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Dr. Chinmaya Nayak

Dr. Chinmaya Nayak
Dr. Chinmaya Nayak
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H.Q. Panvel
Email: 
chinmaya.n@iigm.res.in
Contact Number: 
91-022-27484229
Academic Record: 
  • Ph. D., Physics (2014) 2006-2013 (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Navi Mumbai) 
  • M.Sc. (Physics) 2003-2005 (Ravenshaw College/Utkal University, Odisha, India) 
  • B. Sc. (Physics) 2000-2003 (Kendrapara College, Kendrapara, Odisha, India) 
     
Research Area: 
  • Planetary atmosphere/ionosphere
  • Space weather effects on climate
     
Professional Appointments: 
  • Guest Researcher (Oct 2019-May 2021)
    Swedish Institute of Space Physics (IRFU)
    Angstromlaboratoriet, 75237 Uppsala, Sweden
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow (May 2017- May 2019)
    Department of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University
    4400 University Drive, Fairfax, Virginia 22030, USA
  • Postdoctoral Research Fellow (August 2015- April 2017)
    Center for Space and Remote Sensing Research (CSRSR)
    National Central University, Taiwan
     
Scientific Honours: 
  • Gold prize (1st prize) at the COSPAR-IRI capacity building workshop, 2015 held at Bangkok, Thailand. (2-13 November, 2015)
  • Successfully awarded the CSIR JRF-NET (2006) (Junior Research Fellowship-National Eligibility Test) conducted by Council of Industrial and Scientific Research (CSIR), India, in the subject of Physics. 
     
Publications: 
  1. Chinmaya Nayak, Erdal Yigit, Remya Bhanu, Jayashree Bulusu, Devandhan S, S Singh, A P Dimri, P Padhye; Role of Martian Crustal Fields in Ionospheric Electron Density Distribution and Subsequent South-North Asymmetry: Insights from Multi-year MAVEN Observations; Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics 129 (8), e2024JA032760; DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2024JA032760
  2. Chinmaya Nayak, Jayashree Bulusu, Geeta Vichare, A P Dimri; Effects of solar variability on tropical cyclone activity [2024], Earth and Space Science 11 (6), e2023EA003500 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2023EA003500
  3. Chinmaya Nayak and Erdal Yiğit: Variation of small scale gravity wave activity in the ionosphere during a major sudden stratospheric warming event of 2009 [2019]; Journal of Geophysical Research, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JA026048
  4. Chinmaya Nayak and Erdal Yiğit : GPS-TEC Observation of Gravity Waves Generated in the Ionosphere During 21 August 2017 Total Solar Eclipse [2018]; Journal of Geophysical Research , Volume 123, Issue 1, pp. 725-738 DOI: 10.1002/2017JA024845, 2018
  5. Chinmaya Nayak, L. C. Tsai, S. -Y. Su, I.A. Galkin, Adrian Teck keng Tan, Ed Nofri, Punyawi Jamjareegulgarn,: Peculiar features of the low- and mid-latitude ionospheric response to the St. Patrick’s day geomagnetic storm of March 17, 2015 [2016]; Journal of Geophysical Research , DOI:10.1002/2016JA022489, 2017     

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