My students
Sandhya Sajith Menon
Joint PhD student with Sapienza University of Rome
November 2022 - Present
Research topic: Data analysis of long transient gravitational waves from new-born magnetars and study of their electromagnetic counterparts.
Currently working on search for long transient GWs from SN2023ixf using Generalised frequency hough algorithm with the ER15 data of the O4 LIGO run. Also working on assessing the detection prospects of Shock breakout emissions from new-born magnetars using ULTRASAT satellite.
Bisi Bernard
PhD Student
November 2021 - Present
Research Interest: Astronomical Data reduction and classification. Transient and variable stars.
Silvia Gagliardini
PhD Student
March 2023 - Present
Silvia studied Particle Physics at University "Sapienza" in Rome, Italy. As a PhD student, her research field is the high energy Astroparticle Physics and the Multimessenger Astronomy. In particular she is interested in studying high energy neutrinos produced in acceleration processes occurring in astrophysical sources as Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs), Core Collapse Supernovae (CCSNe), Supernova Remnants (SNRs), etc.
Joseph Onuegbu
PhD Student
Joseph has his bachelor and master's research degree in Physics.
His research interest is centered on the detection and characterization of transient astrophysical phenomena, particularly novae, and their contribution to galactic chemical enrichment.
During his master's research, he focused on analyzing NASA's Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) catalog, where he developed a novel pipeline that successfully detected about 53 previously undiscovered novae candidates, contributing to galactic novae rate.
Currently, as a PhD researcher at Ariel University, he is conducting research on novae characterization and temporal evolution of novae ejecta using multiwavelength observations and lightcurve morphology analysis. He is also part of a project involving the ULTRASAT satellite as a data scientist – a project that will conduct wide-field ultraviolet surveys of transient sources.
His work is aimed at linking transient events, such as supernovae and novae, with the larger framework of galactic chemical evolution and stellar nucleosynthesis, using advanced observational techniques and data analysis tools.
Additionally, Joseph's research interests extend to Stellar populations, GRBs, Multi-messenger astronomy, Data analysis, and Explosive transients.
For research collaboration, kindly contact his LinkedIn.
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Asaf Cohen
PhD Student
Research interest: Nova eruptions are an extremely diverse astronomical transient, showing a wide range of virtually every feature, for instance, peak brightness, eruption amplitude, timescales of rise, eruption and decline, and many more. Moreover, there is an abundance of peculiar features seen in the light curves of some eruptions but not in others. Some Novae show a clear peak and a sharp decline in the LC while others are characterized by multiple peaks.