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Education

2022: Master of Science in Physics, University of Heidelberg
Thesis: Properties of stellar populations and white dwarfs in a semi-analytic Milky Way disk model based on Gaia DR3
Supervisor: Prof. Andreas Just, Astronomisches Rechen-Institut (ARI), Zentrum für Astronomie (ZAH), Heidelberg University

2019: Bachelor of Science in Physics, Savitribai Phule Pune University
Thesis: Photometric Calibration of UVIT
Supervisor: Prof. Shyam Tandon, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune

Appointments

  • Sept 2023 – Present · Doctoral Researcher, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany.
  • Jun 2026 – Sept 2026 · JSPS Fellow & Visiting Doctoral Researcher, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
  • Nov 2022 – Aug 2023 · Research Intern, Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany.
  • Oct 2022 – Sept 2023 · Pre-doc, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Oct 2021 – Oct 2022 · Student Assistant, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Sept 2021 – Sept 2022 · Master’s Thesis Researcher, Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, ZAH, Heidelberg University, Heidelberg, Germany.
  • Aug 2019 – Oct 2020 · Visiting Researcher, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India.
  • Jun 2019 – Jul 2019 · Quantum Information and Technology Summer Fellow, IISER Kolkata, Kolkata, India.
  • Jun 2018 – Apr 2019 · Bachelor’s Thesis Researcher, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India.

Fellowships & Grants

  • 2026 · JSPS Fellowship, hosted at the University of Tokyo.
  • 2023 · Max Planck Society Doctoral Fellowship.
  • 2022 · Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics Research Internship Grant.

Publications

View my publications on NASA ADS.

Skills & Competencies

  • Programming: Python (Astropy, NumPy, SciPy, pandas, Matplotlib, scikit-learn, Optuna, PyTorch), C/C++, Bash.
  • Statistics: MCMC, Bayesian analysis, machine learning and deep learning.
  • High-performance computing: SLURM, SGE, large-scale parallel workflows.
  • Tools: Git/GitHub, LaTeX, HTML, DS9, TOPCAT, Linux/Unix, MS Office, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator.

Talks & Posters

2026

Talks: AG Meeting — Building Blocks of Cosmic Structure, Germany (Sep 2026), University of Osaka, Japan (Aug 2026), The Formation of Stars and Planets in Evolving Galaxies, Okinawa, Japan (Aug 2026), University of Tokyo, Japan (Jul 2026), Kavli IPMU, Japan (Jul 2026), The Institute for Cosmic Ray Research, Japan (Jul 2026), AGN feedback across all scales and time, European Southern Observatory (ESO), Germany (Jul 2026), JASMINE Consortium Meeting, Kyoto University, Japan (Jul 2026), Munich Institute for Astro-, Particle and BioPhysics (MIAPbP), Germany (Jun 2026), CEA Saclay, France (May 2026), IMPRS Symposium, Germany (May 2026), University of Bonn, Germany (Apr 2026).

Posters: SOKENDAI, Hayama, Japan (Jun 2026).

2025

Talks: Tata Institute Of Fundamental Research, India (Dec 2025), Multiscale Environment of AGN Across Cosmic Time, Ringberg, Germany (Nov 2025), L-Galaxies Collaboration Meeting, Germany (Oct 2025), Baryon Pasting Collaboration Meeting, Yale University, USA (Apr 2025), Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany (Apr 2025), L-Galaxies Seminar Series, Germany (Mar 2025), Munich Institute for Astro-, Particle and BioPhysics (MIAPbP), Germany (Mar 2025), University of Zurich, Switzerland (Feb 2025).

Posters: Saas-Fee Advanced Course, Switzerland (Jan 2025).

2024

Talks: IAU General Assembly, South Africa (Aug 2024), IMPRS Symposium, Germany (Jun 2024), Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA), USA (Apr 2024), Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany (Mar 2024), L-Galaxies Collaboration Workshop, Spain (Jan 2024).

Posters: Center for Computational Astrophysics (CCA), USA (Dec 2024), STScI Spring Symposium, USA (Apr 2024).

2023

Talks: Heidelberg University, Germany (Nov 2023), Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany (Nov 2023), EAS Annual Meeting, Poland (Jul 2023), Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany (May 2023).

2022

Talks: White Dwarfs from Physics to Astrophysics, KITP, USA (Nov 2022), University of California, USA (Nov 2022), EUROWD22: 22nd European Workshop on White Dwarfs, Germany (Aug 2022), Heidelberg University, Germany (Mar 2022).

Posters: EAS Annual Meeting, Spain (Jun 2022).

Outreach and Activities

  • Public outreach talk on recent developments in computational astrophysics for undergraduate students (Jan 2026, Goa)
  • Research highlight of the month (Feb 2025), featured on the MPA highlight webpage
  • Public outreach talk on recent developments in astronomy, for 10th grade students (Aug 2023, Goa)
  • The CNS5 paper (Golovin et al. 2023, including Vani) featured on the ESA Gaia mission website
  • Experiment demonstrations for open-day celebrations at my high school (2014–2016, Goa) and undergraduate university (2016–2019, Pune)
  • Math Made Easy — a project visualising geometrical theorems with 3D physical models to make mathematics engaging for school students (2016, Mumbai)

Schools and Workshops

  • Jun 2026: Continuing the JWST Revolution, MIAPbP, Garching, Germany
  • Jun 2025: Vatican Observatory Summer School, Vatican Observatory
  • Mar 2025: Unveiling a Universe of Black Holes, MIAPbP, Garching, Germany
  • Jan 2025: Galaxies and Black Holes in the First Billion Years, Saas-Fee, Switzerland
  • April 2024: Abundance gradients in the local universe, MIAPbP, Garching, Germany
  • June 2023: Summer School for Astrostatistics, Crete, Greece
  • Sept 2022: GaiaUnlimited workshop and unconference, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Aug 2022: Astronomy, astrochemistry & the origin of life, IMPRS, Heidelberg, Germany
  • Jun 2022: Junge AG summer school, MPIfR, Bonn, Germany
  • Jun 2022: EPS forum 2022, Paris, France
  • Sept 2021: Stellar Ecosystems, IMPRS (Virtual), Heidelberg, Germany
  • Aug 2021: ZTF (Virtual) Summer School 2021, Caltech, USA
  • July 2021: 2021 Sagan Exoplanet Summer Virtual Workshop, NExScI, Caltech, USA
  • Jan 2021: Astronomy Winter School (Virtual): High-Energy Astrophysics, NTHU, Taiwan
  • Oct 2020: SHINE Autumn School (Virtual) CERN, Switzerland
  • Sept 2020: Astronomy and Data Science, 7BISS (Virtual), Armenia
  • Nov 2019: Astrosat’s Data Analysis workshop, Goa University, India
  • June 2019: Quantum Information and Quantum Technology, IISER Kolkata, India
  • June 2018: Introductory Summer School in Astronomy and Astrophysics, IUCAA, Pune, India

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