Swapan K. Gayen
| Swapan Gayen স্বপন গায়েন | |
|---|---|
| Born | Dacca, Bangladesh |
| Residence | New York City, NY |
| Nationality | American |
|
Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | City University of New York (CUNY) |
| Alma mater |
University of Dacca, BS, MS University of Connecticut, PhD |
| Known for | Photonics, Optical spectroscopy, Gravitational waves |
Swapan Kumar Gayen (Bengali: স্বপন কুমার গায়েন) is a Bengali-American physicist, academic, and Professor of Physics at the City University of New York since 2007.
Career
Gayen was born in a Bengali Kayastha family in Dhaka, Bangladesh. He completed his BSc (Hons) and MSc in Physics from the University of Dhaka in 1977. In 1984, he received his PhD in Physics from the University of Connecticut, and subsequently became a researcher at the CUNY, as well as a member of the doctoral faculty of Physics and Electrical Engineering.
He is a member of the American Physical Society, the Optical Society of America, as well as the New York Academy of Sciences.[1] As an academic, his primary research interests include photonics and optical spectroscopy.[2]
Personal life
He is married with two sons. One of his sons is an officer in US Army. He is separated from his wife for decades. His wife works as Staff Nurse at Dhaka Medical College Hospital.
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References
- ↑ Gayen, Swapan. "City University of New York - Faculty directory". City University of New York.
- ↑ Gayen, Swapan K. "Scholar citations". Google Scholar.
- ↑ Gayen, Dr. Swapan Kumar. "ISPaD Interview". YouTube.