Dibyendu Nandi

PUBLICATIONS

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CURRICULUM VITAE

Education

• B.S. (Physics, with First Class Honors), St. Xavier's College, Calcutta University, 1995
• M.S. (Physics, with First Class Honors), Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore), 1998
• Ph.D. (Thesis: Modeling The Solar Magnetic Cycle), Indian Institute of Science (Bangalore), 2003

Employment

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Research Scientist and Assistant Research Professor, Montana State University, post PhD-2008
• Assistant Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata, 2008-2012
• Associate Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata, 2013-2018
• Professor, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Kolkata, 2018-contnuing

Visiting Positions

• Institute of Mathematics, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK, 2007
• Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA, 2008-2011
• Montana State University, 2009-2012
• Georgia State University, Atlanta, USA, 2015
• Nordic Institute of Theoretical Physics (NORDITA), Stockholm University, Sweden, 2018

Awards & Distinctions

• National Scholarship of the Government of India based on the B.S. exams: 1995
• “Brueckner Studentship”, Solar Physics Division of the American Astronomical Society: 2000
• “Martin Forster Gold Medal” for the best thesis of 2002-2003, by the Division of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore: 2004
• United Kingdom British Council’s “Researcher Exchange Programme Award”: 2007
• American Astronomical Society Solar Physics Division “Parker Lectureship”, American Geophysical Union-Solar Physics Division Joint Assembly: 2008
• “Ramanujan Fellowship”, Department of Science and Technology, Government of India: 2008
• “Karen Harvey Prize” of the American Astronomical Society-Solar Physics Division: 2012
• ABP Abela “Ami Amar Moton” Award 2013
• “Acrux Odisha Showcase” Award in the category of Science & Technology: 2013
• Wenner-Gren Professorship, Nordic Institute of Theoretical Physics, Sweden, 2018
• Laxminarayana & Nagalaxmi Modali Award, Astronomical Society of India, 2018
• Asia-Pacific Young Career Award in Solar Physics, 5^th Asia-Pacific Solar Physics Meeting, 2019

Successful Grants and Funded Projects

• “Stars as Suns: Unraveling Long-term Solar Variability By Stellar Dynamo Modeling”, Funding Agency: NASA, Amount: US$ 360,000, Role: Co-Investigator, 2005
• “Magnetic Origins of Solar Irradiance Variations”, Funding Agency: NASA, Amount: US$ 318,939, Role: Principal Investigator, 2007
• “Evolving Solar Activity on Timescales Relevant for Space Climate”, Funding Agency: NASA, Amount: US$ 556,570, Role: Co-Investigator, 2008
• “Investigations in Fundamental Solar Astrophysics and Sun-Earth System Science: Ramanujan Fellowship Grant”, Funding Agency: Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, Amount: INR 73 Lakhs, Role: Principal Investigator, 2009-2014
• “Initiation and propagation of Earth-directed Coronal Mass Ejections”, Funding Agency: Asian Office of Aerospace Research and Development (US-Japan), Amount: US$ 65,978, Role: Co-Investigator, 2013-2017
• “Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India (CESSI)”, Funding Agency: Ministry of Human Resource Development, Amount: INR 4 Crore, Role: Principal Investigator, 2013-2021
• “Data Driven 3D Dynamo Simulations for Cycle Forecasts”, NASA Heliophysics Grand Challenge Program, Funding Agency: NASA, Amount: US$ 1,246,308, Role: Foreign Co-Principal Investigator, 2014-continuuing
• “Advanced Computational Models to Facilitate Solar Activity and Space Weather Predictions”, Funding Agency: Indo-French Center for the Promotion of Advanced Research (CEFIPRA), Amount: INR 37.86 Lakhs, Role: Principal Investigator (Indian side), 2015-2018
• Co-I, Solar Ultra-violet Imaging Telescope onboard Aditya-L1 space mission, Funding Agency: ISRO, No-cost participation, 2015-continuuing
• “Inference of Solar Variability across Scales”, Funding Agency: Indo-US Science and Technology Forum, Amount: INR 41.45 Lakhs, Role: Co-PI, 2017-2018=9
• “Leadership Development in Indian Higher Education”, Funding Agency: Ministry of Human Resource Development, Amount: INR 2.89 Crore, Role: Co-coordinator, 2018-2019
• “Machine Learning Based Assessment of the Solar Forcing of Space Environment”, Funding Agency: Ministry of Human Resource Development SPARC Program, Amount: INR 67.67 Lakhs, Role: Indian PI, 2019-continuing

Professional Services & Synergistic Activities

• Chairperson, Aditya-L1 Space Weather Monitoring and Prediction Committee, Indian Space Research Organization, 2020-2021
• Vice-Chairperson, Panel on Space Weather, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR), 2012-2021
• Member, ISRO-NASA Heliophysics Working Group under the US-India Joint Civil Space Working Group, 2017-continuuing
• Expert-Member, Astronomy Sub-committee, Indian Mega-Science Vision 2035, Government of India, 2021
• Co-Investigator, Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT), Aditya-L1 Space Mission, 2015-continuuing
• Member, Project Management Board, Calcutta University Stratospheric and Tropospheric Radar Facility, 2019-continuuing
• Member, Indian Space Research Organization’s National Steering Committee on Solar Terrestrial and Atmospheric Research Program, 2014-2018
• Member and Coordinator for Modeling and Simulations, Aditya-L1 Science Working Group, Indian Space Research Organization, 2019-continuuing
• Moderator, Education and Outreach Cluster of the International Space Weather Action Teams, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) 2020-continuing
• International Space Weather Action Team,
• Co-Leader, Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) Varsiti program on Solar Evolution and Extrema, 2013-2019
• Chairperson, Working Group on “Impact of Magnetic Activity on Solar-Stellar Environments”, International Astronomical Union (IAU), 2013-2018
• Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee and Member, Scientific Organizing Committee of the International Living With a Star (ILWS) Workshop at Goa, India, 2016
• Chairman of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Symposium 328 on “Living around Active Stars”, Brazil, 2016
• Reviewer (Nature, Nature Astronomy, Physical Review Letters, Astrophysical Journal, Astronomy & Astrophysics, Solar Physics): 2002-continuing
• Reviewer of research proposals submitted to NSF, NASA, IUSSTF, CEFIPRA: 2004-continuing
• Member of the “Origins of Solar Irradiance Variations” and the “Sun-Climate” NASA-LWS Targeted Research & Technology Focus Teams, 2008-2011
• Co-Organizer of Astrophysics and Particle Physics Session in the Indo-UK Frontiers of Science Symposium, Royal Society Chicheley Hall, Newport Pagnell, UK, 2018
• Co-President of the special session on “Solar System Space Climate Derived From Proxies” in the American Geophysical Union Joint Assembly in Acapulco, Mexico, 2007
• Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee and member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the NASA-CAWSES International Workshop on “Solar Variability, Earth’s Climate and the Space Environment”, in Bozeman-Montana, USA, 2008
• Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the International Space Climate Symposium Series, 2009-continuuing
• Member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the Workshop Series on Solar Influences on the Magnetosphere, Ionosphere and Heliosphere, 2011-continuuing
• Chairman of the Local Organizing Committee and member of the Scientific Organizing Committee of the Fourth Space Climate Symposium, Goa, India, 2011
• Member, Scientific Organizing Committee of the First VarSITI Symposium, Bulgaria, 2016
• Co-Chair, Scientific Organizing Committee, Workshop on “Introduction to Space Weather: Concepts and Tools”, Second VarSITI Symposium, Irkutsk, Russia, 2017
• Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, COSPAR Symposium on “Small Satellites for Scientific Research”, Jeju, South Korea, 2017
• Chair, Scientific Organizing Committee, Workshop on “Solar-Stellar Magnetism: Past, Present and Future”, Jaipur, India, 2018

Memberships and Associations

• International Astronomical Union (IAU)
• Astronomical Society of India (ASI)
• American Astronomical Society (AAS)
• American Geophysical Union (AGU)
• Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
• Scientific Committee On Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP)