Hiranmay Sen Gupta | |
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হিরন্ময় সেন গুপ্ত | |
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| Born | (1934-08-01)1 August 1934 |
| Died | 8 January 2022(2022-01-08) (aged 87) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Alma mater | University of Dhaka University of London University of Oxford |
| Spouse | Sucharita Sen Gupta |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Nuclear Physics |
| Institutions | University of Dhaka |
| Thesis | The scattering of 3He particles of various energies by C, N, O, A and I. (1963) |
| Doctoral advisor | Joseph Rotblat |
Hiranmay Sen Gupta,Bengali:হিরন্ময় সেন গুপ্ত, (1 August 1934 – 8 January 2022) was a Bangladeshi physicist who specialised innuclear physics.[1] In a career spanning five decades he published over 200 research papers and was made a fellow ofBangladesh Academy of Sciences in 1977.[2]
Sen Gupta was born on 1 August 1934 inBarisal in the thenBengal Presidency ofBritish India to Suruchi Bala and Jitendra Nath Sen Gupta.[3] He obtained hisPh.D. innuclear physics from theUniversity of London in 1963, under the supervision ofJoseph Rotblat.[2] His doctoral thesis studied thescattering of Helium-3 particles.[4] He stayed back in the United Kingdom conducting his postdoctoral research at theNuclear Physics Laboratory at theUniversity of Oxford between 1973 and 1976, and at the Department of Physics,University of Birmingham between 1981 and 1982.[5]
He served as the professor of physics at theUniversity of Dhaka between 1955 and 2000, where he had also served as the chairman of the department. He was also a senior associate atAbdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) inTrieste during 1982 and 1992.[2] He was also a visiting professor at theKyushu University inFukuoka, Japan in 1994.[3] He retired in 2000.[5] In a career spanning five decades he published over 200 research papers and was a fellow ofBangladesh Academy of Sciences since 1977.[5] His research interests includedcondensed matter theory specializing in the study ofelastic andinelastic scattering.[6][7] His book inBangla on nuclear physics, published by University of Dhaka, was part of the curriculum forMSc andMPhil students at the university.[3]
Sen Gupta died inDhaka at the BIRDEM General Hospital on 8 January 2022, at the age of 87.[8] He was married and had two sons.[5]