Utbildning information

• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Astronomical Instrumentation, 12/2020

Gauribidanur Radio Observatory, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, Sep, 2015 - Dec, 2020.
Thesis Title: Radio Polarimetric Imaging of the Solar Corona at Low     Frequencies.
Supervisor: Dr. C. Kathiravan

• Master of Technology (M.Tech.) in Astronomical Instrumentation, 08/2015

Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore,  July, 2013 - Aug, 2015.
Thesis Title: Development of a Cross-Polarized Log-Periodic for Low Frequency Radio Spectral Observations
Supervisor: Dr. C. Kathiravan

• Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) in Electronics & Communications, 05/2012

Rajasthan Technical University, India,  Sep, 2008 - May, 2012.

Forskningsintressen

Research Interests

• Solar Physics: MFM/MHD Simulations, Coronal mass ejections, Space Weather, Solar Magnetic fields
• Astrophysical Plasma: Solar corona, Planetary magnetosphere and Pulsars
• Radio Astronomy: Solar and non-solar transients, Low-frequency radio imaging and polarization studies, IPS
• Instrumentation: Antenna design, Low frequency radio instruments, Digital back-ends

Meritförteckning

Current Postion

• Postdoctoral Researcher at Space Physics Group, University of Helsinki, Finland (01/02/2020 - present)

Previous Work Experience 

• Postdoctoral Researcher at Indian Institute of Astrophysics, India (19/12/2019 - 29/01/2020)

Projects

• RadioCME (Determining the space weather impact of coronal mass ejections using radio observations) project funded by the University of Helsinki (as a as a Postdoctoral fellow at University of Helsinki, 01/02/2022 - present)

• SolMAG (Unraveling the structure solar flux ropes and their magnetosheath) ERC Consolidator Grant project (2017 -2022) led by Prof. Emilia Kilpua, University of Helsinki (as a Post-Doc fellow at University of Helsinki, 01/02/2020 - 31/01/2022)

• FOREsail (Finnish Centre of Excellence in Research of Sustainable Space) funded by the Academy of Finland (as Post-Doc fellow at University of Helsinki, 02/2018 - present)

Technical Skills

• Programming: MATLAB, C/C++, Python & Shell Scripting
• Electronics: 4Nec2 Antenna Design Software, Xilinx Tool Suite, Simulink & LabView
• Data Analysis: AIPS, CASA, IDL–solarsoft, Origin
• Simulations: MPI-AMRVAC, CORMA, ELECTRICIT
• Data Visualisation: ParaView, VisIT
• Instruments: Vector Network Analysers, Spectrum Analysers & Mixed Signal Oscilloscopes
  

Research Experience

• University of Helsinki, Finland Feb 2020 - present
  - Running and writing simulation codes for data driven time-dependent magneto-frictional modelling of flux ropes.
  - Long term statistical studies of solar radio bursts.
  - Teaching assistance to Solar Physics Course for University students (Undergrad, Masters and Ph.D.)
  - Mentored (co-supervised) two masters students for their masters thesis.
• Indian Institute of Astrophysics - Gauribidanur Radio Astronomy Field Station, India Sep 2014 - Jan 2020
  - Gauribidanur RAdio HeliograPH (GRAPH) data reduction pipeline for 2D imaging of the solar corona in CASA.
  - Development of a ROACH based high spectral & temporal resolution spectro-polarimeter for observations of solar
  transients.
• The Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy, ASTRON, The Netherlands Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
  - Data reduction pipeline for high resolution LOFAR interferometric solar data & Interferometric & tied array beam
  data analysis for Type III bursts and Coronal holes.
• University of Mekele, Ethiopia May 2018
  - Multi wavelength analysis of type II bursts using space and ground based observations.

Awards & Achievements

- ASI Justice Oak thesis award 2021 Honourable Mention during Astronomical Society of India Meeting, 2022.
- Young Scientist Award 2021 by Madhawi-Shyam Educational Trust.
- K. D. Abhyankar Best presentation of thesis 2021 during Astronomical Society of India Meeting.
- Awarded visiting scholar grant at Royal Observatory of Belgium, Belgium in 2020 (postponed due to COVID-19).
- SCOSTEP travel grant award to attend COSPAR KSO Workshop at KodaiKanal Solar Observatory, India in 2020.
- Invited seminar at Indian Institute of Astrophysics, India - 2018 at IIA, Bangalore.
- Awarded Summer Fellowship at ASTRON, the Netherlands in 2018.
- SCOSTEP travel grant award to attend COSPAR Capacity building workshop at Mekele, Ethiopia in 2018.
- Invited talk at Neighborhood Astronomy Meeting (NAM) - 2018 at IIA, Bangalore.
- Awarded Radionet travel grants to attend CESRA - 2018.
- Awarded 32 hours of observation with the uGMRT.
- Best Poster award in Astronomical Instrumentation at ASI - 2016.
- Best Poster award in Instrumentation category at URSI-RCRS - 2015.
- Qualified GATE-2013 (National eligibility exam for Engineers in India) with 98.83 percentile.
- University 7th rank holder of 2008 - 2012 batch in Electronics & Communication.