Research Experience

• Postdoctoral Researcher       (Oct 2025 - present)  

                               Center for Cosmic Evolution Research,          

Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute (KASI), Daejeon, South Korea

• Postdoctoral fellow                 (Sep 2024 - Aug 2025)

                              Astronomy & Astrophysics Division, PRL, Ahmedabad

Qualifications

Conferences and Talks

• Talk: “Dust Grain Alignment and Evolution in the Massive Star-Forming Region NGC 6334I from ALMA Polarization,” Formation of Stars and Planets in the Evolving Galaxy (SPG) Conference, Okinawa, Japan, 03–07 August 2026.

• Poster presentation: “From Clumps to Clusters: Star Formation Scaling Laws and Their Implications,” ASI 2026, IIT Guwahati, India, 15–19 May 2026. Vineet Rawat and Manash Samal.

• Talk: “Probing Dust Grain Alignment and Evolution under Extreme Stellar Feedback in NGC 6334I using ALMA Polarization,” Spring Meeting of the Korean Astronomical Society (KAS), Suwon, South Korea, 08–10 April 2026.

• Talk: “From Gas to Stars: Scaling Laws and Conversion Efficiencies in Dense Cluster-Forming Clumps,” National Space Science Symposium (NSSS), India, 23–27 February 2026. Manash Samal and Vineet Rawat.

• Talk: “Star Cluster Formation and Scaling Laws in Star-Forming Regions,” Theoretical Astronomy Group, KASI, South Korea, 22 October 2025.

• Poster presentation: “Understanding the Relative Importance of Magnetic Field, Gravity, and Turbulence in Star Formation at the Hub of the GMC G148.24+00.41,” Magnetic Fields from Clouds to Stars (Bfields-2024), NAOJ, Tokyo, Japan, 25–29 March 2024.

• Talk: “Exploring the Interplay of Magnetic Fields, Gravity, and Turbulence in Star Formation at the Hub of the GMC G148.24+00.41,” 42nd Annual Meeting of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI), IISc Bengaluru, India, 31 January–04 February 2024.

• Talk: “A TANSPEC View of a Young Cluster FSR 655 at the Hub of the GMC G148.24+00.41,” PRL, India, December 2023.

• Talk: “Role of the Magnetic Field in Cluster Formation: A Case Study of G148.24+00.41 with JCMT SCUBA-2/POL-2,” JCMT Users Meeting 2023, 30 May–01 June 2023 (online).

• Poster presentation: “How Do Massive Star Clusters Form? A Case Study of Galactic Molecular Cloud G148.24+00.41,” ASI 2023, IIT Indore, India, 01–05 March 2023.

• Poster presentation: “Understanding the Dust Properties and Clustering Structure of a Giant Molecular Cloud G148.24+00.41,” Ph.D. Research Showcase 2023, IIT Gandhinagar, India, 27 January 2023.

• Talk: “Understanding the Cluster Formation Potency of Massive Dark Clouds,” 3rd Meeting on Star Formation, ARIES, Nainital, India, 04–07 May 2022.

• Poster presentation: “Understanding the Cluster Formation Potency of Massive Dark Clouds,” ASI 2022, IIT Roorkee and ARIES Nainital, India, 25–29 March 2022 (hybrid).

• Talk: “Understanding the Connection between Star Formation Rate and Gas in Galactic Molecular Clouds,” PRL, India, July 2021.

• Poster presentation: “Near-Infrared and Radio Analysis of IRAS 23545+6508: A Cluster in the Process of Making,” ASI 2021, ICTS-TIFR Bengaluru, IISER Mohali, IIT Indore, and IUCAA Pune, India, 18–23 February 2021 (online). 

• Workshop: “Analyzing the Pelletron Accelerator & Low-Energy Ion Beam Facility,” National Science Day Workshop, IUAC, Delhi, India, 2018.

• Poster presentation: “Gas Sensors,” Workshop, Shyam Lal College, University of Delhi, India, April 2016.

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