Madappa Prakash - Curriculum Vitae


Birth: Mysore, India, Dec 28, 1953 
Citizenship: USA
Addresses: Department of Physics & Astronomy
Ohio University
Clippinger Laboratory
Athens, OH 45701
Tel./Fax (740) 593-1716/0433
e-mail: prakash@helios.phy.ohiou.edu
5635, Glen Dr
Athens, OH 45701

Tel. (740) 593-7972
Education: Ph.D. University of Bombay, India 1979

M.Sc University of Mysore, India 1973

B.Sc University of Mysore, India 1971


Academic Positions:


Professor Ohio University
Athens, OH-45701
2005 - present
Research Professor & Principal Research Scientist SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY-11794
1998 - 2005
Senior Research Scientist SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY-11794
1992 - 1998
Research Assistant Professor SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY-11794
1987 - 1992
Postdoctoral Research Associate SUNY at Stony Brook
Stony Brook, NY-11794
1982 - 1986
Postdoctoral Research Fellow The Niels Bohr Institute
Copenhagen, Denmark
1979 - 1981


Honors: Fellow of the American Physical Society 2001

The Niels Bohr Institute Fellowship 1979-1981

The Government of India National Merit Scholarship 1963-1973

Principal Research Areas: Nuclear & Particle Astrophysics; Strong Interaction Physics
Publications:

Refereed Journals: 94
Conferences: 59
Review Articles: 7
Lecture Notes: 4
Monographs: 3
Book in Preparation: 1
Papers (Reviews) in Preparation: 4(2)

Invited Seminars & Colloquia: 1999 - 5   2000 - 4   2001 - 2   2002 - 1   2003 - 4   2004 - 3
International Conferences: 1999 - 5   2000 - 4   2001 - 1   2002 - 2   2003 - 2   2004 - 3
Higher Degree Supervision: Ph.D.: 8 (Astrophysics - 5; RHIC Physics - 3)
M.Sc: 1 (Astrophysics - 1)
Teaching Experience: Undergraduate: 14 courses from 1982 through 2004
Graduate & Advanced: 17 courses from 1986 through 2004
International Schools: Astrophysics: 4 (1994, 1997, 1999, 2000)
RHIC physics: 1 (1995)
Teaching Initiatives:

Undergraduate: 1 course in Computational Physics,
2 courses in Astrophysics Research
Graduate: 2 courses in Computational Physics

Undergraduate Research Initiatives: 18 students from 1994 through 2004
Research with High School Students: 11 students from 2001 through 2004
Advisee Awards: 5 High School Intel Science Talent Search Semifinalists (2001,2002, 2004)

6 Undergraduate Recognition Award for Excellence and
    Outstanding Achievement (1996, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004)

1 President's Award for Distinguished Doctoral Research (1998)

2 Max Dresden's Prize for Best Thesis in Theoretical Physics (2002,2005)

1 APS Division of Nuclear Physics Dissertation Award (2004)
Professional Societies: The American Physical Society

The American Astronomical Society
Conference Organization: Town Hall Meeting at Notre-Dame (Co-Convener)
Opportunities in Nuclear Astrophysics
June 7-8, 1999, Notre-Dame, Indiana

XXIII School of Theoretical Physics (International Organizing Committee)
Recent Developments in the Theory of Fundamental Interactions
Sep 15-22, 1999, Ustron, Poland

XXIII Gordon Conference in Chemistry (Co-Chair)
Flavor Dynamics Across Energies
June 13-18, 2004, Colby Sawyer College, New Hampshire