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Chandrashekhar Joshi named inaugural Mukund Padmanabhan chair at UCLA Samueli
Joshi has authored more than 600 scientific papers and received numerous honors.
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Anushka Pathak - Tue, 16, Dec 2025
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Indian-origin physicist Chandrashekhar Joshi / Courtesy: UCLA Samueli
Indian-origin physicist Chandrashekhar Joshi has been appointed the inaugural holder of the Mukund Padmanabhan Term Chair in Excellence at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering.
The appointment recognizes Joshi’s decades-long contributions to plasma physics and accelerator science and marks the launch of one of two endowed term chairs established through a US$500,000 gift from UCLA alumnus Mukund Padmanabhan.
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Ah-Hyung “Alissa” Park, the Ronald and Valerie Sugar dean of engineering, said Joshi’s work would help advance plasma particle accelerators and compact light sources, making them “smaller, more accessible, and more affordable.”
Widely known for pioneering experimental plasma physics research over four decades, Joshi leads UCLA’s Plasma Accelerator Group, focusing on developing next-generation high-energy accelerator systems that enable compact, efficient particle beams for scientific research.
He has authored more than 600 scientific papers and received numerous honors, including the James Clerk Maxwell Prize, the Marie Curie Award and Medal, and the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award. He was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2014 and named a foreign fellow of the Indian National Sciences Academy in 2025.
Joshi has also been recognized for his teaching and mentorship, having advised 35 doctoral students, launched an undergraduate Fast Track honors program, and received the Engineering Educator of the Year Award for his contributions to engineering education.
After completing his doctorate, Joshi worked as a research associate at the National Research Council of Canada between 1978 and 1980. He earned his Ph.D. in applied physics from the University of Hull in the United Kingdom in 1978, after completing a B.Sc. in nuclear engineering from the University of London in 1974.
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