Prof. Dr. Durgesh Kumar Tripathi

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAstrophysics and Astronomy
KeywordsSolar coronal heating, Solar eruptions, Space instrumentation, Solar atmosphere
Honours and awards

2025: Distinguished Alumnus, DDU Gorakhpur University, Gorakhpur

2024: Young Career Award, Asia Pacific Solar Physics

2017: BUTI Foundation Award in Plasma Science and Technology, Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad

2013: Group Achievement Award in Understanding the Genesis and Evolution of Coronal Mass Ejections, Romanian Academy of Science, Bucharest, Romania

2009: Research Fellowship, Clare Hall, University of Cambridge, UK

Current contact address

CountryGermany
CityGöttingen
InstitutionMax-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Sami SolankiMax-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung, Göttingen
Start of initial sponsorship01/06/2026

Programme(s)

2026Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Tripathi is one of the most eminent researchers in studying solar eruptive phenomena and the heating of the upper solar atmosphere. He achieved groundbreaking insights in the dynamics of coronal mass ejections and prominences and has made important contributions to space instrumentation. During his stay in Germany, he plans to study heating and dynamics of the magnetized solar atmosphere and its ultraviolet radiation.