Souvik Roy
Souvik Roy is a Postdoctoral Scholar in Roger Varney's Geospace Research Group at AOS, UCLA. He is also a developer and early-career scientist at the NASA DRIVE Science Center for Geospace Storms (CGS). His current research focuses on ionospheric outflows, magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, plasma sheet dynamics, and the role of terrestrial plasma in geomagnetic storms using the Multiscale Atmosphere-Geospace Environment (MAGE) model. Before joining UCLA, Souvik earned his Ph.D. from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata in 2024. His doctoral thesis, Modeling the Impact of Space Weather on Planetary Space Environments, investigated the effects of space weather on planetary plasma environments through large-scale numerical simulations. His broader research interests span heliophysics and computational space plasma physics, with an emphasis on understanding the coupled Sun-Earth system and improving space weather prediction.