Ram P. Chaturvedi
Distinguished Service Professor and
Professor of Physics
Ram P. Chaturvedi
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Ram joined the Physics Department in 1965 as an Associate Professor and has served the school of Arts and Sciences for three and a half decades. His research interests have been in the areas of atomic and nuclear physics, which he has pursued during sabbatical leaves at Henan Normal University in Xinxiang, China (1993); SUNY Albany (1986), Cornell University (1980) and Rice University (1973). He has also done research at Oak Ridge National Lab, Brookhaven National Lab, Argonne National Lab, and Pacific Northwest Lab during the summers. He has co-authored over two dozen papers published in national and international journals and presented over seventy papers at professional meetings. He is the recipient of several awards, including ones from the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense, and the SUNY Research Foundation. |
Ram has been actively involved in faculty governance, both at SUNY Cortland and the State University of New York. Besides serving as Senator in both the SUNY Cortland and SUNY Faculty Senates, he also served as the Chair of the SUNY Cortland Faculty Senate in 1986. In his book, Cortland College, an Illustrated History (1991) Dr. Leonard Ralston mentions that "Ram P. Chaturvedi is noted for multi-part questions at faculty meetings and an inventive use of the English language..."
Ram has been a member of several scientific societies including APS, AAPT, AAAS, Sigma Xi, and Sigma A Sigma. He served as President of the AAPT/NYSS from 1991-92 and Zone 2 SPS (APS) Advisor for six years.
Before joining SUNY Cortland Ram spent a year (1964) at SUNY Buffalo. Prior to that he was a lecturer in Punjab University, Chandigarh, India (1963). He received his Ph.D. (Nuclear Physics) with distinction in 1962 from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver (Canada). His M.Sc. (1955) and B.Sc. (1953) were awarded by Agra University, Agra, India, where he also served as lecturer in Physics from 1955-59.
Ram was born in a small remote village, Chandikara (U.P.) in North Central India in 1931. He and Saroj were married in 1964 and came to visit the U.S. for a year. It is obvious that the year has more than 365 days. They have two grown daughters, Anjali and Anupama.
Ram P. Chaturvedi
Office: Bowers Hall 127
Phone: 607-753-2914
E-mail: chaturvedi@snycorva.cortland.edu
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