diff --git a/.mailmap b/.mailmap
index 17174bc56de..074f7fa9221 100644
--- a/.mailmap
+++ b/.mailmap
@@ -155,6 +155,8 @@ Shilpi Prasad <shilpiprd@gmail.com> Shilpi <72646134+shilpiprd@users.noreply.git
 
 Sourav Singh <souravsingh@users.noreply.github.com>
 
+Sona Chitchyan <chitchyan.sona@gmail.com>
+
 Srinath Rajagopalan <srinath132@gmail.com>
 Srinath Rajagopalan <srinath132@gmail.com>
 Srinath Rajagopalan <srinath132@gmail.com> Srinath R <srinath132@gmail.com>
diff --git a/tardis/io/schemas/plasma.yml b/tardis/io/schemas/plasma.yml
index 53274eec72e..63d30da7173 100644
--- a/tardis/io/schemas/plasma.yml
+++ b/tardis/io/schemas/plasma.yml
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ properties:
     type: string
     default: none
     description: Path to file containing heating rate/light curve data.
+  link_t_rad_t_electron:
+    type: number
+    default: 0.9
+    description: Value used for estimating the electron temperature from radiation temperature.
 required:
 - ionization
 - excitation
diff --git a/tardis/plasma/standard_plasmas.py b/tardis/plasma/standard_plasmas.py
index 45dc82557c2..696918402a3 100644
--- a/tardis/plasma/standard_plasmas.py
+++ b/tardis/plasma/standard_plasmas.py
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def assemble_plasma(config, model, atom_data=None):
         atomic_data=atom_data,
         time_explosion=model.time_explosion,
         w=model.dilution_factor,
-        link_t_rad_t_electron=0.9,
+        link_t_rad_t_electron=config.plasma.link_t_rad_t_electron,
         continuum_interaction_species=continuum_interaction_species,
     )