Mukunda Prasad Das

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Mukunda Prasad Das (born 4 January 1945) is an Indian-born Australian physicist at the Australian National University.

He was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society [1] [2] after he was nominated by their Forum on International Physics in 2003, [3] for notable theoretical investigations in condensed matter physics, namely: mesoscopic transport and noise, high temperature superconductivity and density functional theory; and for significant leadership in promoting international meetings and collaborations.

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  1. "APS Fellowship". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  2. "APS Fellow Archive". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.
  3. "APS Fellows 2003". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2017-04-20.