Dipankar Banerjee (solar physicist)

Dipankar Banerjee ( born 1965) is an Indian solar physicist. He is a senior Professor of Solar Physics at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (Bangalore)^[1] and currently serves as the director of the Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology.^[2] Prior to this, he served as the director of the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (AIRES).^[3]

Education and early career

In 1987, Banerjee who was a student of Ballygunge Government High School^[4] completed a Bachelor's Degree at St. Xaviers College, Calcutta in Physics (major), Chemistry and Mathematics. In 1996 he completed his PhD "Magnetohydrodynamic phenomena in the solar atmosphere" at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (Bangalore) with Prof. S.S. Hasan.^[5] Via a PPARC fellowship, he worked as a postdoctoral fellow at Armagh Observatory between 1997 and 2000 on solar atmospheric dynamics using the SOHO spacecraft. This was followed by a Fund for Scientific Research (Flanders) fellowship at the Katholic University of Leuven between 2000 and 2002. In 2004, he returned to the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (Bangalore) and was appointed as a Director of ARIES in 2019 and served till 2024. His wife, Tisha Banerjee has a PhD in Cell and molecular biology and serves as a General manager in a company.He has a daughter named Teerna Banerjee who is a PhD candidate in cell and molecular biology at University College Dublin. As well as a son named Arno Banerjee who studies Environmental Chemistry in University College Dublin.

Research interests

Banerjee's primary research interest is the dynamics of the solar atmosphere.^[6] In particular, he has focussed on the propagation of wavs through the solar chromosphere and corona, including innovations in the technique of atmospheric magnetoseismology.^[7] He has also studied space weather and the solar dynamo^[8] through long-term observations such as those provided by the 100-year synoptic data from Kodaikanal Observatory.^[9]

Awards and honours

1997: PPARC postdoctoral fellowship
2002: Fund for Scientific Research (Flanders) fellowship
2013: Visiting professor (Capita Selecta Lecturer) at Centre for Plasma Astrophysics, K.U. Leuven^[10]
2015: Associate Editor for Solar Physics
2016: Co-I of Polarimeter on the PUNCH spacecraft^[11]
2017: PI of the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory data archive^[12]
2017: Co-I for near-UV imaging instrument (SUIT) on the Aditya-L1 mission^[13]
2017: Co-chair of the science working group for the Aditya-1 mission
2020: Editor for Frontiers Stellar and Solar Physics^[14]

References

^ "Home | Dipankar Banerjee". www.iiap.res.in. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ "Dipankar Banerjee to head Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology". The Hindu. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.
^ "People | Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences". www.aries.res.in. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ "Education | Dipankar Banerjee". www.iiap.res.in. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
^ Eureka with Dipankar Banerjee, retrieved 14 August 2022
^ "Dipankar Banerjee". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ Banerjee, D.; Erdélyi, R.; Oliver, R.; O’Shea, E. (1 November 2007). "Present and Future Observing Trends in Atmospheric Magnetoseismology". Solar Physics. 246 (1): 3–29. Bibcode:2007SoPh..246....3B. doi:10.1007/s11207-007-9029-z. ISSN 1573-093X. S2CID 121929810.
^ Desikan, Shubashree (16 March 2019). "Solar tsunami can trigger the sunspot cycle". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ Desikan, Shubashree (6 May 2017). "100 years with our closest star, the sun". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ "Professional Experience | Dipankar Banerjee". www.iiap.res.in. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
^ "PUNCH: Science Team". punch.space.swri.edu. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ "International Projects | Dipankar Banerjee". www.iiap.res.in. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ Desikan, Shubashree (25 November 2017). "Here comes the sun watcher, India's Aditya-L1". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 August 2022.
^ "Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences | Stellar and Solar Physics". Frontiers. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[1] "Home | Dipankar Banerjee". www.iiap.res.in. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

[TH_sep24-2] "Dipankar Banerjee to head Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology". The Hindu. 5 September 2024. Retrieved 14 October 2024.

[3] "People | Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences". www.aries.res.in. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

[4] "Education | Dipankar Banerjee". www.iiap.res.in. Retrieved 28 August 2024.

[5] Eureka with Dipankar Banerjee, retrieved 14 August 2022

[6] "Dipankar Banerjee". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

[7] Banerjee, D.; Erdélyi, R.; Oliver, R.; O’Shea, E. (1 November 2007). "Present and Future Observing Trends in Atmospheric Magnetoseismology". Solar Physics. 246 (1): 3–29. Bibcode:2007SoPh..246....3B. doi:10.1007/s11207-007-9029-z. ISSN 1573-093X. S2CID 121929810.

[8] Desikan, Shubashree (16 March 2019). "Solar tsunami can trigger the sunspot cycle". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

[9] Desikan, Shubashree (6 May 2017). "100 years with our closest star, the sun". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[10] "Professional Experience | Dipankar Banerjee". www.iiap.res.in. Retrieved 14 August 2022.

[11] "PUNCH: Science Team". punch.space.swri.edu. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[12] "International Projects | Dipankar Banerjee". www.iiap.res.in. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[13] Desikan, Shubashree (25 November 2017). "Here comes the sun watcher, India's Aditya-L1". The Hindu. ISSN 0971-751X. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

[14] "Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences | Stellar and Solar Physics". Frontiers. Retrieved 15 August 2022.

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