Graduate student at Ohio State University
I am a first-year PhD student at the Ohio State University. I work on theoretical astrophysics, cosmology and astroparticle physics. I joined the PhD program at OSU Department of Physics, starting August 2025.
I completed my undergraduate and master’s studies at Indian Institute of Science in Bengaluru, India. I graduated with BS and MS degree in 2025, with a major in Physics. My primary interest is in astrophysics, especially astroparticle physics and cosmology. I have taken undergraduate and graduate-level courses in astrophysics, cosmology, and high-energy physics. Besides, I have been involved in astroparticle physics and cosmology research for the last two years.
My first project at IISc was on transitions in dimers, which introduced me to practical uses of quantum mechanics. Following this, I started working on general relativity through a reading project. In May 2023, I went to the Australian National University to work on my first astrophysics project, funded by the ANU’s Future Research Talent program. I worked at the Mount Stromlo Observatory for three months and did a research project on positron annihilation in the interstellar medium, in the search for a dark matter origin of these positrons. Thereafter, I started working on early-Universe cosmology at IISc, specifically on the epoch of ‘inflation’ when the Universe expanded exponentially within a short time. This was the topic my bachelor’s dissertation at IISc. In 2024, I started working on a project that aims at obtaining constraints on the interactions of dark matter with ordinary matter using the farthest galaxies observed in the Universe. In the meanwhile, I have also been working on tools for teaching basic mathematical physics using a bunch of tools in Mathematica, and have co-authored a journal article (See Publications) on group theory and its physical applications using the same.
More information about these projects are available on the Projects page
See my research profile on INSPIRE / Google Scholar
I am currently in Columbus, Ohio, US. You can contact me via email: soura2302@gmail.com