Presidency University

My research area lies in the interface of astrophysics and cosmology and also combines theoretical, phenomenological, and data-oriented aspects. My science interests cover several topics ranging from anisotropies in the microwave background to detailed astrophysics in galaxy evolution. The core of my research is focused in investigating the connection between supermassive black hole (SMBH) evolution and cosmological structure formation (known as SMBH co-evolution in the literature) in numerical simulations and testing the predictions against multi-wavelength observations. Through traditional cosmological tools like the cosmic microwave background and the large-scale clustering properties, I have investigated the impact of SMBH on cosmological structure formation.

Please see my research webspage for more details:

http://presipact.weebly.com/

As an academician I am very excited about physics teaching and physics education research. I am also very interested in public outreach of science in India.

B.Sc: Physics (Honors) (Presidency College, University of Calcutta, 2001)
M.Sc: Physics (IIT Kanpur, 2003)
M.S: Physics (University of Pittsburgh, 2009)
PhD: Physics (University of Pittsburgh, 2009)

Postdoc: Yale University (2009-2012 April)

University of Wyoming (May 2012-Nov 2013)

I was a Bachelor's student in Physics (Honors) at erstwhile Presidency College, Calcutta during 1998-2001. I then went to IIT Kanpur in 2001 and completed my Masters' in Physics in 2003. I did my PhD in Physics (specilization: cosmology/astrophysics) at University of Pittsburgh during 2003- 2009 working with Prof. Arthur Kosowsky on the Sunyaev-Zeldovich distortion of the cosmic microwave background. Here is a copy of my thesis. For the next three years, I was a post-doctoral associate at Yale University where I collaborated with the computational cosmology group led by Prof. Daisuke Nagai. Then I spent a year at University of Wyoming working as a post-doc with Prof. Adam Myers before joining Presidency University as an assistant professor on November 2013.

Please see my CV and the abstract of my research in the "about me" section. For more information about my research see my personal website

My research group webpage

http://presipact.weebly.com/

"The education of the individual, in addition to promoting his own innate abilities, would
attempt to develop in him a sense of responsibility for his fellow men in place of the glori-
cation of power and success in our present society."

The above quote by Prof. Albert Einstein summarizes my vision as an educationist and why I chose to pursue an academic career.

Please see my CV

PhD Students (For M.Sc students please see my CV for the updated list)

1. Ms. Rudrani Kar Chowdhury, Presidency University, PhD: Sept 2021, Currently postdoc at University of Hong Kong

2. Ms. Avinanda Chakraborty, Presidency University, PhD: Ongoing

3. Mr. Anirban Chowdhary, Presidenct University, PhD: Ongoing

JRF/Project Students
1. Mr. Anto Lonappan, Currently PhD student at SISSA, Italy
2. Mr. Maitreya Kundu, Ongoing

1. Life Member, Astronomical Society of India

2. Life member, IAGRG

3. Life member, IPA

4. Member, National Gender Working Group, IPA (2017-2020)

Please see my CV

Journal publications (Significant Scientific Contribution)
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2023ApJ...954....8C/abstract

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022ApJ...940...47K/abstract

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2022MNRAS.516.2824C/abstract

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021Galax...9...74C/abstract

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2021AN....342..164K/abstract

https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2020ApJ...889...60K/abstract

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2019ApJ...872...35M

http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2018PASP..130f4001C