NISER

PhD Physics (Astrophysics), University of Exeter, U.K

M. Tech Climate Science, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore

Exoplanets, Planetary Atmospheres, Radiative Transfer.

1. Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (FRAS)
2. SERB SRG Grant 2022

Rustamkulov et al. (Including Goyal, J. M.), 2023, Early Release Science of the exoplanet WASP-39b with JWST NIRSpec PRISM, Nature, 614, 7949, 659-663.

The JWST Transiting Exoplanet Community Early Release Science Team (Including Goyal, J. M. as Tier 1 author), 2023, Identification of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere, Nature, 614, 7949, 649-652.

Goyal, J. M. et al. 2021, Why is it So Hot in Here? Exploring Population Trends in Spitzer Thermal Emission Observations of Hot Jupiters Using Planet- specific, Self-consistent Atmospheric Models, AJ, 923, 2, 242.

Goyal, J. M.; et.al. 2020, A Library of Self-Consistent Simulated Exoplanet Atmospheres, MNRAS, 498, 4, 4680-4704

MacDonald, R. J.; Goyal, J. M.; Lewis, N. K.; 2020, Why Is it So Cold in Here? Explaining the Cold Temperatures Retrieved from Transmission Spectra of Exoplanet Atmospheres, ApJ, 893, 2, L43

Goyal, J. M.; et.al. 2019, Fully scalable forward model grid of exoplanet transmission spectra, MNRAS, 482, 4, 4503-4513

Evans, T. M.; Sing, D. K.; Goyal, J.M.; et.al. 2019, An emission spectrum for WASP- 121b measured across the 0.8-1.1 um wavelength range using the Hubble Space Telescope, MNRAS, 488, 2, 2222-2234

Evans, T. M.; Sing, D. K.; Goyal, J.M.; et.al. 2018, An optical transmission spectrum for the ultra-hot Jupiter WASP-121b measured with the Hubble Space Telescope , AJ, 156, 6, 283

Nikolov, N.; Sing, D. K.; Goyal, J.M.; et.al. 2018, Hubble PanCET: an isothermal day- side atmosphere for the bloated gas-giant HAT-P-32Ab, MNRAS, 474, 2, 1705-1717

Goyal, J. M.; et.al. 2018, A library of ATMO forward model transmission spectra for hot Jupiter exoplanets, MNRAS, 474, 4, 5158-5185

Evans, T. M.; Sing, D. K.; Kataria, T; Goyal, J.M.; et.al. 2017, An ultrahot gas-giant exoplanet with a stratosphere, Nature, 548, 58-61

My research interests include modelling and observations of planetary & exo-planetary atmospheres to characterize these far away worlds, while branching out into radiative transfer, remote sensing and climate science. I am also very interested in search for life/biosignatures  in the Universe.

PhD Students

1. Priyanka Baghel
2. Swadhin Satapathy

MSc Thesis Students

1. Sarthak Patel (NISER- Physics)
2. Dibya Pradhan (NISER-Physics)
3. Meghna Gupta (IISER Kolkata)

Project Staff

1. Avinash Verma (Project Associate)

1. EP-642: Practical course “Numerical Techniques & Python Programming for Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences” 
2. EP-684: Theory Course “Planetary Atmospheres & Space Weather”

1. SEPS Outreach Committee Lead
2. SEPS seminar organizer
3. Computer Advisory Committee Member
4. Faculty in charge NISER Astronomy Club