cv
This is a brief form of my CV. Download the PDF for a detailed one.
Basics
| Name | Ayush Moharana |
| a.moharana@keele.ac.uk | |
| About | Astronomer interested in the study of multiple star systems. Escpecially if it has an eclipsing component. |
Work
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2024.08 - present Research associate in pulsating binary stars
Keele University
Working with Dr. John Southworth on pulsating binary systems.
- Asteroseismology
- Eclipsing Binaries
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2019.07 - 20.10 Research assistant
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
Working with Dr. AC Pradhan on UV photometry to constrain the Milky Way structure.
- UV photometry
- Globular Clusters
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2017.06 - 2017.08 Research intern
Manipal Centre for Natural Science, Manipal
Working with Dr. D Bhattacharya on constraining blazar jet properties using inverse modelling of SED.
- Active Galactic Nuclei
Education
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2019.12 - 2024.09 Torun, Poland
Ph.D., Astrophysics
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center
Dissertation: Comprehensive study of low-mass Compact Hierarchical Triples using Eclipsing Binaries
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2014.08 - 2019.06 Odisha, India
Integrated M.Sc., Physics and Astronomy
National Institute of Technology, Rourkela
Dissertation: Ultraviolet Studies of Galactic Globular Clusters using Observations from Ultraviolet Imaging Telescope
Awards
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NCAC Young researcher of the year
Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center
Awarded for the multidimensional research on triple star systems, specifically for the integration of theoretical studies with observations
Grants and fellowships
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2021.01 - Present Torun, Poland
PRELUDIUM Research Grant, National Science Center, Poland
A 3 year grant of 203,096 PLN for the project 'Evolution of tight triple stars'.
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2019.08 - 2019.11 Odisha, India
Project Fellow, Indian Space Research Organisation
1 year fellowship to work on the project 'Constraining Milky Way structure using UV star counts'.
Observing
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SALT Long term monitoring: 4 semesters (PI)
2024-2026
Time-series spectroscopy of compact triples with HRS
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CTIO: 60 hrs of spectroscopic time (PI)
2023-Present
Time-series spectroscopy of eclipsing binaries with CHIRON.
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SALT Long term monitoring: 4 semesters (PI)
2022-2024
Time-series spectroscopy of compact triples with HRS
Skills
| Eclipsing binary modelling | |
| JKTEBOP | |
| PHOEBE2 | |
| RV Modelling |
| Spectral disentangling | |
| fd3 | |
| shift_and_add |
| Spectral analysis | |
| iSpec |
Languages
| Odia | |
| Native speaker |
| English | |
| Fluent |
| Hindi | |
| Fluent |
Interests
| Football | |
| - Captain, NITR-VS Hall, Inter-hall football team | |
| - Team member, DAV CSPur, District Championships |
| Tennis | |
| - Captain, NIT Rourkela, Inter-NIT Championships | |
| - Bronze medal, Inter-NIT Championships, 2018 |
| Art and Design | |
| - Winner, State-level Fine-art Competition, 2009 | |
| - Design Team Head, Monday Morning, NITR Newsletter | |
| - Vice-president, Chitraang, NITR graffiti club | |
| - Part of dozens of design projects |
References
| Dr. hab. K.G. Hełminiak | |