Associate Professor of Physics/Astronomy
Education
Ph.D. and M.S. in Astronomy, Yale University, New Haven, USA
B.S. in Physics, Presidency College, Kolkata, India
About
Teaching Interests
I’ve taught the following courses at Wheaton:
- AST130 The Universe
- AST202 Frontiers of Astronomy
- AST298 Introduction to Astrophysics
- AST302 Advanced Astrophysics
- AST305 Observational Astronomy
- PHYS170 Introductory Physics I
- PHYS180 Enhanced Introductory Physics I
- PHYS171 Introductory Physics II
- PHYS181 Enhanced Introductory Physics II
Other Interests
- Having fun with the laws of physics.
Research Interests
My main research interests are accretion inflows and outflows near compact astrophysical sources such as black holes (BH) and neutron stars (NS). Understanding the physical processes that lead to complex instabilities in these accretion flows is one of the most challenging and exciting fields in high energy astrophysics. More …