SCOSTEP Visiting Scholar Program (SVS) Recipients

2026:
    • Rady Mahmoud Rady Abdelhady (Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research(ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
    • Shubhangi Lagad (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, India) Tenure: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
    • Solomon Mathai Perriyil (Center for Radio Astronomy and Astrophysics Mackenzie (CRAAM), Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research(ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
    • Komal (Physical Research Laboratory (Indian Institute of Technology-Gandhinagar)) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research(ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
    • Anjali Agarwal (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, India) Tenure: University of Oulu
    • Mariyam Junaid Karari (University of Mumbai, India) Tenure: Space Physics and Astronomy Research Unit, University of Oulu, Finland
    • Jayadev Pradeep (Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), Trivandrum, India) Tenure: Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics (IAP), University of Rostock, Kühlungsborn, Germany
    • Hassan Mahdy Nooreldeen (Helwan University, Egypt) Tenure: National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR), Tokyo, Japan
    • Aibin Zhang (National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research(ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
    • Alwin Roy (GFZ Helmholtz Research Centre of Geosciences, Germany) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research(ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
    • Facundo Máximo Abaca (National University of Tucumán (UNT), Argentina) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research(ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
    • Garima Karki (Kumaun University, India) Tenure: University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
    • Sandeep Kumar (Udaipur Solar Observatory, Physical Research Laboratory, Udaipur, India) Tenure: Space Physics and Astronomy Research Unit, University of Oulu, Finland
    • Ryoma Matsuura (University of California, Los Angeles) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research(ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
    • Shuai Liu (National Space Science Center, Chinese Academy of Sciences) Tenure: Dept. of Earth and Planetary Science, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Japan
    • Daria Pozdnyakova (Institute of Physics of the Earth, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia) Tenure: International Research Center for Space and Planetary Environmental Science (i-SPES), Kyushu University, Japan
    • Sandip Bhattacharyya (Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India) Tenure: South African National Space Agency (SANSA), South Africa
    • Kiran (Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India) Tenure: Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock, Germany
    • Diyorbek Pulatov (Samarkand State University named after Sharof Rashidov, Uzbekistan) Tenure: Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), Republic of Korea
2025 Recipients
        • Abdalla Shaker Tawfik Abdalla (Helwan University, Egypt) Tenure: Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock, Germany
        • Ifeoluwa Seun Adawa (Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt) Tenure: Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Japan
        • Manar Gamal Sayed Ahmed (Egypt-Japan University of Science and Technology (E-JUST), Egypt) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
        • Amrutha (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), Navi Mumbai, India) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
        • Neetasha Govindram Arya (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG) Navi Mumbai, India) Tenure: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
        • Ayisha M. Ashruf (Space Physics Laboratory, Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre, India) Tenure: Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock, Germany
        • Kristýna Drastichová (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
        • Trinidad Duran (Universidad Nacional del Sur, in Bahia Blanca, Argentina) Tenure: Department of Earth and Planetary Science, Faculty of Science, Kyushu University, Japan
        • Arthur Gauthier (German Aerospace Center, Neustrelitz, Germany University of Bern, Switzerland) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
        • B. Gayathri (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), Navi Mumbai, India) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
        • Priyansh Jaswal (Center of Excellence in Space Sciences India, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, West Bengal, India) Tenure: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
        • Soumyaranjan Khuntia (Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, India) Tenure: University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China
        • Thomas Lheureux (Research Institue for Astrophysic and Planetology (IRAP), University of Toulouse, France) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
        • Ankita Manjrekar (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), Navi Mumbai, India) Tenure: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
        • Yamila Daniela Melendi (Universidad Nacional del Sur, Bahía Blanca, Argentina) Tenure: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
        • Nada Mohamed Mostafa (Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt) Tenure: Institute for Space-Earth Environmental Research (ISEE), Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan
        • Famil Mustafa (Shamakhy Astrophysical Observatory named after N. Tusi (ShAO), Azerbaijan) Tenure: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
        • Omkar M. Patil (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), Navi Mumbai, India) Tenure: Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), Korea
        • David Pelosi (Department of Physics, University of Perugia, Italy) Tenure: Space Physics and Astronomy Research Unit, University of Oulu, Finland
        • Anagha Prasad (Centre for Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, University of Hyderabad, Telangana, India) Tenure: Leibniz Institute of Atmospheric Physics at the University of Rostock, Germany
        • Pranali Thakur (Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), Navi Mumbai, India) Tenure: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
2024 Recipients
        • 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