Meenakshi Narain
Meenakshi Narain (May 9, 1964 – January 1, 2023) was an Indian-born American experimental physicist. She took part in the discovery of the top quark in 1995 and the Higgs boson in 2012. She was a professor of physics and chair of the department of physics at Brown University. She also worked at Boston University.
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| Born | May 9, 1964 Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, India |
| Died | January 1, 2023 (aged 58)[1] |
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| Institutions | Boston University Brown University |
Brown Physics Professor and organizer of the Big Bang Science Fair, Meenakshi Narain, lights the WaterFire.
Narain was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. She was married to German citizen Ulrich Heintz. She had two children. She died on January 1, 2023, in Providence, Rhode Island. She was 58.[2]
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