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Solar Physics Laboratory

Rohit Chhiber

(Post Doctoral Researcher)

Rohit Chhiber's Contact Card & Information.
Email: rohit.chhiber@nasa.gov
Org Code: 671
Address:
NASA/GSFC
Mail Code 671
Greenbelt, MD 20771
Employer: UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE

Research Interests


Solar wind; Turbulence; Solar energetic particles

Heliophysics: Inner Heliosphere


Solar Wind; Cosmic Rays; Turbulence

Heliophysics: Outer Heliosphere


Global solar wind simulation; turbulence modeling; turbulence simulation

Heliophysics: Theory & Modeling


Positions/Employment


Associate Scientist

University of Delaware & NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Washington, DC and Newark, DE

2024 - Present


Research Associate III

University of Delaware & NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Washington, DC & Newark, DE

August 2022 - 2024


Postdoctoral Researcher

University of Delaware & NASA Goddard Space Flight Center - Washington, DC & Newark, DE

October 2018 - July 2022

Teaching Experience


Introductory Physics for Undergraduates, University of Delaware, Winter 2017

Education


PhD, University of Delaware - 2018

Awards


NASA Silver Achievement Medal (2019)


NASA Group Achievement Award (2023)

Selected Publications


Refereed

2025. "von Kármán–Howarth similarity of spatial correlations and the distribution of correlation lengths in solar photospheric turbulence.", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 544 (3): 2848-2859 [10.1093/mnras/staf1863] [Journal Article/Letter]

2025. "The Effect of Turbulence on the Angular Momentum of the Solar Wind.", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 985 (1): L13 [10.3847/2041-8213/add325] [Journal Article/Letter]

2024. "The Alfvén transition zone observed by the Parker Solar Probe in young solar wind – global properties and model comparisons.", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters, 533 (1): L70-L75 [10.1093/mnrasl/slae051] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Isotropization and Evolution of Energy-containing Eddies in Solar Wind Turbulence: Parker Solar Probe, Helios 1, ACE, WIND, and Voyager 1.", The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 932 (1): L11 [10.3847/2041-8213/ac73fd] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "Theory of Cosmic Ray Transport in the Heliosphere.", Space Science Reviews, 218 (4): 33 [10.1007/s11214-022-00896-1] [Journal Article/Letter]

2022. "An extended and fragmented Alfvén zone in the Young Solar Wind.", Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, 513 (1): 159-167 [10.1093/mnras/stac779] [Journal Article/Letter]