SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar Program Recipients

2024:
  • Karla Franchesca Lopez Araujo (Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
  • Amadi Brians Chinonso (National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil) Tenure: Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA
  • Huiting Feng (Tongji University, Shanghai, China) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Japan
  • Lynne Githio (Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt) Tenure: Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Japan
  • Dmitry Grankin (Department of Physics of the Earth, St. Petersburg State University, Saint Petersburg, Russia) Tenure: Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil
  • Pelin Iochem (German Aerospace Center, Institute for Solar-Terrestrial Physics, Neustrelitz, Germany) Tenure: University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
  • Ipsita Katual (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), New Panvel, Navi Mumbai, India) Tenure: Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA
  • Akash Kumar (Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India) Tenure: Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP) at the University of Rostock, Germany
  • Samriddhi Sankar Maity (Joint Astronomy Programme (JAP), Indian Institute of Astrophysics and Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, India) Tenure: Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA
  • Ankita Manjrekar (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), New Panvel, Navi Mumbai, India) Tenure: Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
  • Ryoma Matsuura (University of California, Los Angeles, LA, USA) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
  • Ayushi Nema (Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat, Gujarat, India) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
  • Justice Allotey Pappoe (Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt) Tenure: International Research Center for Space and Planetary Environmental Science (i-SPES), Kyushu University, Japan
  • Ashutosh Pattnaik (Astronomical Observatory of the Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland) Tenure: Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA
  • Moheb Yacoub Saad (Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
  • Trunali Anil Shah (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), New Panvel, Navi Mumbai, India) Tenure: Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Greenbelt, MD, USA
  • Yusha’u Muhammad Sulaiman (Kebbi State University of Science and Technology, Aliero, Nigeria) Tenure: South African National Space Agency, Republic of South Africa
  • Stephen Tete (Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt) Tenure: School of Earth and Space Sciences, University of Science and Technology of China
  • Luiz Fillip Rodrigues Vital (National Institute for Space Research (INPE), Brazil) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
2023 Recipients
  • Rajesh Kumar Barad (India, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Japan
  • Yoshita Baruah (India, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER)) Tenure: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA/GSFC), USA
  • Akash Biswas (India, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU)) Tenure: NASA/GSFC, USA
  • Oluwaseun Victoria Fatoye (Nigeria, Anchor University) Tenure: South Africa National Space Agency (SANSA), South Africa
  • Florian Günzkofer (Germany, German Aerospace Center (DLR)) Tenure: Kyushu University, Japan
  • Ashish P. Jadhav (India, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism) Tenure: Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Germany
  • Chandan Kapil (India, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism) Tenure: Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Germany
  • Ardra Kozhikottuparambi (India; National Institute of Technology; UK, University of Warwick) ISEE, Japan
  • Lalitha G Krishnan (India, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre) Tenure: ISEE, Japan
  • Prateek Mayank (India, Indian Institute of Technology) Tenure: SANSA, South Africa
  • George Ochieng Ondede (Kenya, The Technical University of Kenya) Tenure: ISEE, Japan
  • Akshay Shivaji Patil (India, Sanjay Ghodawat University) Tenure: ISEE, Japan
  • Ibrahim Traore (Burkina Faso, University Norbert Zongo) Tenure: Institute for Research in Astrophysics and Planetology (IRAP), France
  • Manu Varghese (China, Shandong University) Tenure: ISEE, Japan
  • Kshitiz Upadhyay (India, Physical Research Laboratory) Tenure: ISEE, Japan
 2022 Recipients
  • Aderonke Adekemi Obafaye-Nee Akerele (Nigeria, Bowen University and NASRDA) Tenure: South African National Space Agency (SANSA), South Africa
  • H. N. Adithya (Young Innovators Educational Services Pvt. Ltd.) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Japan
  • Oscar Batalla (Mexico National and Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)) Tenure: University of Oulu, Finland
  • Nilam Yashwant Bhosale ((India, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG)) Tenure: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), USA
  • Nilesh Chauhan (India, IIG) Tenure: ISEE, Japan
  • Anoruo Chukwuma Moses (Nigeria, University of Nigeria) Tenure: ISEE, Japan
  • Gourav Mitra (India, Physical Research Laboratory (PRL)) Tenure: Leibniz Inst. For Atmospheric Physics, Germany
  • Hagar Mohamed Salah Hussein (Egypt, Helwan University) Tenure: NASRDA, Nigeria
  • Maheswaran Veera Kumar (India, Sastra University) Tenure: ISEE, Japan
  • Onyinye Gift Nwankwo (USA, University of Michigan) Tenure: ISEE, Japan
  • Stephan Owino Omondi (Egypt, Egypt Japan University of Science and Technology (EJUST)) Tenure: Kyushu University
  • Taiwo Olusayo Osanyin (Brazil, INPE) Tenure: SANSA, South Africa
  • Pankaj K Soni (India, IIG) Tenure: ISEE, Japan
  • Pooja Devi (India, Kumaun University) Tenure: NASA/GSFC, USA
  • Rahul Rathi (India, Indian Institute of Technology) Tenure: ISEE, Japan
  • Srikar Paavan Tadepalli (India, IIG) Tenure: NASA/GSFC, USA
  • Sunil Kumar (India, PRL) Tenure: Leibniz Inst. For Atmospheric Physics, Germany
  • Theogene Ndacyayisenga (Rwanda, University of Rwanda) Tenure: NASRDA, Nigeria
  • Rukundo Wellen (Egypt, EJUST) Tenure: ISEE, Japan
  • Mr. Yogesh (India, PRL) Tenure: NASA/GSFC, USA
2021 Recipients
  • Ms Shipra Sinha (India, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Navi Mumbai) Tenure: NASA – GSFC, USA
  • Mr H. N. Adithya (India, Young Innovators Educational Services) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Japan
  • Mr Aleksandr Rubtsov (Russia, Institute of Solar-Terrestrial Physics) Tenure: ISEE, Nagoya University, Japan
  • Mr Dejene Ambisa Terefe (Ethiopia, Bahir Dar University) Tenure: South African National Space Agency (SANSA), South Africa
  • Mr Bantayehu Aderaw Kebede (Ethiopia, Bahir Dar University) Tenure: Centro de Radio Astronomia e Astrofísica Mackenzie (CRAAM), São Paulo, Brazil
  2020 Recipients
  • Ms Kamalam Thillaimaharajan (India, IIG, Mumbai) Tenure: NASA – GSFC, USA
  • Ms Vanina Lanabere (Argentina, University of Buenos Aires) Tenure: NASA – GSFC, USA
  • Mr Volkan Sarp (Turkey, Akdeniz University) Tenure: NASA – GSFC, USA
  • Mr Krushna Chandra Barik (India, IIG, Mumbai) Tenure: Kyushu University, Japan
  • Mr Jordi Tuneu (Brazil, CRAAM) Tenure: NASA – GSFC, USA
  • Ms Ishita Gulati (UK, Newcastle University) Tenure: IIG, Mumbai, India
  • Mr Alemayehu Mengesha Cherkos (Ethiopia, Addis Ababa University) Tenure: ISEE, Nagoya, Japan
  • Mr N. Koushik (India, ISRO) Tenure: Leibniz IAP, Rostock University, Germany
  • Mr Biswajit Ojha (India, IIG, Mumbai) Tenure: NASA – GSFC, USA
  • Mr Dibyendu Sur (India, IIG, Mumbai) Tenure: NASA – GSFC, USA
  • Mr Ayomide Olabode (Nigeria, Obafemi Awolow University) Tenure: IIG, Mumbai, India
  • Mr Habtamu Marew Alemu (Ethiopia, Bahir Dar University) Tenure: SANSA, South Africa
  • Ms Maya Prabhakar (India, Indian Institute of Astrophysics) Tenure: National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
  • Mr Ephrem Tesfaye Desta (Ethiopia, Addis Ababa University) Tenure: NASA – GSFC, USA
  • Mr Angelikus Olla (Indonesia, Bandung Institute of Technology) Tenure: ISEE, Nagoya, Japan
  • Ms Han Ma (China, Institute of Geology/Geophysics, CAS) Tenure: Kyushi University, Japan
  • Mr George Ochieng Ondede (Kenya, Technical University) Tenure: NASRDA, Abuja, Nigeria
  2019 Recipients
  • Ms Gilda Gonzalez (Argentina, National University of Tucumán, Tucumán) Tenure: Institute for pace-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Japan
  • Ms Reetika Joshi (India, Kumaun University, Nainital) Tenure: University of Science and Technology of China, School of Earth and Space Sciences Anhui, China
  • Ms Edith Liliana Macotela (Finland, University of Oulu, Oulu) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Japan
  • Victor Nwankwo (Nigeria, Anchor University, Lagos) Tenure: Centro de Radio Astronomia e Astrofísica Mackenzie (CRAAM), São Paulo, Brazil
  • Ms Megha Pandya (India, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Navi Mumbai) Tenure: NASA – GSFC, USA
  • Mr Ritesh Patel (India, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore) Tenure: NASA – GSFC, USA
  • Mr Ram Singh (India, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Navi Mumbai) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Japan
  • Ms Ange Cynthia Umuhire (Rwanda, University of Rwanda – College of Education) Tenure: NASA – GSFC, USA
  • Mr Francisco Tapia Vazquez (Mexico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México) Tenure: Centro de Radio Astronomia e Astrofísica Mackenzie (CRAAM), São Paulo, Brazil
  2018 Recipients
  • Mr Ranadeep Sarkar (India, Udaipur Solar Observatory, PRL, Udaipur), Tenure: NASA/GSFC, USA
  • Mr Sai Gowtam Valluri (India, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Navi Panvel, Navi Mombai) Tenure: School of Earth and Space Science, USTC, China
  • Ms Ekaterina Aksenova (Ukraine, Institute of Radio Astronomy, NAS, Kharkiv), Tenure: ISEE, Nagiya University, Japan
  • Mr Suresh Karuppiah (India, Department of Physics, Arul Anandar College, Madurai), Tenure: NASA/GSFC, USA
  • Mr Rhorom Rriyatikanto (Indonesia, Space Science Center, National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (LAPAN), Tenure: NASA/GSFC, USA
  • Dr. Sneha Yadav (India, Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Centre, Thiruvanathapuram), Tenure: ISEE, Nagoya University, Japan
  • Dr. G. Sindhuja (India, Udaipur Solar Observatory, Physical Research Laboratory, Udaipur), Tenure: NASA/GSFC, USA
  2017 Recipients
  • Dr. Anil N. Raghav (Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Mumbai, India) Tenure: STEP, CAS Key Laboratory of Geospace Environment in the University of Science and Technology of China
  • Ms Sanchita Pal (Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, West Bengal) Tenure: NASA/GSFC, USA
  • Dr. Uma Das (Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Information Technology, Kalyani, India) Tenure: ISEE, Nagoya University, Japan
  • Mr Dupinder Singh (Mumbai University, Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, India) Tenure: Leibnitz Institute of Atmospheric Physics, University of Rostock, Germany
  • Ms Ashna V. Malayil (School of Pure and Applied Physics, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India) Tenure: NASA/GSFC, USA
  • Dr. TsegayeKassa Gogie (Washera Geospace and Radar Science Research Laboratory, Department of Physics, Bahir Dar University, Ethiopia) Tenure: South African National Space Agency (SANSA), Hermanus, South Africa
  2016 Recipients
  • Dr. S.G. Sumod (Sacred Heart College Mahatma Gandhi University, Kerala, India) Tenure at the ISEER, Nagoya University, Japan
  • Dr. K. Sasikumar Raja (Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, India) Tenure at the NAOC, China
  • Ms Sneha A. Gokani (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai University, India) Tenure at the SANSA, South Africa
  • Dr. Olawale Segun Bolaji (University of Lagos, Nigeria) Tenure at the School of Earth and Space Science, University of Science and Technology of China
  2015 Recipients
  • ADEBESIN, Babatunde Olufemi (Landmark University, Nigeria) Tenure at the NASA-GSFC, USA
  • LEMINH, Tan (Tay Nguyen Univ., Vietnam) Tenure at the CIRC/ISEE, Nagoya University, Japan
  • OMONDI, George Erick (Maseno University, Kenya) Tenure at the SANSA, South Africa
  • OWOLABI, Oluwafisayo (University of Lagos, Nigeria) Tenure at the SANSA, South Africa
  • SELVAKUMARAN, R. (Indian Inst. Geomagnet., India) Tenure at the NASA-GSFC, USA
  • THOMAS, Neethal (Indian Inst. Geomagnet., India) Tenure at the CIRC/ISEE, Nagoya University, Japan