CV

Education

• Ph.D in Physics and Astronomy, West Virginia University, 2021-2026 (expected)
• B.S.-M.S. in Physics, IISER Thiruvananthapuram, 2021

Work experience

• Spring 2021-Present: Graduate Research Assistant
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, WVU
  • Advisor: Dr. Emmanuel Fonseca
  • Working on neutron stars and transients
• Fall 2021: Graduate Teaching Assistant
  • Department of Physics and Astronomy, WVU
  • Course: PHYS 102 Introductory Physics
• Summer 2019: Summer Intern
  • Physical Research Laboratory of the ISRO, India
  • Advisor: Dr. Manash Samal
  • Distance and evolutionary status of galactic star clusters using GAIA telescope
• Summer 2018: Summer Intern
  • National Centre for Radio Astrophysics (NCRA-TIFR), India
  • Advisor: Dr. Bhaswati Bhattacharyya
  • Pulsar timing
• Winter 2017: Project Student
  • IUCAA Pune, India
  • Advisor: Prof. Sanjit Mitra
  • Gravitational Wave Physics with LIGO

Degree Projects

• Master’s Thesis: Weak Lensing of the CMB Polarization
  • July 2020 - Apr 2021
  • School of Physics, IISER Thiruvananthapuram
  • Advisor: Dr. Soumen Basak
• Minor Degree Project: Plasmon Ruler Equation for Nanometallic Homodimers
  • Jan 2020 - May 2020
  • School of Chemistry, IISER Thiruvananthapuram
  • Advisor: Dr. R S Swathi

Skills

• Python, C++
• MATLAB, Mathematica, OriginLab, LaTeX

Posters

• Unveiling Distance and Evolutionary status of Galactic Star Cluster with GAIA
  • 38th Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of India