Robert Kraichnan
- Born: January 15, 1928 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- Died: February 26, 2008 (Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Education
- 1947: BS, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- 1949: PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Major Positions
- 1949–1950: Institute for Advanced Study, Member and Assistant to Albert Einstein
- 1950–1952: Bell Laboratories, Member, Technical Staff
- 1952–1956: Columbia University, Research Associate, Electronics Research Laboratory
- 1956–1959: New York University, Member, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences
- 1959–1962: New York University, Senior Research Scientist
Other Positions
- 1957–1959: United States Navy, Consultant, Naval Research Laboratory
- 1960–2008: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute, Associate in Physics
- 1961–2008: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Consultant
- 1962–2008: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Consultant
- 2003–2008: Johns Hopkins University, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
Selected Awards and Honors
- 1997: American Physical Society, Lars Onsager Prize
- 2000: National Academy of Sciences, Member
