About Me

Hello! I am Kushaal Kumar Pothula. I am currently studying in Grade 10.

I am deeply interested in Astronomy and Astrophysics.

When I was only 12 years old, I had made 2 astronomy theories on the origin of fast radio bursts, which I sent to NASA and got a reply from them.

I won the NASA Data Challenge, an astronomy challenge in which only 32 submissions are selected. My submission was selected as a standout entry and it was appreciated by a NASA scientist.

I am selected as Broadcom MASTERS International Delegate from India for the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2020.

I can answer graduate-level astronomy questions and problems.

I have written two astrophysics papers when I am in Grade 10.

I am a member and mentor of Pulsar Search Collaboratory, a scientific collaboration for analyzing Radio Data and finding Pulsars, and I am also a member of North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) Student Teams of Astrophysics ResearcherS : NANOGrav STARS program.

You can download my CV (Curriculum Vitae) here.

Papers

Preprints written by me. They are available for open access on Research Square.

Tidal Disruption of Magnetars as the Sources of Fast Radio Burst (23 September, 2020)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-79641/v1

Binary Black Hole Merger: Mass-Separation Relation and Intermediate Mass Black Holes

(25 September 2020)

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-81817/v1

Both these preprints have been copyrighted under CC BY 4.0 Attribution license

Achievements

When I was only 12 years old, I had made two Astronomy theories on my own and sent it to NASA, for which they replied to me and appreciated my work.
I won the NASA Data Challenge 2020 winter season, an Astronomy challenge in which only 32 submissions are selected worldwide. My submission was selected as a Standout Entry and it was appreciated by a NASA Scientist.
I was selected as an International Delegate from India for the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) 2020 and I had to travel to Anaheim, California, USA.
I am a member and mentor of Pulsar Search Collaboratory, a scientific collaboration for analyzing Radio Data and finding Pulsars.
I am a member of North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves (NANOGrav) Student Teams of Astrophysics ResearcherS : NANOGrav STARS program.
My Astronomy paper and research was appreciated by the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society.
I am a Finalist at the International Astronomy and Astrophysics Competition (IAAC).

IRIS National Fair - 2019-20

Special prize and selection as an International Delegate and selection for representing India at ISEF 2020.

National Children’s Science Congress (NCSC) - 2018

First position at the Regional level.
First position at the National level (Conducted at KV IIT Kanpur and IIT Kanpur).
‘A+’ Grade at NCSC Open Nationals (Conducted at Siksha ‘o’ Anusandhan).

National Children’s Science Congress (NCSC) - 2019

First position at the Regional level.
First position at the National level (KV Bhopal).
‘A’ Grade at NCSC Open National ( Conducted in Thiruvananthapuram)

JNNSMEE - 2019

First position at Regionals. Selected for open nationals; 2^ndPosition at Nationals (Conducted at ONGC Dehradun)

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