Episode 1: The Astrophysicist

Looking outside, I see that everything around us depends on the Sunlight! Or say the Sun! But why?

Oh well, I don’t know! So, I decided to make a career out of it.

To check out my career path, see my boring research link: here research profile.

Research projects that I offer:

  • How the solar atmosphere is energised?
  • How to become a solar flare hunter?
  • New: How solar irradiance affects local weather.

10 years into this career path, I still don’t know the answer so, I decided to find some minions to help me find one. These are my graduate and undergraduate students based at the Dept of Astronomy, NMSU.

  • Nived: A joint student with Prof J.G.Doyle who works at IUCAA, Pune, India.
  • Oana Vesa: Final year student at NMSU who studies solar tornadoes and waves in the solar atmosphere.
  • Amanda Stricklan: Final Year, now at LANL, studies on chromosphere-coronal coupling.
  • Khagendra Kathuwal: 3rd Year student studying coronal hole evolution.
  • Undergraduates working on solar research: Isabella Rodriguez.
  • Undergraduates working on atmospheric science research: Marco Martinez (final year), Christine Houser (Freshman), Aidan Brealey-Rood (Freshman).

Courses I teach:

  • Graduates: Solar Astrophysics (Obviously!)
  • Undergraduates: The Planets, Revolutionary Ideas in Astronomy.
  • Undergraduate research projects.

Contact me at jshetye@nmsu.edu if you want to join the research team.

My book!

Well and no! I am not some solar energy sales-person… I am just someone who points big telescopes at the Sun…