Faculty Details

I am an Associate Professor and the Chair at the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Tirupati. Earlier I was a DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellow at the Inter-University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics, Pune, India (2014 – 2017), before that a Postdoctoral Visiting Scientist at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Pune, India (2012 – 2014) and prior to that an Integrated Ph.D. student at the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, obtaining a Masters in Physics and a Doctorate in Astrophysics from the Department of Physics in 2007 and 2012 respectively. I received my Bachelor’s in Physics (Hons.) from St.Xavier’s College, University of Calcutta in 2004.

Research Interests

Theoretical Astrophysics, focussing on

• Modeling and Simulation as applied to the dynamics of galaxies, galaxy formation, and evolution studies, and the role of dark matter
• Structure and kinematics of dwarf irregular, ultra-diffuse and low surface brightness including superthin galaxies
• Application of Bayesian Statistics and Machine Learning in galaxy astrophysics

Contact Details

Arunima Banerjee
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research,Tirupati

Srinivasapuram, Venkatagiri Road, Jangalapalli G. P., Yerpedu Mandal, Durgiperi, Andhra Pradesh 517619
Phone: +91 (0877) 2500 446
arunima@iisertirupati.ac.in

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