing them on visits to the ground-based observatories she works with[8] and by including them in the analysis of data from the observatories.[9] As a faculty member at Barnard, she also teaches physics at Columbia University.[10]

Recognition

Mukherjee was named a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2017, after a nomination from the APS Division of Astrophysics, "for advancing multifrequency strategies for the identification of gamma-ray sources and contributing significant leadership in blazar studies between the GeV and TeV gamma-ray bands".[11]

References
  1. Graham, Sarah (16 August 2002), "Galaxy Clusters May Be Main Source of Universe's Gamma Rays", Scientific American
  2. Knight, Will (15 August 2002), "Galaxy clusters radiate gamma ray "fog"", New Scientist
  3. O'Carroll, Eoin (12 July 2018), "Neutrino demonstration heralds a new way of observing the cosmos", Christian Science Monitor
  4. Innovative Telescope Will Be Inaugurated for High-Energy Astronomy, Barnard College, 16 January 2019, retrieved 2020-11-16
  5. "Reshmi Mukherjee", Profiles, Barnard College, retrieved 2020-11-21
  6. O Pioneers! Barnard faculty members reflect on what inspired them to enter and excel at their career, Barnard College, 28 February 2017, retrieved 2020-11-16
  7. Curriculum vitae (PDF), May 2004, retrieved 2020-11-21
  8. Hartmann, V. L. (Winter 2013), "Introduction to Physics", Barnard Magazine
  9. The Great Escape: Barnard Researchers Capture Light from Far-away Galaxy, Barnard College, 14 December 2015, retrieved 2020-11-16
  10. Positive role models, Gates Cambridge Trust, 18 June 2012
  11. APS Fellow Archive: 2017 Fellows nominated by the Division of Astrophysics, retrieved 2020-11-16
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