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Welcome to Prajval Shastri's Home page..... I am an astrophysicist at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics...... |
My research specialty:
The phenomenology of Active Galactic Nuclei (CV) | My methods: Observations ranging from radio wavelengths to X-ray wavelengths |
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Education: B.Sc.(Physical Sciences): St. Agnes College, Mangalore (University of Mysore) M.Sc. (Physics): Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai Ph.D. (Physics): Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India Ph.D. Thesis: "Relativistic Beaming in Active Galactic Nuclei" (1989), supervised by the late Vijay Kapahi |
Post-Ph.D. Affiliations: | |
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore (1995- ) | |
Kavli Institute of Particle Astrophysics & Cosmology, Stanford University (2012) | |
High Energy Astrophysics Division, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (1994-1995) | |
Astronomy Department, University of California, Berkeley (1992-1994) | |
Department of Astronomy, University of Texas, Austin (1990-1992) | |
Joint Astronomy Programme, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore (1989-1990) |
Some of my papers: | OVI Asymmetry and an Accelerated Outflow in an Obscured Seyfert: FUSE and HST STIS Spectroscopy of Markarian 533 (2006, Astrophys. J. 646, 76; astro-ph/0603842) [ADS] |
When Less Is More: Are Radio Galaxies below the Fanaroff-Riley Break More Polarized
on Parsec Scales? (2005, Astrophys. J. Lett, 632, L69; astro-ph/0509559) [ADS] |
Jets in Seyfert galaxies
(2003, in Active Galactic Nuclei: from Central Engine to Host Galaxy, eds.: Collin, Combes & Shlosman) [CLICK TO READ] |
Seyferts & their Radio Morphology (2001, Astron. Astrophys. Trans., 20, 281) [CLICK TO READ] | Quasar X-ray Spectra Revisited (1993, Astrophys. J., 410, 29) [ADS] | A Relativistically Beamed X-ray Component in Quasars? (1991, Mon. Not. R. astr. Soc. 249, 640) [ADS] | List of publications |
Graduate students: | Dharam Vir Lal Ph.D. Thesis: Seyfert Galaxies: Nuclear Radio Structure & Unification Graduated: 2002 Now faculty at: NCRA, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India |
Preeti Kharb Ph.D. Thesis: A Pc-scale Study of Radio-loud AGN: The Fanaroff-Riley Divide & Unification Graduated: 2004 Now faculty at: NCRA, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, India |
Veeresh Singh Ph.D. Thesis: Multi-wavelength Study of Active Galaxies Graduated: 2011 Now faculty at: Physical Research Laboratory, India |
Current Research Projects : | AGN Emission-line Regions
(Integrated Field Spectroscopic Imaging,
WiFeS at Siding Spring) |
X-ray Emission from AGN ( XMM-Newton, Suzaku) | Jets in Radio-Quiet AGN (Very Long Baseline Interferometry, GMRT) | Hot Gaseous outflows in AGN ( Far-Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer) | Blazar Variability: WEBT monitoring campaigns (Vainu Bappu & Hanle Telescopes) |
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General Articles: | Aim for the Stars: A Career in Astrophysics (The Hindu EducationPlus Career Guide) (pdf) |
Gender diversity in physics in India: Interventions so far and recommendations for the future
(2013, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings, 1517, p106) [ADS] |
Mailing address: The Indian Institute of Astrophysics Sarjapur Road Bangalore 560 034 I N D I A | Fax: +91 (80) 2553 4043 Telephone:+91 (80) 2254 1277 Email: pshastri_at_iiap.res.in; prajval.shastri_at_gmail.com |