Research Interests: Exoplanets, Atmospheres, Interiors, Formation mechanisms, Habitability, Biosignatures, Hycean worlds
Professor of Astrophysics and Exoplanetary Science
Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
Madingley Road, Cambridge CB3 0HA, UK
Education: PhD (MIT, USA, 2009), MS (MIT, USA, 2004), B. Tech (IIT-BHU, India, 2002)
Employment:
Oct 2021 - present : Professor of Astrophysics and Exoplanetary Science (University of Cambridge, UK)
Oct 2017 - Sep 2021: Reader in Astrophysics and Exoplanetary Science (University of Cambridge, UK)
Nov 2013 - Sep 2017: University Lecturer in Astrophysics (University of Cambridge, UK)
Jan 2012 - Oct 2013: YCAA Prize Postdoctoral Fellow (Yale University, USA)
Sep 2010 - Dec 2011: Postdoctoral researcher (Princeton University, USA)
Aug 2009 - Aug 2010: Postdoctoral researcher (MIT, USA)
Recent Awards/Honors:
2019 MERAC Prize in Theoretical Astrophysics, European Astronomical Society
2019 Pilkington Prize for Excellence in Teaching, University of Cambridge
2016 Young Scientist Medal in Astrophysics, International Union for Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP)
2014 Vainu Bappu Gold Medal in Astrophysics, Astronomical Society of India
2011 YCAA Prize Fellowship, Yale Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Yale University, USA
