Personal details

• Indian citizen, born in 1988, married

• Amateur birdwatcher, cricketer, and Indian Carnatic classical singer

• Fluent in Kannada, English, Hindi and not quite in German

Education

2017 Ph.D. in Physics, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, India

Thesis title 'Paschen-Back Effect as a Tool to Diagnose the Magnetic Structuring of the Solar Atmosphere'

2010 Master of Science (Nuclear physics), Bangalore University, Bengaluru, India

2008 Bachelor of Science (Physics, Mathematics & Chemistry), Bangalore University, Bengaluru, India

Employment

01.2021 - present Post Doctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany

01.2019 - 12.2020 Marie-Sklodowska Curie Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany

06.2017 - 12.2018 Post Doctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen, Germany

01.2017 - 05.2017 Post Doctoral Fellow, Udaipur Solar Observatory, Udaipur, India

04.2016 - 12.2016 Post Doctoral Researcher, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, India

07.2010 - 03.2016 Doctoral Student, Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, India

Supervision

• Supervisor for internship of Ms. Clara Dickhardt, Felix-Klein-Gymnasium, Göttingen, Germany (11.2022)

• Supervisor for undergraduate student internship of Ms. Avani Jain, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi, India (07.2022)