Biographical Summary for Mihir I. Desai

Mihir Desai received his BSc. in Mathematics and Physics from the University 
College London, UK in 1991, and his PhD. in Physics from the University of 
Birmingham, UK, in 1996.  

Dr. Desai then joined the European Space Agency, Netherlands as a Research 
Fellow in the Space Science Department from 1996-1998.  

Dr. Desai joined the Space Physics Group at the University of Maryland in 
February 1998.  Currently, he is an Assistant Research Scientist in the Physics
Department at the University of Maryland.

His research work has included studying the origin, acceleration, and transport
of energetic particles in planetary magnetospheres, interplanetary space, and 
the solar atmosphere, understanding the dynamics of planetary magnetospheres 
and their interactions with the solar wind, and participating in the design, 
development, and calibration of novel space-borne energetic particle 
instrumentation.  

He has extensive experience in analyzing and interpreting in-situ energetic 
particle, solar wind plasma, and magnetic field data from the Ulysses, ACE, 
and Wind spacecraft, and is currently involved in the design and development of
the Suprathermal Ion Telescope on the STEREO mission.

His current research interests include analysis and interpretation of the 
isotopic, elemental, and charge state composition during solar energetic 
particle events, interplanetary shock events associated with coronal mass 
ejections, and corotating interaction regions from the ACE and Wind spacecraft.

Selected Publications

Desai, M. I., and G. M. Simnett, Solar wind-driven flows in the Jovian 
magnetosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research, 101, 13115-13135, 1996.

Desai, M. I., R. G. Marsden, T. R. Sanderson, A. Balogh, R. J. Forsyth, and 
J. T. Gosling, Particle acceleration at corotating interaction regions in the 
three-dimensional heliosphere, Journal of Geophysical Research, 103, 2003-2014,
1998.

Mason, G. M, R. von Steiger, R. B. Decker, M. I. Desai, J. R. Dwyer et al., 
Origin, injection and acceleration of CIR particles: Observations, Space 
Science Reviews, 89, 327-367, 1999.

Scholer, M., G. Mann, S. Chalov, M. I. Desai, L. A. Fisk, et al., Origin, 
injection and acceleration of CIR particles: Theory, Space Science Reviews, 
89, 369-399, 1999.

Desai, M. I., R. G. Marsden, T. R. Sanderson, D. Lario, E. C. Roelof, G. M. 
Simnett, J. T. Gosling, A. Balogh, and R. J. Forsyth, Energy spectra of 50-keV 
to 20-MeV protons accelerated at corotating interaction regions at Ulysses, 
Journal of Geophysical Research, 104, 6705-6715, 1999.

Desai, M. I., G. M. Mason, J. R. Dwyer, J. E. Mazur, T. T. von Rosenvinge, and 
R. P. Lepping, Characteristics of energetic (>30-keV/nucleon) ions observed by 
the WIND/STEP instrument upstream of the Earth's bow shock, Journal of 
Geophysical Research, 105, 61-78, 2000.

Desai, M. I., G. M. Mason, J. R. Dwyer, J. E. Mazur, C. W. Smith, and R. M. 
Skoug, Acceleration of 3He Nuclei at Interplanetary Shocks, Astrophysical 
Journal (Letters), 553, L89-L91, 2001.