Dr. Juie Shetye
Highlights
Dr. Juie Shetye received the prestigious NSF CAREER Award in 2026. This award supports her research on solar flares and strengthens her unique UG–GA Bridge program, launched in 2024, for the next five years. The award also provides support for graduate student research and training.
Education
Research
Dr. Shetye is a solar physicist whose research focuses on the Sun’s atmosphere, especially the dynamics of small-scale jets and other highly dynamic magnetic features. Her work combines observations, theory, and data analysis to understand how mass and energy move through the different layers of the solar atmosphere. She is also studies stellar flares and their predictions.
She has a strong interest in the role of these small-scale phenomena in connecting the lower and upper solar atmosphere, and in their broader importance for Sun–Earth connections and space weather.
Dr. Shetye also has a special interest in developing advanced observational techniques and data-driven methods, particularly using facilities at ground based telescopes that includes the Sunspot Solar Observatory.
In addition to her research, Dr. Shetye helps manage science operations at the Dunn Solar Telescope at Sunspot Solar Observatory.
She is also a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society (UK).
Funding and Awards
Dr Shetye's research is mainly funded by NSF's FDSS Faculty Development in the Space Sciences award (2020-2025). With additional awards from New Mexico Space Grant Consortium (2021,2022).
Dr Shetye has won around $1.7 M of grants since 2024, these include NSF SHINE, NASA SMD BRIDGE/MOSSAIC, NSF CAREER, NASA FINESST, in addition to support from NMSGC support for students.
Expertise
- Space Weather and Space Weather Impacts
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Solar atmosphere
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Solar jets and vortices
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Sun–Earth connections
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MHD waves
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Solar magnetic activity
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Observational solar physics
- Theoretical solar physics
Current and Recent Graduates:
Oana Vesa (Graduated 2024, @Stanford University) : Working on formation and evolution of vortices in the solar atmosphere.
Amanda Stricklen (2020-2022, @LANL) : Working on formation and evolution of jets found around coronal holes.
Subomi Oyewole (2023-2025 Masters, 2025-PhD) : Working on tracking evolution of G-band BPs,
AI and ML.
Aman Kumar (2024-onwards): Flares and tornadoes on the Sun.
Others:
Nived Nhalil (2020-2023, @IUCAA (SUIT instrument)), Armagh Observatory and Planetarium.
Khagendra Katuwal (2021-), committee member.
Akshit Mehta (2023-), committee member.
UG-GA Bridge Graduates:
Rodney Levendosky — blends animation and astronomy to study volcano plume height formation of auroras.
Logan Flowers — space weather impact analysis.
Marcus Guzman — space weather impact analysis.
Destiny Hallet — solar flare research.
Mariana Navarrete — solar flares, .
Eduardo Sanchez Jr. — solar flare research mainly focussed on X-class flare. Also works with HAO-team on COSMO.
Graduated UG Students:
Kayla Blundell — NMSU senior art major collaborated with Dr. Shetye on eclipse-inspired art/science outreach and is also publicly listed as a coauthor on a related BAAS article. Currently working on projects with city of Las Cruces.
Marco Martinez - Eclipse experiment.
Isabella Rodrigues - Feature tracking on the Sun, Eclipse.
Support Staff:
Dr Aparna V (2025 - ): Support Astronomer at Sunspot
Dr Sean Sellers (2024-2025): Support Astronomer at Sunspot
Teaching
Recent publications: ADS , Google Scholar
Social media: LinkedIn Page
Funzies: Dr Shetye participates in triathlon, swimming, cycling and running events. She has represented her country India in triathlon, swimming and running races. If she is not in the office she is busy preparing for her next event. Her favourite sports team is Arsenal, and her favourite athlete is tennis GOAT Rafael Nadal.