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Sanchita Pal
Assistant Professor
sanchita.pal[at]csst.iitr.ac.in
Room No. H514, Humanities Building, IIT Roorkee
01332-285838
https://palsanchita526.wixsite.com/sanchitapal
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Research
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Research Interests
Solar Physics, Space Science, Sun and Heliosphere, Space weather, Sun-Earth connections, Solar system, Solar flare, Coronal mass ejection, Machine learning in space science, Space weather forecasts
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Educational Details
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2020
PhD, Space Science
West Bengal University of Technology, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2013
B.Tech, Electronics and Communication Engineering
University of Calcutta, Kolkata, West Bengal, India
2015
M.Tech, Radio Physics and Electronics
Professional Background
Grant Funded Researcher
01 Jun 2020 - 31 Jan 2021
Space Physics, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Post-doctoral Fellow
01 Feb 2021 - 08 May 2022
University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland
Assistant Professor
06 Oct 2025 - Present
IIT Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India
Post-doctoral research
29 May 2022 - 01 Aug 2023
NASA GSFC [George Mason University], Greenbelt, India
NASA Post-doctoral Program (NPP) Fellow
05 Sep 2023 - 28 Aug 2024
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, India
Research
Projects
TOPIC START DATE FIELD DESCRIPTION FINANCIAL OUTLAY FUNDING AGENCY OTHER OFFICERS
NASA Postdoctoral Program (NPP) 05 Sep 2023 Space Science $180K NASA SMD, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States Of America Lan Jian, Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla
Coronal Mass Ejection Energetics 31 May 2017 Solar Physics USD 10k SCOSTEP Visiting Scholarship Program, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States Of America Nat Gopalswamy




Publications
Magnetic interaction analysis of multiple interplanetary coronal mass ejections that led to a historic geomagnetic storm in May 2024
2025
Sanchita Pal, Cecilia Mac Cormack, Emilia K. J. Kilpua, Yogesh, Lan K. Jian and Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla | EDP Sciences
Journal: Astronomy and Astrophysics A&A Pages: A150 , Volumes: 702 ,
Classifying different types of solar wind plasma with uncertainty estimations using machine learning
2024
Thomas Narock, Sanchita Pal, Aryana Arsham, Ayris Narock, Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla | Springer
Journal: Solar Physics Pages: 131 , Volumes: 299 ,
Automatic detection of large-scale flux ropes and their geoeffectiveness with a machine learning approach
2024
Sanchita Pal, Luiz F. G. dos Santos, Andreas J. Weiss, Thomas Narock, Ayris Narock, Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla, Lan K. Jian, Simon W. Good | IOP Publihers
Journal: The Astrophysical Journal Volumes: 972 ,
The loss of Starlink satellites in February 2022: How moderate geomagnetic storms can adversely affect assets in Low-Earth orbit
2024
Yoshita Baruah, Souvik Roy, Suvadip Sinha, Erika Palmerio, Sanchita Pal, Denny M. Oliveira, Dibyendu Nandy | AGU Publications
Journal: Space Weather Volumes: 2 ,
Correcting Projection Effects in CMEs using GCS-based Large Statistics of Multi-viewpoint Observations
2024
Harshita Gandhi, Ritesh Patel, Vaibhav Pant, Satabdwa Majumdar, Sanchita Pal, Dipankar Banerjee, Huw Morgan | AGU Publications
Journal: Space Weather Volumes: 22 ,
On the Mesoscale Structure of Coronal Mass Ejections at Mercury’s Orbit: BepiColombo and Parker Solar Probe Observations
2024
Erika Palmerio, Fernando Carcaboso, Leng Ying Khoo, Tarik M. Salman, Beatriz Sánchez- Cano, Benjamin J. Lynch, Yeimy J. Rivera, Sanchita Pal et al | IOP Publications
Journal: The Astrophysical Journal Volumes: 963 ,
Global insight into a complex structured heliosphere based on the local multi-point analysis
2023
Sanchita Pal, Laura Balmaceda, Andreas J. Weiss, Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla, Fernando Carcaboso, Christian Mostl | Frontiers
Journal: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences - Space Physics Volumes: 10 ,
Causality in Heliophysics: Magnetic fields as a bridge between the Sun’s Interior and the Earth’s Space Environment
2023
Dibyendu Nandy, Yoshita Baruah, Prantika Bhowmik, Soumyaranjan Dash, Sakshi Gupta, Soumitra Hazra, B. Lekshmi, Sanchita Pal et al. | Elsevier
Journal: Journal of Atmospheric and Solar- Terrestrial Physics Volumes: 248 ,
Redefining Flux Ropes in Heliophysics
2023
Teresa Nieves-Chinchilla, Sanchita Pal et al. | Frontiers
Journal: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science Volumes: 10 ,
A magnetic cloud prediction model for forecasting space weather relevant properties of Earth-directed coronal mass ejections
2022
Sanchita Pal, Dibyendu Nandy and Emilia K. J. | EDP Science
Journal: Astronomy & Astrophysics Volumes: 665 ,
A Comparative Analysis of Machine-learning Models for Solar Flare Forecasting: Identifying High-performing Active Region Flare Indicators
2022
Suvadip Sinha, Om Gupta, Vishal Singh, B. Lekshmi, Dibyendu Nandy, Dhrubaditya Mitra, Saikat Chatterjee, Sourangshu Bhattacharya, Saptarshi Chatterjee, Nandita Srivastava, Axel Brandenburg, and Sanchita Pal | IOP Publishers
Journal: The Astrophysical Journal Volumes: 935 ,
Eruption and Interplanetary Evolution of a Stealth Streamer-blowout CME Observed by PSP at ∼ 0.5 AU
2022
Sanchita Pal, Benjamin J. Lynch, Simon W. Good, Erika Palmerio, Eleanna Asvestari, Jens Pomoell, Michael L. Stevens, Emilia K. J. Kilpua | Frontiers
Journal: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences Volumes: 9 ,
Structure and fluctuations of a slow ICME sheath observed at 0.5 au by Parker Solar Probe
2022
E. K. J. Kilpua, S. W. Good, M. Ala-Lahti, A. Osmane, Sanchita Pal | EDP Publishers
Journal: Astronomy & Astrophysics Volumes: 663 ,
Uncovering the process that transports magnetic helicity to coronal mass ejection flux ropes
2021
Sanchita Pal | Elsevier
Journal: Advances in Space Research Volumes: 70 ,
Predicting the Magnetic Fields of a Stealth CME Detected by Parker Solar Probe at 0.5 AU
2021
Erika Palmerio, Christina Kay, Nada Al-Haddad, Benjamin J. Lynch, Wenyuan Yu, Michael L. Stevens, Sanchita Pal, and Christina O. Lee | IOP Publishers
Journal: The Astrophysical Journal Volumes: 2 ,
Uncovering Erosion Effects on Magnetic Flux Rope Twist
2021
Sanchita Pal, Emilia Kilpua, Simon Good, Jens Pomoell and Daniel J. Price | EDP Science
Journal: Astronomy & Astrophysic Volumes: 650 ,
Sunspot cycle 25 is brewing: Early signs herald its onset
2020
Dibyendu Nandy, Aditi Bhatnagar, Sanchita Pal, | IOP Publishers
Journal: Research Notes of the AAS Volumes: 4 ,
Flux erosion of interplanetary magnetic clouds by reconnection with the Sun’s open flux.
2019
Sanchita Pal, Soumyaranjan Dash, Dibyendu Nandy | AGU Publications
Journal: Geophysical Research Letters Volumes: 47 ,
Dependence of Coronal Mass Ejection Properties on their Solar Source Active Region Characteristics and Associated Flare Reconnection Flux
2018
Sanchita Pal, Dibyendu Nandy, Nandita Srivastava, Nat Gopalswamy, and Suman Panda | IOP Publications
Journal: The Astrophysical Journal Volumes: 865 ,
A Sun-to-Earth Analysis of Magnetic Helicity of the 2013 March 17–18 Interplanetary Coronal Mass Ejection
2017
Sanchita Pal, Nat Gopalswamy, Dibyendu Nandy, Sachiko Akiyama, Seiji Yashiro, Pertti Makela, and Hong Xie | IOP Publications
Journal: The Astrophysical Journal Volumes: 851 ,
Collaborations
Turbulence within Space Weather Drivers
NASA/ Catholic University of America, United States Of America
Auto-identification of Solar wind structures
NASA, United States Of America
Space weather driver evolution, auto-detection and prediction
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States Of America
Honors And Awards
Honors
American Geophysical Union (AGU), AGU annual meeting, New Orleans, United States Of America
2025
Sunanda and Santimay Basu (International) Early Career Award in Sun-Earth Systems Science
National Science Foundation (NSF), African Geophysical Society, Zambia, Central African Republic
2023
NSF Travel Grant
Springer, Asia Pacific Solar Physics Mee-ng, Pune, India
2020
Young Scientist Best Paper Award
AGU, AGU annual meeting, Washington DC, United States Of America
2018
Student Travel Grant
MemberShips
American Geophysical Union (AGU), United States Of America
01 Aug 2025 - 01 Jan 2062
Life-time member
European Geophysical Union (EGU), Austria
01 Aug 2025 - 31 Aug 2062
Life member
Space Physics and Aeronomy Richard Carrington Education and Public Outreach (SPARC) Award, United States Of America
01 Oct 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
Selection Committee member
International Astronomical Union (IAU), United States Of America
01 Jul 2025 - 30 Jun 2026
Junior member
Astronomical Society of India (ASI), India
01 Aug 2025 - 31 Dec 2036
Life member
Miscellaneous
Administrative Positions
Project Reviewer
01 Oct 2022 - 30 Apr 2025
NASA-Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Science (ROSES), Greenbelt, Maryland, United States Of America
ES (executive secretary)
01 Oct 2023 - 31 Oct 2023
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States Of America
Reviewer
01 Feb 2024 - 29 Feb 2024
NASA-Future Investigators in NASA Earth and Space Science and Technology (FINESST), Greenbelt, MD, United States Of America