Soumyajit Dey

Research Associate - Space Sciences

Atmospheric drag, Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupling

Room 1.726, Waterview Science and Technology (WSTC) building
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Professional Preparation

PhD - Physics
UT Dallas - 2025

BS, MS - Physics
IISER Kolkata - 2019

Research Areas

Atmospheric Drag

Drag coefficient variability with neutral atmospheric conditions.
Effect of geomagnetic storms on drag coefficients.
Modeling of atmospheric drag for orbit propagation.

Ionosphere-Thermosphere Coupling

Identification of ionospheric storm phases using multi-instrument data.
Formation of SEDs, depletions, and global circulation changes.
Low-latitude irregularities.

Publications

An Extreme Events Study of the Storm-time Variations in Satellite Drag Coefficients 2025 - Other

Investigation of Gas‐Surface Interactions and Neutral Atmospheric Properties and Their Impact on Satellite Drag Coefficients 2025 - Journal Article

Improving Orbit Propagation of LEO Satellites Using Atmospheric Drag Analysis 2025 - Other