Triveni Rao

Triveni Rao is an Indian and American physicist and an expert on physics instrumentation. She is a senior physicist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory,[1] acting head of the Instrumentation Facilities Division at the laboratory,[2] and an adjunct professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Stony Brook University.[3]

Education and career

Originally from India,[1] Rao completed a Ph.D. in physics at the University of Illinois Chicago in 1983,[4][5] after also earning a master's degree there.[1] After working in industry for a year, she joined the Brookhaven National Laboratory in 1985.[4][5]

Formerly the head of the Laser Applications Group at Brookhaven,[6] she subsequently became associate division head of the Instrumentation Division,[1] and then acting head of the Instrumentation Facilities Division.[2]

In 2023 she was funded by the Indian government by a Visiting Advance Joint Research Faculty Fellowship, for a visiting position at the Inter-University Accelerator Centre in Delhi.[7]

Research

Rao's expertise involves instrumentation for high-energy physics, including photocathodes and photoinjectors, devices for turning laser pulses into high-intensity electron beams, as well as high-energy superconducting radiofrequency sources.[4][7]

With David H. Dowell, Rao is the editor of the book An Engineering Guide To Photoinjectors, published as an open access work on arXiv.org.[8]

Recognition

Rao was named as a Fellow of the American Physical Society, in the 2008 class of fellows, "for pioneering work on metal photo cathodes for high brightness RF injectors".[4]

In 2012, Rao was honored as a distinguished Asian American professional at the Stony Brook University Asian Pacific American Heritage Month Celebration.[6]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Women @ Energy: Triveni Rao, Brookhaven National Laboratory, April 5, 2013, retrieved 2025-05-10
  2. ^ a b Organization chart: Instrumentation Department (PDF), Brookhaven National Laboratory, retrieved 2025-05-10
  3. ^ "Triveni Rao", Department of Physics and Astronomy profiles, Stony Brook University, retrieved 2025-05-10
  4. ^ a b c d Greenberg, Diane (January 9, 2009), Four Brookhaven Lab Scientists Named American Physical Society Fellows, Brookhaven National Laboratory, retrieved 2025-05-10
  5. ^ a b Crnosija, Natalie (March 12, 2012), Triveni Rao wins Brookhaven Town's 2012 Women's Recognition Award, Brookhaven National Laboratory, retrieved 2025-05-10
  6. ^ a b Brookhaven Lab Physicist Triveni Rao to be Honored at Asian American Celebration, Brookhaven National Laboratory, April 19, 2012, retrieved 2025-05-10
  7. ^ a b Brookhaven's Triveni Rao Selected for Prestigious Fellowship by India's Ministry of Science and Technology, Brookhaven National Laboratory, January 26, 2023, retrieved 2025-05-10
  8. ^ Rao, Triveni; Dowell, David H. (2014), Rao, Triveni; Dowell, David H. (eds.), An Engineering Guide To Photoinjectors, arXiv:1403.7539
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