Swapan Chattopadhyay

Swapan Chattopadhyay
Born (1951-12-26) December 26, 1951
Calcutta, West Bengal, India
NationalityAmerican
CitizenshipUnited States
Alma materUniversity of Calcutta (BSc)
IIT, Kharaghpur (MSc)
University of California, Berkeley (MS, PhD)
SpouseJanet Chaterji
Children2
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsSLAC and Stanford University (2021–)
Northern Illinois University and Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (2014–)
Cockcroft Institute (2007–2014)
Universities of Liverpool, Manchester and Lancaster, UK (2007–2014)
Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (2001–2007)
University of California at Berkeley (1974–1982, 1984–2001, 2009–2011, 2013–2015, 2023–)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (1976–1982, 1984–2001)
CERN (1982–1984, 2008–)
ThesisOn stochastic cooling of bunched beams from fluctuation and kinetic theory
Doctoral advisorsJoseph J. Bisognano
Other academic advisorsProf. Wulf Kunkel
Prof. Owen Chamberlain
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Swapan Chattopadhyay (born December 26, 1951) is an Indian American physicist who received his PhD from the University of California (Berkeley) in 1982.

Chattopadhyay is part-time Faculty at University of California at Berkeley, adjunct professor of photon science at SLAC, Stanford University, and emeritus president's professor at Northern Illinois University (NIU) and distinguished scientist emeritus at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab), where he was a member of the director's senior leadership team and was director of the Cooperative Research and Development Agreement between Fermilab and NIU.

Chattopadhyay is a Fellow of the American Physical Society, American Association for the Advancement of Science, Institute of Physics (UK), Royal Society of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (UK) and Corresponding Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and a member of many international panels and committees, including the "International Committee for Future Accelerators" and the DESY Science Council (2008–2013).