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Raman Sundrum

Born 1964. From Chennai, Chennai district, India. Physicist / university teacher.

Physicist from India

  • Chennai district
  • physicist
  • university teacher

Raman Sundrum is credited as a physicist and university teacher. Raman Sundrum studied at Yale University. Listed accolades include Fellow of the American Physical Society, Sakurai Prize (2019) and Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2011).

My Take

Raman Sundrum belongs to that rare group whose ideas reshape how we picture reality itself. The Randall-Sundrum models he co-authored in 1999 tackled why gravity is so absurdly weak, invoking warped extra dimensions that most of us can barely visualize. What I admire is the audacity of that imagination, paired with the discipline to make it rigorous enough to win the Sakurai Prize. His path from Chennai to Yale to a Distinguished Professorship at Maryland is a reminder that the frontier of physics is genuinely global. I respect minds willing to wager their careers on the unseen.

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1. Profile

Name (English)
Raman Sundrum
Name (Japanese)
ラマン・サンドラム
Reading
らまん・さんどらむ
Born
1964
Origin
Chennai, Chennai district, India
Occupation
physicist / university teacher
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
Dragon

2. Background

University
Yale University

Awards & achievements

  • Fellow of the American Physical Society
  • 2019 Sakurai Prize
  • 2011 Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

4. About this entry

Tags

  • Chennai district
  • physicist
  • university teacher
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Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.

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Raman Sundrum is from Chennai, Chennai district, India.

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Raman Sundrum works as physicist, university teacher.

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