Resume
Resume
Driven by curiosity and guided by data, I specialize in simulating accretion disks using various codes. I’m currently seeking roles where I can contribute to cutting-edge research or translate my problem-solving skills into impactful science or tech innovation.
Oct 2018 – Dec 2023
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
PhD in Astronomy and Astrophysics
Thesis: Accretion and outflows in Newtonian and extreme gravity
Supervisor: Prof. Włodzimierz Kluźniak
Thesis Referees: Prof. Monika Mościbrodzka (Radboud University), Prof. Jonathan Ferreira (IPAG Grenoble)
Sep 2013 – July 2018
Central University of Tamil Nadu, Tamil Nadu, India
Integrated BSc + MSc in Physics
Master’s Thesis: An overview of black hole heat engine
CGPA: 8.78/10
Dec 2025 – Present
Nicolaus Copernicus University (UMK), Toruń, Poland
Postdoctoral Researcher (Adjunkt) (Sonatina grant from NCN Poland for 3 years)
Project: Accretion onto Exotic Compact Objects and Their Observational Signatures
Jan 2025 – Nov 2025
Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School, College of Astronomy and Natural Sciences, Toruń, Poland
Postdoctoral Researcher (Adjunkt)
Working on 3D simulations of accretion disks using PLUTO.
Jan 2024 – May 2024
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
Scientific Assistant – Computational Astrophysics Group
Project: 3D radiative hydrodynamic simulations of accretion disks around supermassive black hole binaries.
2025
Hydrodynamic simulation of accretion on a naked singularity
Čemeljić, M., Kluźniak, W., Mishra, R., Wielgus, M.
The Astrophysical Journal (ApJ), 981(1), 69
2024
Fluid figures of equilibrium orbiting Reissner-Nordström black holes and naked singularities
Mishra, R., Krajewski, T., Kluźniak, W.
Physical Review D, 110(12), 124030
General upper limit on the electric charge of Sgr A in the Reissner–Nordström metric
Mishra, R., Vieira, R., Kluźniak, W.
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS), 530(3), 3038–3042
2023
Auroras on pulsar planets
Mishra, R., Čemeljić, M., Varela, J., Falanga, M.
The Astrophysical Journal Letters (ApJL), 259(1), L13
Accretion disk backflow in resistive MHD simulations
Mishra, R., Čemeljić, M., Kluźniak, W.
MNRAS, 523(3), 4708–4719
DOI Link
Equilibrium tori orbiting Reissner-Nordstrom naked singularities
Mishra, R., Kluźniak, W.
Proceedings of RAGtime 23–25, pp. 151–166
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2021
Backflow in simulated MHD accretion disks
Mishra, R., Čemeljić, M., Kluźniak, W.
Proceedings of RAGtime, pp. 151–166
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2020
Backflow in Accretion Disk
Mishra, R., Čemeljić, M., Kluźniak, W.
Proceedings of the Polish Astronomical Society, Vol. 10, pp. 147–150
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Jan 2025 — Seminar at Paris Observatory, France
Accretion structures around Reissner-Nordström black holes, naked singularity and Sgr A constraints*
Nov 2024 — Wednesday Colloquium, NCAC, Warsaw, Poland
Accretion structures around Reissner-Nordström naked singularity and Sgr A constraints*
June 2023 — Disk, Tori and Sphere Workshop, Opava, Czech Republic
Conservative upper limit of charge of Sgr A (Invited)*
Feb 2023 — Nicolaus Copernicus World Congress, Toruń, Poland
Sgr A: Supermassive black hole or naked singularity*
Nov 2019 — RAGtime MHD Workshop, Opava, Czech Republic
Backflow in Accretion Disk
Feb 2026 — Visiting Researcher, Max Planck Instittute Of Radio Astronomy, Bonn, Germany
Jan 2025 — Visiting Researcher, Paris Observatory, France
Dec 2024 – Jan 2025 — Visiting Researcher, NCAC, Warsaw, Poland
May 2023 — Visiting Researcher, Silesian University in Opava, Czech Republic
Nov 2023 — RAGtime25, Opava, Czech Republic
Equilibrium tori orbiting Reissner-Nordström naked singularities
July 2023 — European Astronomical Society Meeting, Kraków, Poland
3 Poster Presentations
May 2023 — Microquasar Workshop, Crete, Greece
Poster: Sgr A – Supermassive black hole or naked singularity*
Dec 2022 — XV Black Holes Workshop, Lisbon, Portugal
Radiative GRMHD simulations of black hole accretion with KORAL
Oct 2022 — RAGtime24, Opava, Czech Republic
Accretion disk backflow in resistive MHD simulation
Sep 2022 — 31st Texas Symposium, Prague, Czech Republic
Accretion disk backflow in resistive MHD simulation
Sep 2021 — RAGtime23, Opava, Czech Republic
Simulations of levitating atmospheres
Jan 2021 — COSPAR 2021 (Online), Sydney, Australia
Backflow in Accretion Disks
Oct 2020 — RAGtime22 (Online)
The presence of backflow in simulated MHD disks
Nov 2019 — CFD in Astrophysics Winter School, Canary Islands, Spain
Poster: Backflow in accretion disk
Sep 2019 — CERN School of Computing, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Talk: Numerical Simulation of Backflow in Accretion Disk
Sep 2019 — XXXIX Polish Astronomical Society Meeting, Olsztyn, Poland
Talk: Backflow in accretion disk
July 2023 – European Astronomical Society Meeting, Kraków, Poland
3 Poster Presentations
May 2023 – Microquasar Workshop, Crete, Greece
Poster: Sgr A: Supermassive black hole or naked singularity*
Nov 2019 – Computational Fluid Dynamics in Astrophysics Winter School, Canary Islands, Spain
Poster: Backflow in accretion disk
November 2025 – KHARMA GRMHD CODE Workshop, Granada, Spain
August 2023 – MESA Summer School, Budapest, Hungary
June 2023 – Thin Disk Workshop, Pag, Croatia
August 2022 – Thin Disk Workshop, Pavlov, Czech Republic
Nov 2019 – CFD in Astrophysics Winter School, Canary Islands, Spain
Sep 2019 – CERN School of Computing 2019, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
May 2019 – Cosmic Explosions Workshop, Cargèse, Corse, France
Jan 2025 – Nov 2025
Mentoring junior researchers and students at Nicolaus Copernicus Superior School, Toruń.
June – August 2023
Supervised summer students at NCAC, Warsaw.
Nov 2020
Invited lecture at Inverted CERN School of Computing
Topic: Computational Fluid Dynamics for Physicists and Engineers
June 2022 — Popular science talk at Central University of Tamil Nadu
“Journey to the Center of Our Galaxy” (for undergraduates)
Jan 2021 — Guest lecture at Aveti Learning (regional language)
“A Trip into a Black Hole”
Feb 2020 — Astronomy outreach program for students (Organizing Committee)
May 2019 — Science Picnic: Hands-on astronomy experiments for the general public
Referee for the peer-reviewed journal JCAP (Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics)
Diploma Awarded by CERN School of Computing (CSC 2019)
NRTS Scholarship Recipient – National Rural Talent Search, 2007
Ranked 28th in the All-India CUET 2013 (Central Universities Entrance Test)
Dec 2023 – Featured in Universe Today
📰 “Planets Orbiting Pulsars Should Have Strange and Beautiful Auroras — And We Could Detect Them”
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Email: rmishra@camk.edu.pl
LinkedIn: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9475-5193
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9475-5193
Prof. Włodzimierz Kluźniak
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, Poland
📧 wlodek@camk.edu.pl
Dr. Miljenko Čemeljić
College of Astronomy and Natural Sciences, SGMK Toruń, Poland
📧 miki@camk.edu.pl
Dr. Maciek Wielgus
Instituto de Astrofísica de Andalucía, CSIC, Spain (EHT Collaboration)
📧 maciek.wielgus@gmail.com