M. K. Chandrashekaran
M. K. Chandrashekaran | |
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Died | 2 July 2009 | (aged 71)
Nationality | Indian |
Awards | Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Zoology, chronobiology |
Maroli Krishnayya Chandrashekaran (4 September 1937 – 2 July 2009), also known as Shekar or MKC, was an Indian zoologist, regarded as the founder of Indian chronobiology, the study of biological rhythms of organisms. He was a fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, and the Third World Academy of Sciences, and in 1979 received the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology.[1][2] Born in Salem, Tamil Nadu, Chandrashekaran earned bachelor's and master's degrees in zoology at Presidency College, Chennai, and a PhD at the University of Madras. He served as editor of the Journal of Biosciences from 1991 to 1997 and Resonance: Journal of Science Education from 2003 to 2005.[3][4][5]
References[]
- ^ "Dr Maroli Krishnayya Chandrashekaran". Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology. Retrieved 21 February 2016.
- ^ Sharma, V. K. (2009). "Maroli Krishnayya Chandrashekaran (1937-2009)". Journal of Biological Rhythms. 24 (6): 443–443. doi:10.1177/0748730409349141.
- ^ Nanjundiah, Vidyanand (2009). "M K Chandrashekaran (1937–2009)". Journal of Biosciences. 34 (3): 333–341. doi:10.1007/s12038-009-0037-z. PMID 19805892.
- ^ Nanjundiah, Vidyanand (2011). "M K Chandrashekaran (1937–2009)". Resonance. 16 (8): 705–721. doi:10.1007/s12045-011-0079-z.
- ^ Sharma, V. K. (2009). "Maroli Krishnayya Chandrashekaran (1937-2009)". Current Science. 97 (2): 263–264.
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- 1937 births
- 2009 deaths
- People from Salem, Tamil Nadu
- Ethologists
- Fellows of the Indian Academy of Sciences
- University of Madras alumni
- Presidency College, Chennai alumni
- Recipients of the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award in Biological Science
- 20th-century Indian zoologists
- Scientists from Tamil Nadu
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