Hello! I am Sanskriti**, a KIPAC postdoctoral fellow at Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, Stanford University. I did my Ph.D. from the Department of Astronomy, The Ohio State University.

I am currently working on various observational aspects of the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of spiral galaxies. Using emission imaging spectroscopy and absorption grating spectroscopy in X-ray, I am studying the phase structure of the >100,000 K CGM of the Milky Way (MW). I am searching for diffuse neutral hydrogen in the CGM of local (D < 20 Mpc) galaxies by comparing the 21-cm emission measured by single dishes and interferometers. Also, I am stacking over a high-sensitivity CMB footprint at a high spatial resolution to constrain the thermal SZ effect in the CGM of low-redshift (z<0.5) L* galaxies.

In a nutshell, my research profile is 20 peer-reviewed publications (11 first-author), h-index = 10, i10-index = 10, and 8 press coverages.

I did my B.Sc. in Physics from Presidency University, Kolkata, India. Despite lacking any stellar (no pun intended) component in our curriculum, I had an early exposure to Astronomy & Astrophysics thanks to our professors. I decided to pursue Astronomy after doing a couple of projects on different topics, e.g., exoplanets, radio interferometry, interstellar medium, and gamma-ray bursts in GMRT, IUCAA, and TIFR. I did my M.Sc. in Physics from IIT Bombay, India, and did my master's thesis on Type II-P supernovae from TIFR, Mumbai, India. I have got my M.S. in Astronomy from The Ohio State University followed by the Ph.D. program. 

I am quite adaptive when it comes to the research topic and/or methodology. Physics to Astronomy was a journey from theory to observation for me. While I prefer to continue as an observer, I will be welcoming toward any transition if needed. I am enthusiastic about teaching and outreach, and I would like to improve my experience in it in the future. 

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