Professional Service & Teaching

Contributions to the scientific community through journal and grant reviewing, and mentoring the next generation of researchers through graduate-level teaching at NISER.

Selected professional service and teaching activities

Referee for Peer-Reviewed Journals

  • Nature Astronomy
  • The Astrophysical Journal
  • The Astrophysical Journal Letters
  • Astronomy & Astrophysics
  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • Planetary and Space Science
  • Astrobiology
  • ACS Earth and Space Chemistry
  • Advances in Space Research
  • Indian Journal of Physics
  • Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences
  • Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy
  • Astrophysics and Space Science
  • Icarus

Reviewing Grants & Fellowship Applications

  • Reviewer of NASA fellowship applications
  • Reviewer of NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) applications
  • Reviewer of NASA Future Investigators in Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST), Astrophysics program applications
  • Reviewer of NASA Astrophysics Research and Analysis (APRA) program proposals
  • Reviewer for National Science Foundation (NSF) Galactic Astronomy panel, including Milky Way structure, the interstellar medium, clusters, and star formation
  • Reviewer for NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics program proposals focused on exoplanets and planetary disks
  • Reviewer of NASA ROSES Exoplanet Research Program (XRP)
  • Reviewer of NASA ROSES Emerging Worlds (EW) program
  • Reviewer of NASA ROSES Astrophysics Data Analysis Program (ADAP)
  • Invited member, ALMA Proposals Review Committee (APRC) 2020
  • Reviewer of DST–SERB Core Research Grant (CRG), 2022
  • Reviewer of ALMA, GMRT, and ARIES 3.6 m DOT telescope observing proposals

Teaching at NISER (Graduate Level)

  • EP603 — Planetary Sciences, NISER Bhubaneswar
    2021 Winter (Ph.D. students), 2021 Summer (Ph.D. students), 2022 Summer (Ph.D. students)
  • EP642 — Numerical Methods and Data Analysis, NISER Bhubaneswar
    2021 Winter (Ph.D. students)
  • EP682 — Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems, NISER Bhubaneswar
    2021 Winter (Ph.D. students), 2021 Summer (Ph.D. students)
  • EP683 — Exoplanets, NISER Bhubaneswar
    2022 Winter (Ph.D. students)