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Katepalli R. Sreenivasan is a University Professor at New York University with appointments in the Tandon School of Engineering, Department of Physics, and Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences. He holds the Eugene Kleiner Chair for Innovation in Mechanical Engineering and serves as Executive Vice Provost for Engineering and Applied Sciences. From 2013 to 2018, he was Dean of the NYU Tandon School of Engineering and previously President of the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, overseeing its merger with NYU. Earlier roles include Director of the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics in Trieste, Italy (2003-2009), Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Institute for Physical Science and Technology at the University of Maryland, and at Yale University (1979-2002) as Harold W. Cheel Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Chair of the Mechanical Engineering Department, and faculty in physics, applied physics, and mathematics. He directs the Center for Space Science at NYU Abu Dhabi. Sreenivasan earned a B.E. in Mechanical Engineering from Bangalore University (1968), M.E. and Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science (1970, 1975), and honorary degrees including D.Sc. from Lucknow University (2006), University of Hyderabad (2007), and Romanian Academy (2008).