Curriculum Vitae

Academic and Professional Experience in Astronomy & Astrophysics

Employment / Research

Guest Researcher

09/2023 - Present

Bonn, Germany

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy (MPIfR)

Doctoral Researcher

09/2023 - Present

Cologne, Germany

I. Institute of Physics (PH1), University of Cologne

Scientist/Engineer - SD (promoted)

01/2023 - 08/2023

Ahmedabad, India

Physical Reserch Laboratory (PRL), Dept. of Space, Government of India

Scientist/Engineer - SC

09/2019 - 12/2022

Ahmedabad, India

Physical Reserch Laboratory (PRL), Dept. of Space, Government of India

Education

PhD in Astrophysics

2023 - expected 2026

University of Cologne, Germany

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Dominik Riechers
Thesis: Role of Cold Molecular Gas in Fueling Star Formation in Galaxies Across Cosmic Epochs

Dual Degree (BTech in Engineering Physics + MS in Astrophysics)

2014 - 2019

Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology (IIST), India

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Anandmayee Tej
Thesis: Investigating the Low-frequency Radio Emission in the Wolf-Rayet Bubble G2.4+1.4

Teaching Experience

Advanced Astrophysics, Teaching Assistant

Winter 2025 - 2026

University of Cologne, Germany

Mentoring Experience

Niankun Yu, Postdoctoral project CASA training

01/2025 - Present

MPIfR, Germany

Florian Brettschneider, Master’s Thesis

11/2024 - (expected 12/2025)

U.Cologne, Germany

Priyanka Khandelwal, Master’s Thesis

12/2022 - 07/2023

PRL, India

Aastha Gupta, Bachelor’s Thesis

11/2022 - 04/2023

PRL, India

Akash Trivedi, Bachelor’s Thesis

11/2022 - 04/2023

PRL, India

Ananya Rawat, PhD Coursework Project

05/2021 - 11/2021

PRL, India

Vineet Rawat, PhD Coursework Project

05/2020 - 11/2020

PRL, India