About
Hello & Namaste !!!!
I am a crazy guy with a deep love to study the universe. Currently, I am a 5th year BS-MS student at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, majoring in Physics. I am doing my final year Master's thesis project at Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore.
I intend to continue my research in the field of exoplanets, star-planet interation, and stellar evolution.
Some boring stuffs about me:
- Birthday: 7 August
- Website: surendra-bhattarai.github.io
- Phone: +91 6003571280
- City: Bangalore, India
- Place of birth: Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India
- Age: Why do you need???
- Highest Degree: Master of Science
- Email: sb19ms136@iiserkol.ac.in
I am learning to play the flute and keyboard. Music is something I would like to keep learning lifelong. I strongely hope that I will be able to play as much musical instruments as possible.
Skills
Programming Skills:
Languages: Python (marvin, pycbc, bilby, lightkurve, triceratops, astropy, matplotlib, numpy, pandas), C, Fortran, MATLAB, shell scripting
Tools/Softwares: High Performance Computing (HPC), MESA, STARS, Astrometrica, LATEX, Gnuplot, ORIGIN, Stellarium, VizieR, sdss-marvin
Statistical Techniques:
Bayesian analysis, Machine Learning, MCMC
Handling People Efficiently
Resume
CV/Resume will be available on request. Please contact here: surendra.bhattarai@yale.edu
Education
MS thesis project
2023 - 2024
Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bangalore, India
BS-MS; Major in Physics
2019 - 2024
Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata, India
Publications
h-index: 2 (Google Scholar)
- VaTEST III: Validation of 8 Potential Super-Earths from TESS Data, 2024, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (PASA), 1-22. DOI
- VaTEST II: Statistical Validation of 11 TESS-Detected Exoplanets Orbiting K-type Stars, 2023, The Astronomical Journal, 166, 9. DOI
- VaTEST I: Validation of Sub-Saturn Exoplanet TOI-181b in Narrow Orbit from its Host Star, 2023, MNRAS, 521, 1066-1078. DOI Priyashkumar Mistry, Kamlesh Pathak, Georgios Lekkas, Aniket Prasad, Surendra Bhattarai, Mousam Maity, Charles A. Beichman, David R. Ciardi, Phil Evans, Allyson Bieryla, Jason D. Eastman, Gilbert A. Esquerdo and Jennifer P. Lucero
- Discovered 1 main-belt asteroid: 2021 LH10, in the International Asteroid Search Campaign. Link
- INSPIRE-DST Fellowship for being among top 1% students in India in Higher Secondary.
- Anundoram Borooah Award for securing excellent scores in Secondary education
- LOC member & volunteer at 42nd meeting of the Astronomical Society of India (ASI) 2024 at IISc Bangalore.
- Teaching Assistant for Computational Physics (PH3205) course at IISER Kolkata.
- Science outreach volunteer at National Space Science Exhibition 2022 at Science City, Kolkata.
- Subject matter expert in "Other Maths" subject at Chegg.com.
Priyashkumar Mistry, Aniket Prasad, Mousam Maity, Kamlesh Pathak, Sarvesh Gharat, Georgios Lekkas, Surendra Bhattarai, Dhruv Kumar, Jack J Lissauer, Joseph D Twicken, Abderahmane Soubkiou, Francisco J Pozuelos, Jon Jenkins, Keith Horne, Steven Giacalone, Khalid Barkaoui, Mathilde Timmermans, Cristilyn N Watkins, Ramotholo Sefako, Karen A Collins, Avi Shporer, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, Chris Stockdale, Emmanuël Jehin, Felipe Murgas, Martin Paegert, Michael B Lund, Norio Narita, Richard P Schwarz, Robert F Goeke, Thiam-Guan Tan, Yugo Kawai
Priyashkumar Mistry, Kamlesh Pathak, Aniket Prasad, Georgios Lekkas, Surendra Bhattarai, Sarvesh Gharat, Mousam Maity, Dhruv Kumar, Karen A. Collins, Richard P. Schwarz, Christopher R. Mann, Elise Furlan, Steve B. Howell, David Ciardi, Allyson Bieryla, Elisabeth C. Matthews, Erica Gonzales, Carl Ziegler, Ian Crossfield, Steven Giacalone, Thiam-Guan Tan, Phil Evans, Krzysztof G. Helminiak, Kevin I. Collins, Norio Narita, Akihiko Fukui, Francisco J. Pozuelos, Courtney Dressing, Abderahmane Soubkiou, Zouhair Benkhaldoun, Joshua E. Schlieder, Olga Suarez, Khalid Barkaoui, Enric Palle, Felipe Murgas, Gregor Srdoc, Maria V. Goliguzova, Ivan A. Strakhov, Crystal Gnilka, Kathryn Lester, Colin Littlefield, Nic Scott, Rachel Matson, Michael Gillon, Emmanuel Jehin, Mathilde Timmermans, Mourad Ghachoui, Lyu Abe, Philippe Bendjoya, Tristan Guillot and Amaury H.M.J. Triaud
Awards
Services
Contact
Don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. I will be more than happy to answer your queries. I can be contacted via mail, or through other social media platforms.
Location:
Thelamara, Assam, 784149, India
Email:
sb19ms136@iiserkol.ac.in
surendra.bhattarai.physics@gmail.com
Call:
+91 00000 00000
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