Sushen Joshi

I am a postdoctoral fellow working on investigating sources of hot H in Uranus' atmosphere. For this project, I received a scholarship from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences (KVA).

I defended my PhD thesis in February 2026 in the same department, and I worked with Lorenz Roth and Nickolay Ivchenko. My PhD project involved study of the middle and upper atmosphere of Uranus using the Hubble Space Telescope data and radiative transfer modeling. The PhD thesis can be accessed from here.

Currently, my research interests include understanding planetary and icy moons' atmospheres and magnetospheres / plasma environments using telescope/spacecraft data analysis and radiative transfer modeling.

I have worked for / am interested in the outreach of astronomy and space technology. In my free time, I enjoy playing various sports, dancing, hiking, traveling, or reading.