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I am an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at
the California State University
Northridge. I have completed Ph. D. Degree in 1990 from Gujarat
University, India
on “High-Resolution Spectroscopic Study of Comets”. The focus of the
research was to study the interaction of solar wind with the cometary
plasma using Fabry-Perot spectrometers. During the next two years, I
worked as “Max-Planck Fellow” at Max-Planck Institute fur Aeronomie, Lindau,
Germany, during
which I used large telescopes at Calar Alto,
Spain to study the
circum Jovian plasma torus. Joining as a faculty member of Physical
Research Laboratory, India
in 1992, I became interested in Solar Physics. My main interest in solar
physics is developing the instruments for solar observations. These
instruments involve high resolution spectroscopy and polarimetry. I was
awarded the Research Associateship of National Research Council for two
times in 1998 and 2003. In 2001, National Astronomical Observatory of
Japan awarded me the “Center of
Excellence Fellowship”. I
have about 78 refereed and non-refereed publications. I am a member of
several professional associations such as American Astronomical Society,
American Geophysical Union, and American Association for Advancement of
Sciences, Astronomical Society of India and International Astronomical
Union.
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