PAVAN VYNATHEYA
Hi! I am Pavan Vynatheya (pronounced Vine-a-tey-ya) and I am from Bengaluru, the 3rd/4th/5th biggest city in India (depending on how you count). I speak English, Hindi, Kannada and Tamil. In 2020, I received my BS-MS Physics degree at Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata (IISER-K).
I am currently a PhD candidate at the Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik (MPA) at Garching, Germany in the Stellar department. I am primarily interested in the interplay between stellar evolution and N-body dynamics. The topics I have worked on include gravitational wave progenitors in quadruple-star systems, the dynamical stability of multiple-star systems and the tidal disruptions of stars by black holes.
(My CV and publications)
PROJECTS
Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik, Garching, Germany
Dr. Taeho Ryu, Dr. Ruediger Pakmor
PhD project (November, 2022 - )
Tidal disruption of stars by stellar-mass black holes [ongoing]
Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik, Garching, Germany
Dr. Adrian Hamers
PhD project (November, 2021 - January, 2022)
Stability of triple and quadruple-star systems [paper1] [paper2]
Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik, Garching, Germany
Dr. Adrian Hamers
PhD project (September, 2020 - October, 2021)
Compact object mergers in quadruple-star systems [paper]
Inter-University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, India
Prof. Kanak Saha
Master thesis (October, 2019 - July, 2020)
University of Western Ontario, London, Canada
Prof. Pauline Barmby
Summer internship (May - August, 2019)
Comparison of real and simulated galaxies using Deep Learning [pdf]
Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera, Merate, Italy
Prof. Tomaso Belloni
Summer internship (May - July, 2018)
Study of low frequency Quasi-Periodic Oscillations in accreting black hole binaries [pdf] [paper]
Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital, India
Dr. Saurabh Sharma
Summer internship (May - July, 2017)
Identification of Young Stellar Objects using Spitzer archive data [pdf]
Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bangalore, India
Prof. Annapurni Subramaniam
Summer internship (June - July, 2016)
Verification of star clusters using Colour-Magnitude Diagrams [pdf]
EDUCATION
Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata, India
5 year BS-MS
(2015 - 2020)
KLE Independent PU College, Bangalore, India
Classes 11-12
(2013 - 2015)
Sri Vani Public School, Bangalore, India
Classes 1-10
(2003 - 2013)
EXPERIENCE
Programming languages
Python (including packages for image processing, data science and deep learning), C, C++, MATLAB, Mathematica
Web development
HTML, CSS, JavaScript (jQuery)
Designed websites include Inquivesta 2016 (IISER Kolkata fest), iGEM 2018 and 2019 (International SynBio competition), Muse (IISER Kolkata magazine)
ACTIVITIES
- I enjoy playing racket sports - badminton and table tennis.
- Lately, I have started bouldering, and I love it.
- I read fantasy fiction series, with Wheel of Time and the Cosmere books being some of my favorites.
- Budget travelling (currently in the EU; other places hopefully in the future).
- I also play the South Indian classical flute, sometimes.
Current city : Munich, Germany
Institute : Max Planck Institut für Astrophysik
email : pavan.vynatheya@gmail.com