Biography

Dr. Shaikh is a research associate at the University of Texas in Dallas, USA. Before joining UTD, Dr Shaikh was a Postdoctoral Scholar at Space Sciences Laboratory (SSL), University of California at Berkeley, USA. He is an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), India. Dr. Shaikh accomplished his Ph.D. from IIG, India. He was appointed a research associate at IIG and spent sixteen months in this position. Dr. Shaikh earned his postgraduate degree (Master of Science) from the Department of Physics, University of Mumbai, India. Dr. Shaikh receives several honors and awards, such as the "Young Scientist Award in Commission H" (Waves in Plasma) at URSI-RCRS 2022. The "Young Scientist Best Poster Award" at the 5th Asia Pacific Solar Physics Meeting-2020 held at IUCAA, India. "Best Poster Presentation Award" at the 20th National Space Science Symposium (NSSS) 2019, India. Dr. Shaikh has published more than 29 articles in numerous reputed international journals.  He has given invited talks at several institutes, including VSSC/ISRO and SPL/ISRO, and in several science outreach activities. 

Research Interest

Much of the universe is in the plasma state, and we have just started to appreciate the role of plasma dynamics and magnetic fields in the universe's evolution, including the Sun's involvement in developing the heliosphere and its impact on Earth. However, many fundamental processes concerning the Sun need to be better understood. For example, coronal heating, predicting solar eruptions, particle acceleration, magnetic reconnection, solar wind origin, etc. Dr Shaikh's research is focused on the following;

Solar Wind  |  Solar Transients (Coronal Mass Ejection, Corotating Interacting Region)  |  Space Weather  | Geomagnetic Storm |  Waves in Plasma  |  Turbulence in Space Plasma  |  Temperature Anisotropy and Instabilities in space plasma  |  Thermodynamics  |  Particle Acceleration   |   Cosmic Rays