Academic Lineage

Arshad's academic ancestors

Arshad Arjunan Nair
Arshad Arjunan Nair
Ph.D. University at Albany, State University of New York 2021
Dissertation: The Role of Ammonia in Atmospheric New Particle Formation and Implications for Cloud Condensation Nuclei
under the advisement of
Fangqun Yu
Fangqun Yu
Known for: Ion-mediated atmospheric new particle formation
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles 1998
Dissertation: A Study of the Formation and Evolution of Aerosols and Contrails in Aircraft Wakes: Development, Validation and Application of an Advanced Particle Microphysics (APM) Model
under the advisement of
Richard Peter Turco
Richard Peter Turco
Known for: Nuclear Winter
Ph.D. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 1971
Dissertation: An Investigation of the Ionospheric D Region at Sunrise
under the (primary) advisement of
Chalmers Franklin Sechrist, Jr.
Chalmers Franklin Sechrist, Jr.
Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University 1959
Dissertation: Long Wave Sweep-frequency Investigation of the Lower Ionosphere at Vertical Incidence
under the advisement of
John R. (Jack Raymond) Mentzer
John R. (Jack Raymond) Mentzer
Ph.D. The Ohio State University 1952
Dissertation: The Determination of the Radar Echoing Properties of Objects
under the advisement of
Albert Frederick Prebus
Albert Frederick Prebus
Known for: First successful high-resolution electron microscope in North America
Ph.D. University of Toronto 1940
Dissertation: The Construction of a Magnetic Electron Microscope of High Resolving Power
under the advisement of
Eli Franklin Burton
Eli Franklin Burton
Known for: Building the first electron microscope in North America
Ph.D. University of Toronto 1910
Dissertation: On the Physical Aspect of Colloidal Solution
under the advisement of
Sir John Cunningham McLennan
Sir John Cunningham McLennan
Known for: First practical Helium liquefier
Ph.D. University of Toronto 1900
Dissertation: Electric Screening in Vacuum Tubes
under the advisement of
Sir Joseph John 'JJ' Thomson
Sir Joseph John 'JJ' Thomson
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1906 "in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases"
M.A. University of Cambridge 1883
under the advisement of
Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt)
Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt)
Nobel Prize in Physics in 1904 "for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies"
M.A. University of Cambridge 1868
under the (primary) advisement of
Edward John Routh
Edward John Routh
Known for: Control theory
M.A. University of Cambridge 1857
under the (primary) advisement of
William Hopkins
William Hopkins
Known for: Finding that melting point increases with pressure
M.A. University of Cambridge 1830
under the advisement of
Adam Sedgwick
Adam Sedgwick
Known for: Classification of Cambrian rocks
M.A. University of Cambridge 1811
under the (primary) advisement of
Thomas Jones
Thomas Jones
M.A. University of Cambridge 1782
under the (primary) advisement of
Thomas Postlethwaite
Thomas Postlethwaite
M.A. University of Cambridge 1756
under the advisement of
Stephen Whisson
Stephen Whisson
M.A. University of Cambridge 1742
under the advisement of
Walter Taylor
Walter Taylor
M.A. University of Cambridge 1723
under the advisement of
Robert Smith
Robert Smith
M.A. University of Cambridge 1715
under the advisement of
Roger Cotes
Roger Cotes
Known for: Method of least squares (significantly improved by Legendre in 1805)
M.A. University of Cambridge 1706
under the advisement of
Isaac Newton
Isaac Newton
Known for: Classical Mechanics, among others
M.A. University of Cambridge 1668
under the (primary) advisement of
Isaac Barrow
Isaac Barrow
Known for: Fundamental theorem of calculus
M.A. University of Cambridge 1652
under the (primary) advisement of
Vincenzo Viviani
Vincenzo Viviani
Known for: Viviani's theorem
Università di Pisa 1642
under the (primary) advisement of
Galileo Galilei
Galileo Galilei
Known for: Analytical dynamics, Heliocentrism
Università di Pisa 1585
under the advisement of
Ostilio Ricci
Ostilio Ricci
Known for: Teaching Galileo the mathematics of Euclid and Archimedes
Università di Brescia
under the advisement of
Niccolò Fontana Tartaglia
Niccolò Tartaglia
Known for: "eviscerating Aristotelian terms of projectile movement"
Dissertation: Nova Scientia
Verona and Venice 1537
after reading the translated works of
Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi
Muhammad ibn Musa Al-Khwarizmi
Known for: Hindu–Arabic numeral system and Algebra
House of Wisdom in Baghdad 820
translating the works of
Brahmagupta
Brahmagupta
Known for: Describing gravity, Quadratic formula
Dissertation: ब्राह्मस्फुटसिद्धान्तः
Brahmapaksha School of Astronomy 628
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