Megha Bhatt

About

My main research interests are:
1. Observational studies of the planetary surfaces using remote sensing techniques.
2. Hyperspectral NIR spectroscopy, spectro polarimetry
3. Comparative geology of airless planetary bodies in the solar system, and its implications to the geologic evolution of Earth by studying their composition and morphology.
4. Payload development, characterisation and calibration.

Employment

• Physical Research Laboratory Assistant Professor
  2018 - Present
• Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre Research Associate
  2015 - 2018
• Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung Post-Doctoral Fellow
  2012 - 2012
• Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung PhD student
  2009 - 2012
• Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung
  2007 - 2008
• Space Applications Centre Research Fellow
  2006 - 2007

Education

• Max-Planck-Institut für Sonnensystemforschung PhD
  2009 - 2012
• Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya MSc Electronics
  2002 - 2004
• Rani Durgavati Vishwavidyalaya BSc
  1999 - 2002

Projects & Funding

Projects & funding information is unavailable.

Publications (29)

• An Integrated Framework for Global Detection and Quantification of Lunar Pyroclastic Deposits
  The Planetary Science Journal 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.3847/PSJ/ae317c
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• Wide-field polarization imaging and numerical modeling of the coma and tail of comet C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS)
  Astronomy & Astrophysics 2026 0 citations DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202555905
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• Solar system research prospects for the decade and beyond
  Journal of Astrophysics and Astronomy 2025 2 citations DOI: 10.1007/s12036-025-10060-0
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• The origin of the high-TiO2 region near the Manilius and Hyginus craters within Mare Vaporum on the Moon
  Icarus 2025 1 citation DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2025.116495
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• Primitive lunar mantle materials at the Chandrayaan-3 landing site
  Communications Earth & Environment 2025 5 citations DOI: 10.1038/s43247-025-02305-1
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• Chandrayaan-3 APXS elemental abundance measurements at lunar high latitude
  Nature 2024 27 citations DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07870-7
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• Contextual Characterisation Study of Chandrayaan-3 Primary Landing Site
  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters 2023 18 citations DOI: 10.1093/mnrasl/slad106
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• Comparative photometric analysis of the Reiner Gamma swirl and Chang’e 5 landing site
  Astronomy & Astrophysics 2023 7 citations DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202346098
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• Unique regolith characteristics of the lunar swirl Reiner Gamma as revealed by imaging polarimetry at large phase angles
  Astronomy & Astrophysics 2023 9 citations DOI: 10.1051/0004-6361/202245356
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• Compositional diversity in the Mare Marginis and Mare Smythii: An insight into the volcanism in the region
  Icarus 2023 8 citations DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115496
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