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Brinson Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Chicago & Northwestern University

Fast Radio Bursts as probes of the circumgalactic and intergalactic media (CGM and IGM).

• Leading spectroscopic observations with Keck and Gemini telescopes
• Bayesian inference of matter distribution parameters
• Matter density map reconstruction along FRB sightlines

Graduate Admissions Committee Member

UC Santa Cruz, Department of Astronomy

Reviewed approximately 400 applications and interviewed selected candidates in first round.

PhD

University of California, Santa Cruz

Astronomy and Astrophysics

BS-MS

Indian Institute of Technology Madras

Physics

JSPS Pre-doctoral Fellowship

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

Awarded ¥200,000 in addition to other covered expenses to work for four months in Japan with Prof. K-G Lee on the analysis of cosmic baryons along FRB sightlines.

UC Chancellor Dissertation Year Fellowship

University of California

Awarded $9,750 funding for research in dissertation-year.

Newcomb-Cleveland Prize

American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Part of research team awarded $25,000 for outstanding research publication in Science journal.

UC Regents Graduate Fellowship

University of California

1-year research fellowship for graduate students in the University of California system.

S N Bose Scholarship

Indo-US Science and Technology Forum (IUSSTF)

$2,000 grant for Indian students to work on summer research projects in the USA.

Kishore Vigyan Protsahan Yojana (KVPY) Scholarship

Department of Science and Technology, Government of India

INR 80,000/year for undergraduates who cleared the KVPY competitive examination and majored in pure-science fields.

Full publication list

NASA ADS

Complete list of publications including first-author, significant contribution, and minor contribution papers.

The FLIMFLAM Survey

FLIMFLAM is a redshift survey of foreground galaxies along Fast Radio Burst (FRB) sightlines to constrain key parameters describing the distribution of ionized matter in the CGM and IGM to ~20% precision.

• Leading spectroscopic observational efforts with Keck and Gemini telescopes
• Matter density map reconstruction and Bayesian inference
• Redshift and mass estimation of foreground galaxies

Optical Follow-up of Localized FRBs

Current member of the F⁴ team. Involved in planning, execution and data reduction of observations of localized FRBs with optical telescopes.

• Work with CRAFT, MeerTRAP, REALFAST, and DSA collaborations
• FRB host galaxy identification and characterization
• Study foreground matter along FRB sightlines

Keck Visiting Scholar

Characterized the gratings and detector subsystems of the Low-Resolution Imaging Spectrograph (LRIS) on the Keck telescope.

• Produced spectroscopic throughput measurements for three gratings
• Automated the monthly checkout procedure for LRIS

LRIS Red-side Detector Upgrade

Involved in testing and commissioning of the optical CCD upgrade to LRIS on the Keck telescope.

• Characterized CCD response through measurements of readout noise, gain and linearity

Mg II Absorber Clustering

Studied the clustering and distribution of metal absorption lines, specifically the Mg II doublet in quasar spectra.

• Investigated masses of foreground halos contributing to absorption features