This is Dr. Pradip Gangopadhyay's Column.

Having a Ph.d in Physics from the Department of Physics, University of Pittsburgh, Dr. Gangopadhyay (aka gangp) has been a Research Scientist in the Department of Physics, astronomy and Space Sciences Center, University of Southern California since 1984. His research interests include radiative transfer in solar heliosphere, solar Extreme Ultraviolet irradiance, Jupiter Lyman Alpha glow, laser driven multi-photon ionization and heavy atom-ion scattering.

He has also been a principal investigator of several NASA grants since 2000.

He has been a reviewer of Journal of Geophysical Research as well as being a member of NASA proposal review commitee.

His other interests include the study of Hindu, Buddhist and Jaina darsanas, Greek Philosophy, New Testament scholarly studies, Islamic historical studies and the mysteries of chess.