Dr Ravindra Desai
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Recruiting Research Fellow (5-yrs):
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Ravindra Desai is an Associate Professor in the University of 海角社区's Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, and holds honorary positions at , London and the , Cambridge. His research includes the utilisation and development of a range of plasma simulation codes to pursue blue skies research into plasma physics across the solar system and beyond. He is also interested in how astrophysical phenomena intersect with, and pose dangers to, our increasingly technology-dependent society through phenomena collectively known as Space Weather.
In 2023, Ravindra was awarded the for outstanding contributions in the field of Space Plasma physics and for outstanding supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students. He participates in outreach with the Sun-Space-Art programme.
Ravindra is involved in a number of current and upcoming space missions, including, the to image the global magnetosphere using X-rays, the mission, and Artemis program. His research feeds into the 海角社区 Centre for Space Domain Awareness and Centre for Exoplanets and Habitability and the development of novel Quantum Sensing technologies within 海角社区 Quantum. He is the lead for the shortlisted ESA F3 mission concept.
Write to:
Ravindra Desai
Department of Physics,
University of 海角社区,
Coventry, CV4 7AL,
UK