I am a second-year MSc student in Astronomy and a member of the Euclid Strong Lensing Science Working Group. After beginning my academic journey in engineering and data science at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, I transitioned into astrophysics to pursue my long-standing interest in astronomy. My research focuses on identifying strong gravitational lenses in Euclid images to better understand the Universe. Outside of research, I enjoy hiking, reading historical philosophy, and communicating science to wider audiences.
This research develops a fast algorithm to identify rare gravitational lenses in images from the Euclid Space Telescope. By analysing how galaxies bend light, it maps the distribution of invisible dark matter, helping astronomers investigate one of the greatest mysteries in physics: the nature and composition of dark matter.