| Amitava Bhattacharjee | |
| Fields: | Plasma physics |
| Workplaces: | Columbia University University of Iowa University of New Hampshire Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory |
| Education: | Princeton University (Ph.D.) |
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| Website: | PPPL Theory Department - Amitava Bhattacharjee |
Amitava Bhattacharjee is a theoretical plasma physicist and a professor at Princeton University. He was awarded the 2022 James Clerk Maxwell Prize for Plasma Physics for his work on dusty plasmas and fundamental plasma processes such as magnetic reconnection, magnetohydrodynamic turbulence and dynamo actions, as well as his contributions in connecting laboratory plasmas to astrophysical plasmas.[1]