Devendra Lal

Devendra Lal FRS (14 February 1929 – 1 December 2012) was an Indian geophysicist.

Devendra Lal
Born(1929-02-14)14 February 1929
Varanasi, India
Died1 December 2012(2012-12-01) (aged 83)
La Jolla, California, United States
NationalityIndia
Alma mater
  • Banares Hindu University
  • TIFR
Spouse(s)Aruna Lal (née Damany)
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsGeophysics
Institutions
Thesis (1960)
Academic advisorsBernard Peters

Life

He was born in Varanasi, India.[1] He graduated from Banaras Hindu University.[2] He graduated from Bombay University; his thesis was on cosmic ray physics; his thesis adviser was Bernard Peters.[3]

He was Director, of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad from 1972 to 1983.[4]

He was Visiting Professor at Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, from 1989 to 2012.[5][6] Devendra Lal was President of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) from 1983 to 1987.

gollark: For one thing, if you add extra spatial dimensions to our universe on top of the existing 3, it isn't suddenly going to gain multiverses or something; ignoring all the complex physics things I'm not aware of which are probably sensitive to this, it will just be another direction in which you can move, perpendicular to the other 3.
gollark: I think your understanding of how spatial dimensions work is inaccurate.
gollark: ···
gollark: Depends what the simulator is doing.
gollark: Obviously, with all those extra dimensions, they're a string theorist.

References
  1. ":: SCRIPPS OCEANOGRAPHY NEWS : : Obituary Notice: Devendra Lal: 1929-2012 ::". scripps.ucsd.edu. 10 January 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. ":: Scripps Institution Of Oceanography, Ucsd : :::". Sio.ucsd.edu. 10 December 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  3. "Devendra Lal (1929-2012)". www.geochemsoc.org. Geochemical Society. Retrieved 10 September 2015.
  4. "Geophysicist Devendra Lal Dead". India Journal. 15 December 2012. Archived from the original on 29 June 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  5. "Devendra Lal, 1929-2012". The Meteoritical Society. 21 October 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  6. Special Correspondent (8 December 2012). "Geophysicist Devendra Lal passes away". The Hindu. Retrieved 28 May 2013.


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