Curriculum Vitae
Appointments
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2025–present
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, United Kingdom
Advisor: Professor Márk Mezei.
Funded by the European Research Council Consolidator Grant held by Márk Mezei.
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2023–2025
DIEP Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Amsterdam / Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena, Netherlands
Advisor: Professor Jay Armas.
Funded by a DIEP Postdoctoral Fellowship.
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2021–2023
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellow
Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands
Advisor: Professor Jan de Boer.
Funded by a European Commission Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship.
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2018–2021
Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Victoria, Canada
Advisor: Professor Pavel Kovtun.
Funded by a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Discovery Grant.
Education
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2014–2018
PhD in Theoretical Particle Physics
Durham University, United Kingdom
Thesis: A Universal Framework for Hydrodynamics. Thesis record
Supervisor: Professor Ruth Gregory.
Fully funded by the Durham Doctoral Scholarship.
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2009–2014
BS-MS dual degree in Physics and Mathematics
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Bhopal, India
Physics major; Mathematics minor.
Thesis: Holographic Ferromagnetism & Non-Relativistic Charged Hydrodynamics. Thesis PDF
Supervisor: Dr Suvankar Dutta.
CGPA 9.41/10, highest in the graduating batch; Gold Medallist.
Fully funded by the Government of India INSPIRE Scholarship.
Funding, fellowships and distinctions
- 2023–2025
DIEP Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Amsterdam and Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena.
- 2021–2023
Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Individual Fellowship, European Commission. Award: €175,572.48 over two years; host: Institute of Physics, University of Amsterdam; evaluation score: 96.8% (Excellence 4.9/5, Impact 4.9/5, Implementation 4.6/5). Grant record
- 2018–2021
Postdoctoral Fellowship, University of Victoria.
- 2014–2018
Durham Doctoral Scholarship, covering PhD tuition, living expenses, and research travel for 3.5 years.
- 2014
Physics Proficiency Gold Medal, IISER Bhopal, for best academic performance in the graduating BS-MS batch.
- 2014
Director’s Gold Medal, IISER Bhopal, for outstanding all-round achievement and leadership.
- 2009–2014
INSPIRE Scholarship, Government of India, funding BS-MS tuition and living expenses.
- 2012
DAAD-WISE Scholarship, German Academic Exchange Service, funding a three-month summer internship at RWTH Aachen University.
Organising
- Mar 2027
Organising workshop on Solvable Models of Quantum Chaos, Wadham College, University of Oxford, UK.
- Feb 2025
Organised Hydrodynamics Across Scales Workshop, University of Amsterdam, Netherlands.
- 2016–2018
Organised annual Young Theorists Forum Durham PhD conference for three years, Durham University, UK.