I am a final-year Ph.D. candidate working on observational cosmology and advised by Prof. Nick Battaglia in the Department of Astronomy at Cornell University.

A major focus of my Ph.D. is developing new statistical estimators and improving methods for extracting the kinematic Sunyaev-Zel’dovich (kSZ) effect from high-resolution data of the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB). By combining current/upcoming CMB maps with various large-scale structure surveys, kSZ measurements can help advance our understanding of long-standing questions, such as the nature of dark energy and modified gravity, the masses of neutrinos, and the distribution of baryons. Broadly, I am interested in probing fundamental physics beyond the Standard Model using various cosmological observables extracted from state-of-the-art data. Another theme that interests me is leveraging observations to gain insights into astrophysical uncertainties that limit our ability to infer cosmological information. I am fortunate to be a member of the Simons Observatory collaboration.

Prior to starting my Ph.D. at Cornell at the end of 2020, I completed my BS-MS dual degree from IISER Pune (India), majoring in Physics and graduating at the top of my class. Outside of astrophysics, I enjoy hiking and petting friendly cats during the warmer months in Ithaca, and cooking, singing, and solving puzzles in the other half of the year.

I am on the postdoc job market this year. You can learn more about my research, and if you would like to discuss more about it, please feel free to shoot me an email.