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General Information

Full Name Avinash Kumar
Affiliation Institute of Astrophysics - Foundation of Research and Technology Hellas (IA - FORTH)
Languages English, Hindi

Education

  • 2023 - Present
    PhD
    University of Crete & IA-FORTH, GR
    • Research supported by European Research Council (ERC)
  • 2018
    MSc Physics
    University of Allahabad, Allahabad
    • Specialization in Electronics
  • 2016
    BSc Physics, Computer Application, Mathematics
    University of Allahabad, Allahabad
    • Major in Physics and Computer Application(Voc.)

Experience

  • Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
    Senior Project Associate
    ARIES Nainital
    • funded by ISRO
    • Work to help set up Aditya-L1 Support Cell(AL1SC)
    • Project is collaboration of ISRO and ARIES Nainital.
  • Nov 2021 - Sep 2022
    Junior Research Fellow
    U C Berkeley SETI - Amity Node
    • Funded by Breakthrough Listen Initiative
    • Built a semi-automatic pipeline for the SETI backend for the upgraded Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (uGMRT) to utilise visibility data for imaging the source of interest.
  • Aug 2018 - Oct 2021
    Research Intern
    RAD@home Astronomy Collaboratory India
  • May 2018 - July 2018
    Research Associate
    UM-DAE Centre for Excellence in Basic Sciences(CEBS)
    • supported by CEBS

Open Source Projects

  • 2022-2023
    scoobi
    • Solar Conventionality-based Organizing Observation data ( SCOOBI ) for ARIES Nainital
  • 2021-present
    setisim
    • SETI synthesis imaging
  • 2021-2022
    turbo_seti
    • turboSETI -- python based SETI search algorithm.
  • 2021-present
    rgbmaker
    • A python package which communicates to different astronomical services and fetches fits and numerical data.

Academic Interests

  • Radio Astronomy.
    • AGN.
    • Instrumentation and Techniques.
  • Public Communication.
    • Citizen Science.
    • Outreach Activities.

Other Interests

  • Hobbies: Reading, Hiking, Running etc.