Exoplanets and Planetary Formation Group
Current Group Members
Ph.D. Students
Prathap Rayalacheruvu
Research Area : Physics and chemistry of protostars and planet-forming disks, Molecular Astrophysics/Astrochemistry
Expertise: Numerical modeling, Observations using JWST telescopes
Priyankush Ghosh
Research Area : Modeling and observations of exoplanet atmospheres
Expertise: Numerical modeling, Ground and space based observations using 3.6 m DDT, 1.3 m DFOT and JWST telescopes
Parashmoni Kashyap
Research Area : Planet formation, Connecting compositions of planet-forming disks with exoplanets
Expertise: Numerical modeling, Observations using ALMA
Visiting Post Doctoral Fellow:
Satyam Srivastav
Research Area : Computational Astrochemistry and its application in exoplanetary atmospheres
Expertise: Quantum Chemistry, Molecular Spectroscopy and Reaction Kinetics
Junior Research Fellows / Project Fellows:
Tonmoy Deka
Research Area : Exoplanet Atmospheres (Theory and JWST Observations)
Expertise: Development forward and retreival models for exoplanets atmospheresIntegrated M.Sc. Students (Final Year Thesis):
Chandan Kumar Sahu
(NISER Bhubaneswar)
Research Area : Modeling the interior of rocky terrestrial Exoplanets, Coupled atmospheric and interior modeling for exoplanets
Maitrey
(NISER Bhubaneswar)
Research Area : Planet formation, Connecting compositions of planet-forming disks with exoplanets (Theory)
Sambit Mishra
(IISER Berhampur)
Research Area : Exoplanet Atmospheres (Theory and JWST Observations)
Sudipta Mridha
(IISER Kolkata)
Research Area : Exoplanet Interior and Atmospheres (Theory and JWST Observations)
Debayan Das
(IISER Kolkata)
Research Area : Cloud Formation in Exoplanet Atmospheres and implications for JWST (Theory and Observations)
Integrated M.Sc. Students (Semester Projects):
Dibya Bharati Pradhan
(NISER Bhubaneswar)
Research Area : Applying machine learning to create grids of exoplanetary atmospheres, transitioning from 1D to 3D
Oommen P Jose
(NISER Bhubaneswar)
Research Area : Applying machine learning to create grids of exoplanetary atmospheres, transitioning from 1D to 3D
Harshit Krishna
(IISER Mohali)
Research Area : Exoplanetary interior and its retrieval using Baysian Inference
Aniket Nath
(NISER Bhubaneswar)
Research Area : Development Retreival Techniques of Exoplanet Atmospheres, Opacity calculation
Tasneem Basra Khan
(NISER Bhubaneswar)
Research Area : Application of Machine learning in exoplanet atmospheric retrieval
Swastik Dewan
(NISER Bhubaneswar)
Research Area : Application of Machine learning in exoplanet atmospheric retrieval
Pabitra Ranjan Giri
(NISER Bhubaneswar)
Research Area : JWST ice observations for protoplanetary disks
Former Group Members :
Baibhav Srivastava
MS Thesis, IISER Berhampur (Joined Ph.D. position from the Rice University, USA)
Research Area : Gas distribution and evolution in planet-forming disks (Theory, ALMA and JWST Observations)
Varun Manilal
MS Thesis, NISER Bhubaneswar (Joined Ph.D. position from the Arizona State University, USA)
Research Area : Ice distribution and evolution in planet-forming disks (Theory and JWST Observations)
Nishil Mehta
MS Thesis, IISER TVM (Joined Ph.D. position from the Université Côte d'Azur, CNRS, France)
Research Area : Detectability of Bio-signatures in exoplanets using JWST and photochemical modeling
Dr. Namrata Rani
Post Doctoral Fellow, NISER Bhubaneswar (Joined FONDECYT Post Doctoral position from the Universidad de Concepción, Chile)
Research Area : Computational Astrochemistry and its application in exoplanetary atmospheres
Rahul Arora
MS Thesis, NISER Bhubaneswar (Joined Ph.D. position from the Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, University of Arizona, USA)
Research Area : 3D Modeling and cloud formation in exoplanet atmospheres
Dwaipayan Dubey
MS Thesis, IISER Kolkata (Joined Ph.D. position from the Ludwig-Maximilians University (LMU), Munich, Germany)
Research Area : Exoplanet Atmospheres
Akshay Priyadarshi
MS Thesis, NISER Bhubaneswar (Joined Ph.D. position from the University of Manchester, UK)
Research Area : Planet formation & exoplanets
Spandan Dash
Pre. PhD Project, Visiting Student, NISER Bhubaneswar (Joined Ph.D. position from the University of Warwick, UK)
Research Area : Exoplanet atmospheres and planet formation histories
Suyash C Fokane
MS Thesis, NISER Bhubaneswar (Joined IIM Kozhikode for MBA)
Research Area : Planet Formation (Theory and ALMA observations)
Kishore Sourav
MS Thesis, NISER Bhubaneswar (Joined IIM Kolkata for MBA)
Research Area : Exoplanet Atmospheres (Theory)
Shubham Ilhe
MS Thesis, IISER Kolkata (Joined Data Science Industry)
Research Area : Planet Formation (Theory and ALMA Observations)