Ashoke Sen Scientist

For the Indian politician, see Ashoke Kumar Sen.Ashoke Sen, FRS (Bengali: অশোক সেন; born 1956) is an Indian theoretical physicist and distinguished professor at the Harish-Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad. He also is the Morningstar Visiting professor at MIT. His main area of work is String Theory. He was among the first recipients of the Fundamental Physics Prize “for opening the path to the realisation that all string theories are different limits of the same underlying theory”. This prize has been set up by the Russian billionaire Yuri Milner for rewarding scientific breakthroughs.

Personal facts

Birth date	January 01, 1956
Birth place	India , Kolkata , West Bengal
Nationality	India
Residence	Kolkata
Education	Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur University of Calcutta Presidency University Kolkata State University of New York at Stony Brook
Known for	String field theory