Hi! I'm Nachiket Girish, a student of physics interested in pursuing graduate studies in astrophysics and theoretical condensed matter physics. I am passionate about research, teaching and journalistic writing. You can find details of my education and research work below as well as a link to my full CV here.
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EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Physics (Honors), August 2018 - May 2022: University of California, Berkeley
Master of Advanced Study (MASt) in Physics, September 2022 - June 2023: University of Cambridge
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Undergraduate Student Researcher, Filippenko Group @ UC Berkeley (2018-2022): Observational Astronomy, Machine-Learning classification of variable stars
Advisor: Professor Alex Filippenko
Undergraduate Student Researcher, Space Sciences Laboratory @ UC Berkeley (2021-2022): Modelling the 3-D structure of electron holes in the Earth's plasma sheet
Advisor: Dr. Ivan Vasko
Masters' Student Researcher, Cavendish Laboratory @ Cambridge University (2022-2023): SED Modelling of Post-Starburst Galaxies
Advisor: Professor Sandro Tacchella
Visiting Researcher @ Raman Research Institute, Bengaluru: (September 2023 - March 2024) Dynamical Phase Transitions in non-Hermitian Topological Systems
Advisor: Dr. Dibyendu Roy
Visiting Researcher @ Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai (May 2023 - Ongoing): Computational modelling of fermionic and bosonic Fractional Quantum Hall states
Advisor: Dr. Ajit Balram
PUBLICATIONS
PIPS, an advanced platform for period detection in time series – I : https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac1538
The Lick Observatory Supernova Search follow-up program: photometry data release of 70 stripped-envelope supernovae : https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stac723
TEACHING EXPERIENCE AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
(January 2022 - May 2022) Undergraduate Student Instructor for Astron C10, the introductory Astronomy class at UC Berkeley
(January 2021 - December 2021) Python Tutor for the UC Berkeley Physics Department
(August 2018 - December 2021) Feature Writer for the Berkeley Scientific Journal, UC Berkeley's premier undergraduate science publication.