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Natchimuthuk Gopalswamy
Dr Natchimuthuk Gopalswamy
Born
V. Chandrapuram, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
CitizenshipIndia (1954–1998); United States (1998–present)
Alma materPSG College of Arts and Science (University of Madras), Indian Institute of Science (IISc)
Years active1977 - Present
OrganizationNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
Known forExceptional contributions in the field of solar eruptions and their space weather consequences
AwardsFellow of the International Science Council, 2022; Lifetime achievement award; Elavenil-Indian Science and Technology Association, 2021; AGU/SPA Richard Carrington Award 2019, NASA’s John C. Lindsay Memorial Award for Space Science 2017; AGU Fellow, 2016; others
Scientific career
FieldsSolar Physics,

Solar Terrestrial Physics,

Radio Physics of the Sun
InstitutionsNASA

The Catholic University of America

University of Maryland

Kodaikanal Solar Observatory

Indian Institute of Astrophysics
Doctoral advisorSom Krishan
Websitehttps://science.gsfc.nasa.gov/sed/bio/natchimuthuk.gopalswamy-1

Dr Natchimuthuk "Nat" Gopalswamy is an Indian American Solar physicist. He is currently a staff scientist at the Heliophysics Division of NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center.

Background and scientific career

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Gopalswamy completed a BSc and MSc in physics at the University of Madras in 1975 and 1977, respectively. These were followed by a PhD at the Indian Institute of Science in 1982. He took up research positions at the Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, working on radio observations of the Sun at the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory.[1] In 1985 he moved to the University of Maryland, working on solar radio bursts,[2] before moving to NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in 1997, with a joint research professor position at Catholic University of America. He focused on coronal mass ejections (CMEs) and the relation to solar radio bursts.[3][4][5]

Research interests

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Gopalswamy's primary research interest is solar eruptive phenomenon and their relation to radio bursts and energetic particles.[6] His early work included observations of CMEs.[7][8][9] More recently, he worked with the Large-angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) aboard the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO) spacecraft.[10] He currently maintains the widely used catalogue of LASCO-observed CMEs,[11][12][13] which has allowed the link between the approximately 11-year solar cycle and CMEs to be better understood.[14][15] During the 2017 solar eclipse, he led a team making spectroscopic measurements of the solar corona.[16] He is the PI of The Balloon-Borne Investigation of Temperature and Speed of Electrons in the Corona (BITSE),[17] and the Co-I of Solar Terrestrial Relations Observatory (STEREO) WAVES, and Sun Earth Connection Coronal and Heliospheric Investigation (SECCHI) white-light coronagraph COR1 instruments.[citation needed]

Outreach activities

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Gopalswamy is the Executive director of the International Space Weather Initiative (ISWI) since 2013.[citation needed] He initiated the SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar (SVS) program in 2015 while president of the Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) in 2015.[citation needed]

Professional societies

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  • 1986–Present : Member of the American Geophysical Union (AGU)
  • 1986–Present: Member of the American Astronomical Society (AAS),
  • 2004–Present: Member, Distinguished Lecturer, Session convener of the Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)
  • 1983–Present : Life Member of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI)
  • 1985–Present : Member, Commission chair of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
  • 2011–Present : Member of the Japan Geophysical Union (JpGU)

Awards and honors

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Gopalswamy has received several awards and honors, some of which are listed below:

  • 2022 Fellow of the International Science Council
  • 2011 Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics (SCOSTEP) President[24]
  • 2010 Asia Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS) Distinguished Lecturer, 2010[25]
  • 2009 Elected president of International Astronomical Union Commission 49 (interplanetary plasma and heliosphere)[26]
  • 2006 Editorial board for Sun and Geosphere[27]
  • 1996 Elected fellow of the Science and Technology Agency of Japan

References

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  1. ^ Gopalswamy, N.; Thejappa, G.; Sastry, Ch. V. (September 1983). "Observations and interpretation of solar decametric absorption bursts". Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy. 4 (3): 215–224. Bibcode:1983JApA....4..215G. doi:10.1007/BF02714909. S2CID 59487837.
  2. ^ Gopalswamy, N.; Kundu, M. R. (1992). "Large scale structures associated with eruptive flares and radio waves". Eruptive Solar Flares. Lecture Notes in Physics. Vol. 399. pp. 207–213. Bibcode:1992LNP...399..207G. doi:10.1007/3-540-55246-4_100. ISBN 978-3-540-55246-8.
  3. ^ Gopalswamy, N.; Yashiro, S.; Temmer, M.; Davila, J.; Thompson, W. T.; Jones, S.; McAteer, R. T. J.; Wuelser, J.-P.; Freeland, S.; Howard, R. A. (1 February 2009). "Euv Wave Reflection from a Coronal Hole". The Astrophysical Journal. 691 (2): L123–L127. Bibcode:2009ApJ...691L.123G. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/691/2/L123. S2CID 120182473.
  4. ^ Gopalswamy, N.; Yashiro, S.; Akiyama, S.; Mäkelä, P.; Xie, H.; Kaiser, M. L.; Howard, R. A.; Bougeret, J. L. (15 October 2008). "Coronal mass ejections, type II radio bursts, and solar energetic particle events in the SOHO era". Annales Geophysicae. 26 (10): 3033–3047. Bibcode:2008AnGeo..26.3033G. doi:10.5194/angeo-26-3033-2008. S2CID 53982085.
  5. ^ Gopalswamy, Nat; Li, Gang; Hu, Qiang; Verkhoglyadova, Olga; Zank, Gary P.; Lin, R. P.; Luhmann, J. (2008). "Type II Radio Emission and Solar Energetic Particle Events". AIP Conference Proceedings. 1039: 196–202. Bibcode:2008AIPC.1039..196G. doi:10.1063/1.2982445.
  6. ^ "Dr. Nat Gopalswamy | CPAESS - Cooperative Programs for the Advancement of Earth System Science". cpaess.ucar.edu. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  7. ^ Gopalswamy, N. (2005). "Type II radio bursts and energetic solar eruptions". Journal of Geophysical Research. 110 (A12): A12S07. Bibcode:2005JGRA..11012S07G. doi:10.1029/2005JA011158. ISSN 0148-0227.
  8. ^ Gopalswamy, N.; Shimojo, M.; Lu, W.; Yashiro, S.; Shibasaki, K.; Howard, R. A. (2003). "Prominence Eruptions and Coronal Mass Ejection: A Statistical Study Using Microwave Observations". The Astrophysical Journal. 586 (1): 562–578. Bibcode:2003ApJ...586..562G. doi:10.1086/367614. S2CID 119654267.
  9. ^ "Radio 'screams' from the Sun warn of radiation storms". www.esa.int. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  10. ^ Phillips, Dr Tony; NASA. "Carrington-class CME narrowly misses Earth". phys.org. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  11. ^ "SOHO LASCO CME CATALOG - CDAW DATA CENTER". cdaw.gsfc.nasa.gov. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  12. ^ "Solar Activity And Space Weather - SpaceRef". spaceref.com. 10 January 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  13. ^ "La Tierra esquivó en 2012 una tormenta solar catastrófica". El Correo (in European Spanish). 7 May 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  14. ^ "Sun 'sheds its skin like a snake'". 24 November 2003. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  15. ^ "Petrified tree rings tell ancient tale of sun's behavior". Science News. 17 January 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  16. ^ Barry, Rebecca (21 August 2018). "What we learned about the sun from the 2017 solar eclipse". WJXT. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  17. ^ Gopalswamy, N.; Newmark, J.; Yashiro, S.; Mäkelä, P.; Reginald, N.; Thakur, N.; Gong, Q.; Kim, Y.-H.; Cho, K.-S.; Choi, S.-H.; Baek, J.-H.; Bong, S.-C.; Yang, H.-S.; Park, J.-Y.; Kim, J.-H.; Park, Y.-D.; Lee, J.-O.; Kim, R.-S.; Lim, E.-K. (January 2021). "The Balloon-Borne Investigation of Temperature and Speed of Electrons in the Corona (BITSE): Mission Description and Preliminary Results". Solar Physics. 296 (1): 15. arXiv:2011.06111. Bibcode:2021SoPh..296...15G. doi:10.1007/s11207-020-01751-8. S2CID 255073901.
  18. ^ Ikonomov, Nikolay. "BAS awarded the Doctor Honoris Causa honorary title to Dr. Nat Gopalswamy – Bulgarian Academy of Sciences". Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  19. ^ AGU (16 September 2020). "Gopalswamy Receives 2019 Space Physics and Aeronomy Richard Carrington Education and Public Outreach Award". Eos. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  20. ^ "2019 AGU Section Awardees and Named Lecturers". Eos. 31 July 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  21. ^ "Gopalswamy |". honors.agu.org. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  22. ^ Hille, Karl (14 December 2016). "Four NASA Scientists Honored as AGU Fellows". NASA. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  23. ^ "American Geophysical Union Announces 2016 Fellows". AGU Newsroom. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  24. ^ "SCOSTEP's 15th Quadrennial Solar-Terrestrial Physics Symposium (STP-15), Alibag, India February 21-25, 2022 | SolarNews". solarnews.nso.edu. October 2019. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  25. ^ "AOGS Natural Hazards distinguished lecturers".
  26. ^ "International Astronomical Union | IAU". www.iau.org. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  27. ^ "BBC SWS Regional Network SUN and GEOSPHERE". www.sungeosphere.org. Retrieved 12 June 2022.
  28. ^ "Natchimuthuk Gopalswamy: Brief Bio". NASA.gov.
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