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Girish Agarwal

Indian American quantum optics physicist
Person human Q1246404

Facts

14 properties
Instance of
human
Sex or gender
male[22]
Date of birth
July 7, 1946
Place of birth
Bareilly
Country of citizenship
United States[5]
Occupation
physicist, university teacher
Employer
Texas A&M University, Oklahoma State University, University of Hyderabad, University of Rochester, University of Stuttgart, Physical Research Laboratory[6][7][8]
Educated at
Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University, Banaras Hindu University, University of Rochester
Award received
Fellow of the Royal Society, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, Max Born Award, G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research, Einstein Prize for Laser Science, Humboldt Prize, Fellow of the American Physical Society, Fellow of the Optical Society, TWAS Prize for Physics, Charles Hard Townes Award[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19]
Doctoral advisor
Emil Wolf[9]
Family name
Agarwal[23]
Given name
Girish, Saran[24][25]
Maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics[26]
Member of
Royal Society, Indian National Science Academy[20][21]
🏷️ Also known as
en Girish Agarwal en Girish Saran Agarwal ar جيريش ساران أغاروال cs G. S. (Girish S.) Agarwal cs Girish S. Agarwal fa جیرشی ساران آگاروال fi Girish Agarwal it Girish Agarwal pt Girish Agarwal
🔖 Identifiers · 24
ISNI
0000000110703058
ORCID iD
0000-0002-8320-4708
VIAF cluster ID
71995603
Library of Congress authority ID
n83125518
GND ID
142243221
Academic Tree ID
380262
BIBSYS ID
90503527
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
16962160d
DDB person (GND) ID
142243221
Fellow of the Royal Society ID
10969
Freebase ID
/m/09rv58y
Google Scholar author ID
Mi9UYQkAAAAJ
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IdRef ID
120065215
NL CR AUT ID
ctu2013776378
NUKAT ID
n99013056
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007455797205171
Nationale Thesaurus voor Auteursnamen ID
129480142
Prabook ID
304845
SHARE Catalogue author ID
44189
Scopus author ID
55629866800
Who's Who UK ID
U247304
WorldCat Entities ID
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Yale LUX ID
person/746cb68b-5d7e-4ea5-a5ce-d730db3755f6
ZbMATH author ID
agarwal.girish-s

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🔗 Connections
Award received 8
Fellow of the Royal Society, Humboldt Prize, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, Charles Hard Townes Award, Einstein Prize for Laser Science, Max Born Award, G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research, Fellow of the Optical Society
Employer 6
Texas A&M University, University of Rochester, University of Stuttgart, Oklahoma State University, University of Hyderabad, Physical Research Laboratory
Educated at 3
University of Rochester, Banaras Hindu University, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University
Member of 2
Royal Society, Indian National Science Academy
Occupation 2
physicist, university teacher
Country of citizenship 1
United States
Doctoral advisor 1
Emil Wolf
Doctoral advisors 1
Emil Wolf
Instance of 1
human
Maintained by WikiProject 1
WikiProject Mathematics
Place of birth 1
Bareilly
Sex or gender 1
male
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Summary

Girish Agarwal was born on July 7, 1946[1], in Bareilly[2]. He has worked as a physicist[3] and university teacher[4].

FAQs

Where was Girish Agarwal born?

Girish Agarwal's place of birth was Bareilly[2].

What did Girish Agarwal do for work?

Girish Agarwal worked as a physicist[3] and university teacher[4].

What awards did Girish Agarwal receive?

Honors received include Fellow of the Royal Society[10], Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology[11], Max Born Award[12], and G.D. Birla Award for Scientific Research[13].

Related Entities

Bareilly Charles Hard Townes Award Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gorakhpur University Physical Research Laboratory United States University of Rochester

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  11. [12] ↑ . optica.org. optica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  18. [19] ↑ . optica.org. optica.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  22. [1] ↑ . Prabook. wikidata.org.
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  1. 17w ago · Printstream · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Employer → —
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    Occupation → physicist, university teacher
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