RESEARCH INTERESTS

 

Primary Research Area : Theoretical and Observational Studies of Planetary Upper Atmospheres and Ionospheres

 

My current research interests are :

Aurora and airglow processes in planetary atmospheres, chemistry of planetary and cometary atmospheres and ionospheres, charged particle acceleration and precipitation in gases, Monte Carlo simulations of processes in the atmospheres, interaction of energetic neutral atoms (ENAs) with atmospheres, Planetary ENA imaging, space weather studies, ground-based and space-based multi-spectral studies of planetary bodies, multi-wavelength imaging and spectroscopy of planetary emissions, and comparative planetology.

 

The planetary bodies on which I have worked include, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Io, Europa, Ganymede, Triton, Titan, Mars, Earth, and Comets (particularly, comets 1P/Halley and 46P/Wirtanen).