Dibyendu Misra

Publications

1. Dibyendu Misra, Megha Bhatt, Marcel Hess, Christian Wöhler (2026). An Integrated Framework for Global Detection and Quantification of Lunar Pyroclastic Deposits. The Planetary Science Journal .
2. K Durga Prasad, Dibyendu Misra, Megha Bhatt, Amitabh, G Ambily, Sachana Sathyan, Neeraj Srivastava, and Anil Bhardwaj (2024). Chandrayaan-3 Alternate Landing Site: Pre-Landing Characterisation. Current Science .
3. Sachana Sathyan, Megha Bhatt, Monalisa Chowdhury, Philipp Gläser, Dibyendu Misra, Neeraj Srivastava, Shyama Narendranath, KS Sajinkumar, and Anil Bhardwaj (2024). Potential landing sites characterization on lunar south pole. Icarus .
4. K Durga Prasad, Megha Bhatt, Amitabh, G Ambily, Sachana Sathyan, Dibyendu Misra, Neeraj Srivastava, and Anil Bhardwaj (2023). Contextual characterization study of Chandrayaan-3 primary landing site. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters .

Conference Proceedings

1. Arnaut, M., Wöhler, C., Misra, D., Bhatt, M., & Ganesh, S. (2025). The Moon as an Asteroid: Unlocking Surface Secrets with Atlas Polarimetry. Copernicus Meetings. EPSC-DPS2025-1232.
2. Misra, D., Bhatt, M., Wöhler, C., Srivastava, N., & Bhardwaj, A. (2025). Characterization of a Plausible Lunar Pyroclastic Deposit at the Mare-Highland Boundary. 56th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. LPI Contribution No. 3090, 2309.
3. Misra, D., Bhatt, M., Wöhler, C., Arnaut, M., Rai, N., Srivastava, N., Ganesh, S., & Bhardwaj, A. (2024). Towards understanding spectral and physical characteristics of lunar pyroclastics. Europlanet Science Congress 2024. EPSC2024-1085.
4. Wöhler, C., Bhatt, M., Arnaut, M., Misra, D., Ganesh, S., & Bhardwaj, A. (2024). Terrain-dependent spectral properties of lunar polarization. EPSC 2024. EPSC2024-995.
5. Misra, D., Wöhler, C., Arnaut, M., & Bhatt, M. (2024). Comparative Study Between Local Pyroclastic Deposits at Atlas and Alphonsus Crater. 55th Lunar and Planetary Science Conference. LPI Contributions, 3040, 2134.

Conferences Attended

1. Oral presentation on Geo-chemical insights from newly detected lunar pyroclastic deposits in the 7th Indian Planetary Science Conference (March 23–25, 2026) at Indian Institute of Technology Indore, Indore, India.
2. Poster presentation on A novel method for detection and characterization of lunar pyroclastic deposits in the 23rd National Space Science Symposium (February 23–27, 2026) at North-Eastern Space Applications Centre, Umiam, Shillong, Meghalaya, India.
3. Poster presentation on Characterization of Lunar Pyroclastic Deposits in 6th Indian Planetary Science Conference (March 04–07, 2025) at Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Roorkee, India.
4. Poster presentation on Lunar Pyroclastics: A novel way of detection, characterization and validation in 4th Symposium on Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites: Messengers from Space (November 20–22, 2024) at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
5. Oral presentation on Towards understanding spectral and physical characteristics of lunar pyroclastics in Europlanet Science Congress (September 8–13, 2024) at Freie Universität Berlin, Germany.
6. Poster presentation on Characterization of lunar dark mantle deposits around Aristarchus crater in 22nd National Space Science Symposium (February 26–March 1, 2024) at Goa University, Goa, India.
7. Oral presentation on Integrated comparative study between lunar regional pyroclastic deposits in International Conference on Planets, Exoplanets, and Habitability (February 5–9, 2024) at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
8. Poster presentation on Lunar Volcanic Glasses: Compositional Analysis of Lunar Dark Mantle Deposits in 3rd Symposium on Meteoroids, Meteors, and Meteorites: Messengers from Space (November 1–3, 2023) at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.
9. Poster presentation on Geological Significance for the occurrence of OH/H₂O in the Clavius Crater Region in 4th Indian Planetary Science Conference (March 22–24, 2023) at Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.