Personal profile
About
In Fall 2016, I joined the Physical Sciences Department as an Assistant Professor of Engineering Physics at ERAU. Before that, I was a postdoctoral research associate withProfessor C. Robert Clauer Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA. I was awarded Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from Virginia Tech in 2014 for my work in the area of Space Science with Dr. Clauer. I worked closely with Dr. Gary Bust at Johns Hopkins Applied Research Lab (JHUAPL) for my Ph.D. My research interests include remote sensing, Global Positioning System (GPS), space weather effects, inverse problems, big data, high-performance scientific computing, mathematical modeling and simulations, signal processing, data analysis, upper atmosphere physics, and magnetosphere-ionosphere interactions. Before starting my Ph.D., I did my Masters in Radio Astronomy at Virginia Tech. I completed my Bachelor of Technology from the Department of Electronics and Telecommunication atCollege of Engineering Pune (COEP), India. I love to sketch and paint. Other hobbies include hiking, traveling, astronomy, photography, and dancing (ballroom, salsa, rumba).
Disciplines
- Electromagnetics and Photonics
- Plasma and Beam Physics
- Remote Sensing
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Categorizing Characteristic Regions of High-Latitude Scintillations Using a Combination of Isolation Forest and Neural Network Machine Learning Algorithms
Thakrar, C., Gachancipa, N., Deshpande, K., Bals, A. M. & Paxton, L., Feb 2026, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation. 3, 1, e2024JH000298.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Classification of High-Latitude Source Region-Based Ionospheric Scintillation Signatures Using Machine Learning
Bals, M., Deshpande, K. B., Debchoudhury, S., Imam, R. & Paxton, L. J., Sep 2025, In: Journal of Geophysical Research: Machine Learning and Computation. 2, 3, e2024JH000499.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Investigation of phase and power fluctuation events using Rytov method and the forward propagation model
Vaggu, P. R., Bust, G., Deshpande, K., Datta-Barua, S. & Zettergren, M., 2025, In: Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Sciences. 12, 1653357.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ionospheric Disturbances in GNSS TEC Data: SpaceX Falcon 9 Deorbit Maneuvers Over CONUS in April–May 2024
Inchin, P. A., Deshpande, K. B., Egan, S., Lay, E. H., Obenberger, K. S., Zettergren, M. D. & Snively, J. B., Apr 28 2025, In: Geophysical Research Letters. 52, 8, e2024GL112364.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Scintillation and High-Rate TEC Observations at Mid Latitudes During the Gannon Storm
Wright, I. G., Rodrigues, F. S., Brum, C. G. M., Deshpande, K., Erickson, P. J., Frissell, N., Hauan, M., Layne, D., Quesada, M. A. R., Rosales, Y. S., Sojka, J., Scherliess, L., Shepherd, S. G., Taylor, G. & Terra, P., 2025, 2025 United States National Committee of URSI National Radio Science Meeting, USNC-URSI NRSM 2025 - Proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., p. 309-311 3 p. (2025 United States National Committee of URSI National Radio Science Meeting, USNC-URSI NRSM 2025 - Proceedings).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution