Biography:Triveni Rao
Triveni Rao is an Indian and American physicist and an expert on physics instrumentation. She is a senior physicist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory,[1] acting head of the Instrumentation Facilities Division at the laboratory,[2] and an adjunct professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University.[3]
Education and career
Originally from India,[1] Rao completed a Ph.D. in physics at the University of Illinois Chicago in 1983,[4][5] after also earning a master's degree there.[1] After working in industry for a year, she joined the Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1985.[4][5]
Formerly the head of the Laser Applications Group at Brookhaven,[6] she subsequently became associate division head of the Instrumentation Division,[1] and then acting head of the Instrumentation Facilities Division.[2]
In 2023 she was funded by the Indian government by a Visiting Advance Joint Research Faculty Fellowship, for a visiting position at the Inter-University Accelerator Centre in Delhi.[7]
Research
Rao's expertise involves instrumentation for high-energy physics, including photocathodes and photoinjectors, devices for turning laser pulses into high-intensity electron beams, as well as high-energy superconducting radiofrequency sources.[4][7]
With David H. Dowell, Rao is the editor of the book An Engineering Guide To Photoinjectors, published as an open access work on arXiv.org.[8]
Recognition
Rao was named as a Fellow of the American Physical Society, in the 2008 class of fellows, "for pioneering work on metal photo cathodes for high brightness RF injectors".[4]
In 2012, Rao was honored as a distinguished Asian American professional at the Stony Brook University Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration.[6]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Women @ Energy: Triveni Rao, Brookhaven National Laboratory, April 5, 2013, https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=23845, retrieved 2025-05-10
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Organization chart: Instrumentation Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, https://www.bnl.gov/orgcharts/io.pdf, retrieved 2025-05-10
- ↑ "Triveni Rao", Department of Physics and Astronomy profiles (Stony Brook University), https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/physics/people/_profiles/raot, retrieved 2025-05-10
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Greenberg, Diane (January 9, 2009), Four Brookhaven Lab Scientists Named American Physical Society Fellows, Brookhaven National Laboratory, https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=110887, retrieved 2025-05-10
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Crnosija, Natalie (March 12, 2012), Triveni Rao wins Brookhaven Town's 2012 Women's Recognition Award, Brookhaven National Laboratory, https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=22938, retrieved 2025-05-10
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Brookhaven Lab Physicist Triveni Rao to be Honored at Asian American Celebration, Brookhaven National Laboratory, April 19, 2012, https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=111407, retrieved 2025-05-10
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Brookhaven's Triveni Rao Selected for Prestigious Fellowship by India's Ministry of Science and Technology, Brookhaven National Laboratory, January 26, 2023, https://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=220985, retrieved 2025-05-10
- ↑ Rao, Triveni; Dowell, David H. (2014), Rao, Triveni; Dowell, David H., eds., An Engineering Guide To Photoinjectors
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