H. R. Krishnamurthy

Prof.
H. R. Krishnamurthy
Born1951
NationalityIndian
CitizenshipIndia
Alma materCornell University
Known forNumerical Renormalization Group, Anderson Impurity Model, High Tc Superconductors, Superfluidity, Ultracold Quantum Gases, Optical Lattices
Awards
  • 1967 National Science Talent Search Scholarship
  • 1970 Karnataka state Award
  • 1973 IBM Graduate Fellowship
  • 1983 Science Academy Medal for Young Scientists
  • 2000 DAE-Raja Ramanna Prize
  • 1983 IISc Alumni Award for Excellence in Research for Science
  • 2006 J C Bose National Fellowship, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India
  • 2016 CNR Rao Vijnana Puraskara
Scientific career
Fields
Institutions
Doctoral advisorKenneth G. Wilson, John W. Wilkins
Doctoral studentsMadan Rao, Pinaki Majumdar, Tathagat Avatar Tulsi, Jaydeb Chakrabarti
Websitehttp://www.physics.iisc.ac.in/~hrkrish/

Hulikal Ramaiengar Krishnamurthy (born 1951) is an Indian theoretical physicist. He specializes in theoretical condensed matter physics, especially quantum many-body theory and statistical physics. He was the chairman of the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science. His most well-known work is titled Renormalization Group Approach to the Anderson Model of Dilute Magnetic Alloys.