Scholar
Vishal Upendran
Google Scholar ID: whROWPoAAAAJ
Research Scientist, SETI Institute / LMSAL
Citations & Impact
Citations
149
H-index
6
i10-index
4
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
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Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Publications: Multiple papers published in the field of solar physics. Awards, Patents, Projects: Not provided in detail.
Research Experience
- Work Experience: Research Scientist at SETI Institute and Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophysics Laboratory (LMSAL). Research Projects: NASA Missions like Multi-slit Solar Explorer (MUSE), Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA), and Interface Region Imaging Spectrograph (IRIS). Position: Research Scientist.
Education
- PhD: Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India, Advisor: Prof. Durgesh Tripathi; B.Tech+M.Tech (5-year course): Indian Institute of Technology-Madras (IIT Madras), India.
Background
- Research Interests: Solar Physics, Astrophysics. Specialization: Origin and acceleration mechanisms of the solar wind, coronal heating problem. Summary: Mainly uses remote sensing spectroscopic and photometric observations along with numerical simulations to study the solar atmosphere and solar wind.
Miscellany
- Personal Interests: Automation, reducing human workload, music (Indian classical, Western classical, Punk rock, Pop, Heavy metal, Japanese metal), running/long walks, visiting temples, cooking, reading (popular science, history/pre-history/proto-history, philosophy, and Japanese comics “Manga”).
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