Meenakshi Narain

Meenakshi Narain (May 9, 1964 – January 1, 2023) was an Indian-born American experimental physicist. She took part in the discovery of the top quark in 1995 and the Higgs boson in 2012. She was a professor of physics and chair of the department of physics at Brown University. She also worked at Boston University.
Narain was born in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. She was married to Ulrich Heintz. She had two children. She died on January 1, 2023, in Providence, Rhode Island. She was 58.