L. Mahadevan
Encyclopedia
Lakshminarayanan Mahadevan is an Indian American mathematician
, and Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, at Harvard University
. One of his major accomplishments is offering a mathematical explanation of why flags move the way they do in wind, together with fellow mathematician Médéric Argentina.
with a M.S., from Stanford University
with a M.S. in Mathematics, and with a Ph.D. in 1995.
He taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
, Trinity College, Cambridge
, University of Cambridge
, National Center for Biological Sciences, University of Oxford
, Harvard Medical School
.
Mathematician
A mathematician is a person whose primary area of study is the field of mathematics. Mathematicians are concerned with quantity, structure, space, and change....
, and Lola England de Valpine Professor of Applied Mathematics, at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
. One of his major accomplishments is offering a mathematical explanation of why flags move the way they do in wind, together with fellow mathematician Médéric Argentina.
Life
He graduated from Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, from University of Texas at AustinUniversity of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
with a M.S., from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
with a M.S. in Mathematics, and with a Ph.D. in 1995.
He taught at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
, Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Trinity has more members than any other college in Cambridge or Oxford, with around 700 undergraduates, 430 graduates, and over 170 Fellows...
, University of Cambridge
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
, National Center for Biological Sciences, University of Oxford
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
, Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School
Harvard Medical School is the graduate medical school of Harvard University. It is located in the Longwood Medical Area of the Mission Hill neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts....
.