About
I am a multi-wavelength, observational astrophysicist hunting for intermediate-mass black holes (IMBHs), the missing link between stellar-mass and supermassive black holes, and uncovering how they shape their host dwarf galaxies. Combining UV-to-radio observations, including slit and integral-field spectroscopy, I work to bring these elusive black holes out of hiding.
My work spans studying the impact of AGN and AGN-driven outflows on the gas content and chemical abundances (e.g., metallicities) of their host galaxies. I am also developing new methods for identifying IMBHs in dwarf galaxies, using variability, high-ionization line detections, CLOUDY photoionization modeling, and machine learning techniques such as self-organizing maps.
I am currently a Cosmic Frontier Center Prize Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Texas at Austin. I completed my Ph.D. in Physics at the University of California, Riverside in 2025, advised by Prof. Gabriela Canalizo, and hold a BS–MS in Physics from Pondicherry University, India.
Beyond research, I'm passionate about teaching, mentoring, astronomy outreach, science communication and science policy.