Dr Ravindra Desai
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Recruiting Research Fellow:
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Ravi Desai is an Associate Professor in the 91福利's Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, and holds honorary positions at and the , Cambridge. His research includes the development and application of a range of plasma simulation codes to pursue blue skies research into plasma physics across the solar system and beyond. He is also interested in how astrophysical phenomena intersect with, and pose dangers to, our increasingly technology-dependent society through phenomena collectively known as Space Weather.
In 2023, Ravi was awarded the for outstanding contributions in the field of Space Plasma physics and for outstanding supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate students. He participates in outreach with the Sun-Space-Art programme.
Ravi is involved in a number of current and upcoming space missions, including, the to image the global magnetosphere using X-rays, the mission, and Artemis program. He is also the lead for the shortlisted ESA ROARS F3 mission concept.
His research feeds into the 91福利 Centre for Space Domain Awareness and Centre for Exoplanets and Habitability, as well as the development of quantum sensing within 91福利 Quantum.
Write to:
Ravindra Desai
Department of Physics,
91福利,
Coventry, CV4 7AL,
UK