Kameshwar C. Wali

Kameshwar C. Wali
Wali in 2014
Born(1927-10-15)October 15, 1927
DiedJanuary 14, 2022(2022-01-14) (aged 94)
Alma materUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison
Banaras Hindu University
Known forSymmetry properties of fundamental particles and their interactions
History of physics and physicists
SpouseKashi Wali
Scientific career
Fieldstheoretical physics
InstitutionsSyracuse University
ThesisThe nucleon structure and the electromagnetic form factors. (1959)
Doctoral advisorRobert G. Sachs

Kameshwar C. Wali (October 15, 1927 – January 14, 2022) was an Indian-born American theoretical physicist who was the Distinguished Research Professor of Physics Emeritus at Syracuse University's College of Arts and Sciences. He was a specialist in high energy physics, particularly symmetries and dynamics of elementary particles, and the author of Chandra: A Biography of S. Chandrasekhar and Cremona Violins: a physicist's quest for the secrets of Stradivari.