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page_title: "Soumyaranjan Dash | Curriculum Vitae"
description: "Academic Curriculum Vitae of Dr. Soumyaranjan Dash, Solar Physicist and Brinson Postdoctoral Research Associate at the National Solar Observatory (NSO). Core focus areas cover solar MHD, spectropolarimetry modeling pipelines, and DKIST tools."
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<h1 class="page-heading page-heading--inline">Curriculum Vitae</h1>
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<h2>Professional Experience</h2>
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<span style="font-size: 0.82rem; font-weight: 700; color: var(--pos); letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;">Jun 2025 – Present</span>
<span class="cv-tag institution">National Solar Observatory (NSO)</span>
<span class="cv-tag">Maui, Hawaii, USA</span>
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<h3 style="font-size: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 0.3rem;">Brinson Postdoctoral Research Associate</h3>
<p style="margin: 0; font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--muted); line-height: 1.6;">Analyzing high-resolution spectropolarimetric datasets from the Cryogenic Near-Infrared Spectropolarimeter (CryoNIRSP) instrument aboard the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope (DKIST) under the mentorship of Dr. Tom Schad. Developing data pipelines to map magnetic topologies within the dynamic solar corona.</p>
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<span style="font-size: 0.82rem; font-weight: 700; color: var(--pos); letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;">2023 - 2025</span>
<span class="cv-tag institution">Institute for Astronomy (IfA), University of Hawaii</span>
<span class="cv-tag">Honolulu, USA</span>
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<h3 style="font-size: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 0.3rem;">Postdoctoral Research Fellow</h3>
<p style="margin: 0; font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--muted); line-height: 1.6;">Investigated the generation, structure, and topological evolution of active region solar magnetic fields under the mentorship of Prof. Xudong Sun. Employed complex numerical modeling frameworks and data-driven surface flux transport simulations.</p>
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<h2>Education</h2>
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<span style="font-size: 0.82rem; font-weight: 700; color: var(--pos); letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;">Jul 2016 – Nov 2022</span>
<span class="cv-tag institution">Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata</span>
<span class="cv-tag">CGPA: 8.5/10</span>
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<h3 style="font-size: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 0.3rem;">Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)</h3>
<p style="margin: 0; font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--muted); line-height: 1.6;">Dissertation completed at the Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India (CESSI) under the guidance of Prof. Dibyendu Nandy. Advanced novel, predictive data-driven approaches to surface flux dynamics and heliospheric field configurations.</p>
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<span style="font-size: 0.82rem; font-weight: 700; color: var(--pos); letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;">Jul 2013 – Jun 2015</span>
<span class="cv-tag institution">Central University of Himachal Pradesh</span>
<span class="cv-tag">CGPA: 5.07/6</span>
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<h3 style="font-size: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 0.3rem;">M.Sc. in Theoretical Physics</h3>
<p style="margin: 0; font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--muted);">Thesis completed under the supervision of Dr. Ayan Chatterjee, with core specializations in Fluid Dynamics, Computational Plasma Physics, and High-Energy Mathematical Formulations.</p>
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<h2>Research Interests</h2>
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<div class="pub-title">Coronal magnetism through polarimetry</div>
<p style="margin: 0; font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--muted); line-height: 1.6;">Inferring polarized emissions from the solar corona using DKIST/CryoNIRSP data.</p>
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<div class="pub-title">Magnetohydrodynamic evolution of the solar corona</div>
<p style="margin: 0; font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--muted); line-height: 1.6;">Understanding coronal magnetic field configuration and dynamics through MHD simulations (modules in PLUTO and SWMF/BATS-R-US), including a global coronal simulation module developed in the PLUTO framework.</p>
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<div class="pub-title">Predicting the solar coronal field during eclipses</div>
<p style="margin: 0; font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--muted); line-height: 1.6;">Combining Surface Flux Transport (SFT) simulations with Potential Field Source Surface (PFSS) extrapolation to predict large-scale coronal structure for total solar eclipses, validated against observations.</p>
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<div class="pub-title">Long-term evolution of the solar corona</div>
<p style="margin: 0; font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--muted); line-height: 1.6;">Studying model-reconstructed (solar dynamo + coronal extrapolation) proxies to understand the geo-effectiveness of solar energetic output during grand minimum episodes.</p>
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<h2>Publications & Research Presentations</h2>
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<h2>Observing Proposals</h2>
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<span class="cv-tag institution">Principal Investigator</span>
<span class="cv-tag">DKIST Operations Commissioning, Cycle 3</span>
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<h3 style="font-size: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 0.3rem;">Understanding Physical Mechanisms that Drive Solar Wind with DKIST Coronal Magnetometry</h3>
<p style="margin: 0; font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--muted); line-height: 1.6;">Proposes targeted Cryo-NIRSP/DKIST observations to investigate solar wind formation mechanisms — turbulent Alfvén-wave-driven in-situ heating versus interchange reconnection — by inferring magnetic topology and mapping the spatial distribution of temperature, electron density, and Doppler shifts across open/closed field boundaries.</p>
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<h2>Outreach Projects</h2>
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<span style="font-size: 0.82rem; font-weight: 700; color: var(--pos); letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;">2017 – 2023</span>
<span class="cv-tag institution">CESSI, IISER Kolkata</span>
<span class="cv-tag">PI: Prof. Dibyendu Nandy</span>
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<h3 style="font-size: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 0.3rem;">Space Weather Assessment & Predictions</h3>
<p style="margin: 0; font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--muted); line-height: 1.6;">Contributed to CESSI's space environment monitoring and forecasting tools, combining computational modeling, big-data analytics, and machine learning applied to satellite and ground-based observations — covering solar surface imaging, surface/coronal magnetic field modeling, and active-region flare potential. Dashboard: <a href="http://www.cessi.in/spaceweather" target="_blank" class="text-link">cessi.in/spaceweather</a>.</p>
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<span style="font-size: 0.82rem; font-weight: 700; color: var(--pos); letter-spacing: 0.05em; text-transform: uppercase;">2020 – 2022</span>
<span class="cv-tag institution">CESSI, IISER Kolkata</span>
<span class="cv-tag">PI: Prof. Dibyendu Nandy</span>
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<h3 style="font-size: 1.1rem; margin-bottom: 0.3rem;">Modelling the Progression of COVID-19 in India</h3>
<p style="margin: 0; font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--muted); line-height: 1.6;">Developed an epidemiological model to study COVID-19 progression in the Indian context, with parameter-space studies and data analysis used to constrain the model. Results: <a href="http://www.cessi.in/coronavirus" target="_blank" class="text-link">cessi.in/coronavirus</a>.</p>
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<h2>Achievements & Scholarships</h2>
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<div class="pub-title">Doctoral Fellowship, DST INSPIRE Program</div>
<p style="margin: 0; font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--muted); line-height: 1.6;">Awarded by the Department of Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, under the INSPIRE Fellowship program.</p>
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<div class="pub-title">All India Rank 98, Joint Entrance Screening Test (JEST) 2016</div>
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<div class="pub-title">Geospace SHINE Panel Reviewer (2024)</div>
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<div class="pub-title">Peer Reviewer</div>
<p style="margin: 0; font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--muted); line-height: 1.6;">Referee for <em>The Astrophysical Journal</em>, <em>Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society</em>, <em>Open Research Europe</em>, and other journals.</p>
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<div class="pub-title">Newspaper & Media Mentions</div>
<p style="margin: 0; font-size: 0.92rem; color: var(--muted); line-height: 1.6;">Coverage of eclipse-prediction research, including CESSI's coronal-shape forecast issued 43 days ahead of the 2017 total solar eclipse.</p>
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<h2>Teaching Assistantships</h2>
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<span class="skill-pill">SS4203 — Fluid- and Magnetohydrodynamics (F-MHD)</span>
<span class="skill-pill">PH4102 — Introductory Astrophysics</span>
<span class="skill-pill">PH3105 — Computational Physics</span>
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<h2>Technical Skill Matrix</h2>
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<h4 style="margin: 0 0 0.4rem 0; font-size: 0.9rem; color: var(--neg); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.04em;">Computing & Architecture</h4>
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<span class="skill-pill">Python</span>
<span class="skill-pill">Fortran</span>
<span class="skill-pill">C / C++</span>
<span class="skill-pill">Linux Shell / Bash</span>
<span class="skill-pill">LaTeX</span>
<span class="skill-pill">Git</span>
<span class="skill-pill">Windows</span>
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<h4 style="margin: 0 0 0.4rem 0; font-size: 0.9rem; color: var(--neg); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.04em;">Physics & Computation</h4>
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<span class="skill-pill">MHD Modeling</span>
<span class="skill-pill">PLUTO / SWMF-BATS-R-US</span>
<span class="skill-pill">Data Assimilation</span>
<span class="skill-pill">Spectropolarimetry</span>
<span class="skill-pill">DKIST Data Pipelines</span>
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<h4 style="margin: 0 0 0.4rem 0; font-size: 0.9rem; color: var(--neg); text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 0.04em;">Visualization & Web</h4>
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<span class="skill-pill">JavaScript (ES6+)</span>
<span class="skill-pill">HTML5 / CSS3</span>
<span class="skill-pill">Matplotlib / IDL</span>
<span class="skill-pill">ParaView / VisIT / Tecplot</span>
<span class="skill-pill">Matlab</span>
<span class="skill-pill">Scientific UI Design</span>
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