Research

I work on modeling the evolution of massive stars in binaries, in order to understand a wide range of phenomena such as gravitational wave sources, X-ray binaries, (pair-instability) supernovae, other transients etc. I use tools such as MESA to model their detailed evolution, guided by observational constraints from a variety of sources such as LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA, Gaia, X-ray observations etc. I also have experience in working with population synthesis codes such as COSMIC. More generally, I am interested in leveraging theory, modeling, and multi-wavelength electromagnetic and gravitational wave observations to improve our understanding of various stages of massive (binary) evolution and associated transients, and understand their impact on their surroundings, such as the environments of the galaxies that they inhabit

Undergraduate/ Masters research

1) Effects of Lensing in Population Inference of Gravitational Waves (Master’s Thesis)

2) Core-Collapse in Self-Interacting Dark Matter Halos

3) Gravitational Wave Signal vs Glitch Classifier

4) Finding Black Holes orbiting Luminous Companions in the Milky Way with TESS