About Me
Durgesh Tripathi is a Professor (Scientist-G) at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA) and the Principal Investigator of the Solar Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope (SUIT) onboard the Aditya-L1 mission, the first space observatory of the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) dedicated to solar observations. He is an affiliate faculty at the Centre of Excellent in Space Science India (CESSI), at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER-Kolkata). From 2014 till 2021, he was the head of the Max-Planck India Partner Group on the coupling and dynamics of the solar atmosphere
Durgesh completed his Ph.D. from the Max-Planck Institute for Solar System Research (MPS), Goettingen, in 2005. He moved to the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP), University of Cambridge, England, for his post-doctoral research. He spent about six years before returning to India and taking up a position at IUCAA. During his tenure at Cambridge, he was awarded a prestigious research fellowship from Clare Hall. He has also held several positions abroad, such as visiting scientist at the High Altitude Observatory, USA, and visiting professorship at the Kyoto University, Japan. In 2017, the Physical Research Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad, conferred him with the BUTI foundation award in Plasma Science and Technology. In 2013, the Romanian Academy of Science presented the Group Achievement Award in Understanding the Genesis and Evolution of Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs) to Prof Tripathi and colleagues.
Prof Tripathi has more than 150 publications with more than 3000 citations on his name. Currently, he is a Member of the Editorial Board of Proceedings of Royal Society A, Royal Astronomical Society Techniques and Instruments, and Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science. Moreover, he is a member of the Coronal Loops Workshop steering committee, a life member of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU). Recently, he has been elected as a member of the Divison Steering Committee on Sun and Heliosphere of the IAU.
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