Dibyendu Sur
(ASSISTANT RESEARCH SCIENTIST)
| Email: | dibyendu.sur@nasa.gov |
| Phone: | 301.286.6953 |
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| Address: |
NASA/GSFC Mail Code 673 Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
| Employer: | CATHOLIC UNIV OF AMERICA |
Brief Bio
Dibyendu Sur is a Research Scientist in the Geospace Physics Laboratory in the Heliophysics Division since July 2023 (Assistant Research Scientist at The Catholic University of America). Dibyendu Sur also worked as Postdoctoral Associate in Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder. Dibyendu Sur obtained Ph.D. degree from University of Calcutta in 2021.
Dibyendu Sur is an expert in Solar Wind-Magnetosphere-Ionosphere-Thermosphere coupling. Dibyendu Sur has experience in ionospheric and magnetospheric modeling including the Whole Atmosphere Model Ionosphere Plasmasphere Electrodynamics (WAM-IPE) and Comprehensive Inner-Magnetosphere Ionosphere (CIMI). Dibyendu Sur is also a member of COSPAR International Space Weather Action Team (ISWAT), and Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) mission. He is also involved in other solar system planets and exoplanet space weather studies.
Research Interests
Earth and other planetary space weather (magnetosphere, ionosphere, thermosphere) and their interactions with Stellar wind
Heliophysics: Space WeatherCurrent Projects
The Magnetosphere-Aurora Reconnection Boundary Layer Explorer (MARBLE)
Earth's Magnetosphere
Comprehensive Inner-Magnetosphere Ionosphere (CIMI)
Earth's Magnetosphere
Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) International Space Weather Action Team (ISWAT)
Space Weather
Several ISWAT groups including ISWAT Group: Heliophysics for Artemis (Moon) and Beyond and Mars Space Weather
Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS)
Earth's Magnetosphere
Positions/Employment
Assistant Research Scientist
The Catholic University of America - Washington DC
July 2023 - Present
Postdoctoral Associate
CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder - Boulder, US
June 2021 - July 2023
Assistant Professor
Narula Institute of Technology - Kolkata, India
February 2015 - June 2021
Assistant Professor
Guru Nanak Institute of Technology - Kolkata, India
December 2008 - February 2015
Teaching Experience
Narula Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India 2015-2021
Guru Nanak Institute of Technology, Kolkata, India 2008-2015
Education
Ph.D. from Institute of Radio Physics and Electronics, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India, January 2021
Professional Societies
American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Member
2017 - Present
COSPAR International Space Weather Action Teams
Member
2019 - Present
European Geosciences Union (EGU)
Member
2018 - Present
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Member
2010 - Present
Committee on Space Research (COSPAR)
Associate
2018 - Present
Awards
Dibyendu Sur is awarded with Heliophysics Science Division Peer Award 2025 on September 19, 2025.
Dibyendu Sur is awarded with Best Poster Title Award in NASA Goddard Space Flight Center 15th Sciences and Exploration Directorate New Year Poster Party on January 23, 2024.
Dibyendu Sur served as NASA ROSES Panel reviewer.
Dibyendu Sur served as NSF Panel reviewer in 2024.
Dibyendu Sur is awarded as Young Scientist in BSS 2019, Olsztyn, Poland, August 19-23, 2019.
Dibyendu Sur is selected as Young Scientist in ISSI, Bern, Switzerland in 2018.
Dibyendu Sur was selected as one of the participant in Workshop on Space Weather at the ICTP in Trieste from 23 April 2018 to 4 May 2018. Dibyendu Sur received grant of 695 Euro in this workshop.
Dibyendu Sur was selected as student in International Reference Ionosphere 2017 Workshop, National Central University, Taiwan, 6-17 November, 2017 and received COSPAR Travel grant.
Dibyendu Sur has received Young Scientist Award at URSI RCRS 2015 at New Delhi, India, in November 2015.
Dibyendu Sur received the first prize in National Space Science Symposium at Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati, India, in February 2012.
Special Experience
Certification of NASA Open Science, Issued by NASA Transform to Open Science (TOPS)
Selected Publications
Refereed
2026. "Cusp Ion Dispersions and Their Relation to the Dayside Magnetic Reconnection Location: TRACERS First Results.", Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 131 (8): e2026JA035586 [10.1029/2026ja035586] [Journal Article/Letter]
2026. "Recommendations for Advancing Heliophysics and Space Weather Modeling Through Open Science.", Space Weather, 24 (6): e2026SW005194 [10.1029/2026sw005194] [Journal Article/Letter]
2026. "Advancing Heliophysics and Space Weather Modeling Through Open Science.", Space Weather, 24 (6): e2025SW004922 [10.1029/2025sw004922] [Journal Article/Letter]
2026. "Electron Dispersion at the Electron Edge of the Earth's Magnetospheric Cusp.", Geophysical Research Letters, 53 (10): e2026GL122699 [10.1029/2026gl122699] [Journal Article/Letter]
2025. "Extreme Geomagnetic Storm on the Early Earth Induced by Corotating Interaction Regions from the Young Sun.", The Astrophysical Journal, 994 (1): 75 [10.3847/1538-4357/ae0c0e] [Journal Article/Letter]
2025. "Performance Evaluation of CIMI Electron Precipitation During Geomagnetic Storms With the Introduction of Multiple Reflections.", Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 130 (9): e2024JA033477 [10.1029/2024ja033477] [Journal Article/Letter]
2025. "Intercomparison of Model Determinations of Auroral Electrodynamic Parameters.", Space Weather, 23 (3): [https://doi.org/10.1029/2024SW004023] [Journal Article/Letter]
2024. "Earth’s Geomagnetic Environment—Progress and Gaps in Understanding, Prediction, and Impacts.", Advances in Space Research, [10.1016/j.asr.2024.05.016] [Journal Article/Letter]
2023. "CME Propagation Through the Heliosphere: Status and Future of Observations and Model Development.", Advances in Space Research, [10.1016/j.asr.2023.07.003] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Dependence of the global dayside reconnection rate on interplanetary magnetic field By and the earth’s dipole tilt.", Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences, 9 [10.3389/fspas.2022.973276] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "Investigation of the negative ionospheric response of the 8 September 2017 geomagnetic storm over the European sector.", Advances in Space Research, 70 (4): 1104-1120 [10.1016/j.asr.2022.05.035] [Journal Article/Letter]
2022. "High and mid latitude and near subsolar point ionospheric and thermospheric responses to the solar flares and geomagnetic storms during low solar activity periods of 2017 and 2020.", Advances in Space Research, 70 (1): 157-178 [10.1016/j.asr.2022.04.024] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "The Magnitude of IMF By Influences the Magnetotail Response to Solar Wind Forcing.", Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 126 (11): [10.1029/2021ja029752] [Journal Article/Letter]
2021. "Impact of CME and HSSW driven geomagnetic storms on thermosphere and ionosphere as observed from mid-latitudes.", Advances in Space Research, 68 (3): 1441-1460 [10.1016/j.asr.2021.03.027] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Multi-wavelength coordinated observations of ionospheric irregularity structures from an anomaly crest location during unusual solar minimum of the 24th cycle.", Advances in Space Research, 65 (5): 1402-1413 [10.1016/j.asr.2019.11.035] [Journal Article/Letter]
2020. "Effects of CME and CIR induced geomagnetic storms on low-latitude ionization over Indian longitudes in terms of neutral dynamics.", Advances in Space Research, 65 (1): 198-213 [10.1016/j.asr.2019.09.047] [Journal Article/Letter]
2017. "Response of data‐driven artificial neural network‐based TEC models to neutral wind for different locations, seasons, and solar activity levels from the Indian longitude sector.", Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 122 (7): 7713-7733 [10.1002/2016ja023678] [Journal Article/Letter]
2015. "Role of neutral wind in the performance of artificial neural‐network based TEC models at diverse longitudes in the low latitudes.", Journal of Geophysical Research: Space Physics, 120 (3): 2316-2332 [10.1002/2014ja020594] [Journal Article/Letter]
2013. "Comparison of standard TEC models with a Neural Network based TEC model using multistation GPS TEC around the northern crest of Equatorial Ionization Anomaly in the Indian longitude sector during the low and moderate solar activity levels of the 24th solar cycle.", Advances in Space Research, 52 (5): 810-820 [10.1016/j.asr.2013.05.020] [Journal Article/Letter]
Talks, Presentations and Posters
Invited
Design and performance evaluation of ionospheric and magnetospheric models
December 6, 2022
Orion Space Solution Seminar, Louisville, Colorado
Space Weather Modeling and Correlations between IMF By and Isotropic Boundary Latitude
December 5, 2022
Institute of Geophysics and Planetary Physics (IGPP), University of California Los Angeles Group Meeting
Performance evaluation of Artificial Neural Network (ANN) based ionospheric Total Electron Content (TEC) model in the Equatorial region
November 10, 2022
NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) Seminar
Design and Performance Validation of Artificial Neural Network (ANN)-based Total Electron Content (TEC) Models for Low-latitude Regions of Earth's Ionosphere
October 18, 2022
National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC) Space Science Seminars, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA
Leveraging distributed network of GNSS TEC measurements from India to develop ANN based TEC models
December 7, 2018
Heliophysics Science Division Weekly Seminar, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA
Other
Solar Energetic Particles at Mars: MAVEN SEP, MAG, and SWIA and Model Analysis
July 1, 2026
SHINE Workshop 2026, Madison, Wisconsin, USA
Detection of dayside plasmaspheric plume using CIMI simulations
December 19, 2025
AGU Fall Meeting 2025
Assessment of CIMI Electron Precipitation Performances During Two Geomagnetic Storms Alongside DMSP Data
December 13, 2024
AGU Fall Meeting 2024, Washington, DC
Extraction of kinetic scale structures from Venus Magnetosphere using Parker Solar Probe data flyby
November 18, 2024
22nd meeting of Venus Exploration Analysis Group (VEXAG), Louisville, Kentucky
Performance Evaluation of CIMI during May 10-11 2024 Geomagnetic Storm
October 28, 2024
May 2024 Solar & Geospace Superstorm Workshop, JHU-APL
Performance of CIMI precipitation fluxes during geomagnetically disturbed periods
October 23, 2024
Early Career Scientist Forum (ECSF 2024), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Performance of CIMI after inclusion of multiple reflection and under varying ionospheric conductances
October 7, 2024
Heliophysics Science & Engineering Summit, JHU-APL
Performance Assessment of CIMI Electron Precipitation During Geomagnetic Storm
April 16, 2024
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly, Vienna, Austria
Magnetospheric and ionospheric model performance evaluation towards predictions of different auroral parameters during geomagnetic disturbed periods
December 13, 2023
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 11-15, 2023
Detection of Phase-Space Holes and Double Layers at induced magnetosphere of Venus using high resolution burst mode Parker Solar Probe Data during its 4th Gravity Assist in 2021 and comparisons with Earth's intrinsic magnetosphere
December 12, 2023
AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 11-15, 2023
MARBLE: How to make an open science global magnetosphere code?
October 10, 2023
Data, Analysis and Software in Heliophysics (DASH) 2023 Conference, JHU/APL, Laurel, MD
Simulation of the ionospheric response to the March 2015 storm and the physical processes
September 13, 2023
NASA FST Extreme Team Meeting
Inspection of possible presence of Double Layers and Phase-Space Holes at Venus Magnetosphere using Parker Solar Probe
August 7, 2023
SHINE 2023, Stowe, Vermont, US