Dr. Sudip Mandal is a solar physicist studying how magnetic fields shape and energize the Sun's atmosphere — from plasma waves and coronal-loop dynamics to the violent energy release of magnetic reconnection. 

He is an Assistant Professor at the Manipal Centre for Natural Sciences (MCNS), Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India, where he combines high-resolution space observations with decades of historical solar archives to trace wave propagation, loop evolution, and long-term magnetic variability across the solar cycle. He works at the interface of observation and simulation, pairing data-driven analysis with modeling to understand the physics of the solar atmosphere.