Sherry Chhabra

Sherry Chhabra is a Research Fellow in the Physics & Astronomy Department at George Mason University. Her research focuses on solar physics, plasma dynamics, and radio astronomy, with a particular emphasis on coronal heating mechanisms, solar transient events, and space weather phenomena. She contributes to advanced observational facilities like the Owens Valley Long Wavelength Array (OVRO-LWA), leveraging low-frequency radio imaging to study solar activity and its heliospheric impacts.

Her work spans theoretical modeling of coronal loops, observational analysis of solar radio bursts, and interdisciplinary projects involving multiwavelength observations. She actively participates in developing CubeSat missions for solar X-ray spectroscopy and advancing instrumentation for gravitational wave precursor detection. Recent efforts include diagnosing plasma properties in active regions and investigating particle acceleration processes in solar flares.

• Key research themes: Coronal plasma dynamics, solar radio emission mechanisms, and space weather forecasting.
• Instrumentation expertise: Radio interferometry, spectral imaging, and low-frequency solar observations.

Chhabra's contributions bridge fundamental solar physics with applied space science, addressing questions about energy transfer in the corona and the role of transient events in shaping the heliosphere.