Assistant Professor (Adjunct)

Bio

• Assistant Professor in Physics (Adjunct) – Zayed University – College of Natural and Health Sciences - from September 2018 till date

• Assistant Professor in Physics – Gulf Medical University, Ajman – September 2015 till June 2018

• Assistant Professor in Physics and Administrative Staff in IRU – Gulf Medical University , Ajman – April 2012 till September 2015

• Adjunct Faculty in Physics – Gulf Medical University Ajman – February 2011 till April 2012

• Senior Lecturer in Physics and Head of the Department of Science – Gulf Indian High School, Dubai – January 2000 till March 2011

• Lecturer in Physics – Vocational Higher Secondary , Kerala, India – December 1998 till June 1999

• Lecturer in Physics – Devaswam Board College – Thalayolaparambu, Kerala, India – September 1997 till December 1998.

Office

Dubai Academic City, C-L1-033

Phone:

+971 4 4021367

Email:

Teaching Areas

- Physics
- Atmospheric Physics
- Fundamentals of Astronomy
- Spectroscopy
- Nuclear Physics
- Applications of Physics in Biomedical Sciences
- Electricity and Magnetism
- Electronics

Research and Professional Activities

• Studies on Solar wind Magnetosphere – Ionosphere coupling during disturbed and quiet solar conditions

• Studies on Lower Atmosphere and its effects on space weather

• Studies on the variation of ALBEDO over UAE and factors affecting the variation.

• Restructuring the assessment components in online education

Google Scholar Profile

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:

• Height Gradient of F Region Vertical Drift In The Evening Equtorial Ionosphere; J H Sastri, V K Meena Varma and S R Prabhakaran Nayar; Geophysical research letters, vol 22, No 19, 2645 – 2648, 1995

• Fluctuations in IMF and the Related Changes In The Low Latitude Horizontal Component of Geomagnetic Field; V K Meena Varma, S R Prabhakaran Nayar and V V Somayajulu; Ind Journal of Radio & Space Physics, Vol 22, 409 – 412, 1993