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Curriculum Vitae

Athul R T

  • Project Manager at R&D Division, Msigma Gokulam Private Ltd., Trivandrum, India (March 2022 - Present)

  • Researcher & Developer at Zackriya Solutions, Bengaluru, India (November 2020 - October 2021)

  • Technical Assistant at Department of Physics, Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Kochi, India (September 2020 – February 2021)

  • Technical Assistant at the Inter University Centre for studies on Kerala Legacy of Astronomy and Mathematics (IUCKLAM), CUSAT, Kochi, India (November 2019 – March 2020)

  • Project Assistant under Dr. Rhine Kumar A. K. (Asistant Professor, CUSAT), DST – INSPIRE project on studied theoretical aspects of neutron star equation of state using Relativistic Mean Field theory. (March – November 2019)

  • Higher Order Couplings in Neutron Stars.
    Supervisor: Dr. Rhine Kumar A. K., Assistant Professor, CUSAT (March – November 2019).
    Studied theoretical aspects of Neutron Star equation of state using Relativistic Mean Field theory.

  • Spectral and Timing Analysis of Swift J1658.2-4242 using Astrosat data.
    Supervisor: Prof. Ranjeev Misra, IUCAA, Pune (July 2018).
    Visiting student at IUCAA, Pune on X-ray astronomy data analysis of Swift J1658.2-4242.

  • Simulation Studies of Projected Central Light Distribution of Galaxies.
    Supervisor: Dr. C. D. Ravikumar, Associate Professor, University of Calicut (April – June 2018).
    Simulated a lenticular galaxy and studied the variation of Central Intensity Ratio (CIR) with its orientation.

  • V. Jithesh, Bari Maqbool, Ranjeev Misra, Athul R. T., Gitika Mall, Marykutty James. Spectral and Timing Properties of the Galactic X–ray transient Swift J1658.2–4242 using Astrosat Observations, The Astrophysical Journal 887, 1 (December 2019).
    arXiv: 1910.07804 [astro-ph.HE] (2019).

  • M.Phil. Physics, Department of Physics, CUSAT, Kochi, India. (November, 2018), 75%

    • Studies on Orientation Effects of Disk Galaxies: A Monte Carlo Approach, 2018, Supervisors: Prof. Titus K. Mathew (CUSAT), Dr. C. D. Ravikumar (University of Calicut), Study of variation in the radial profile of spiral and lenticular galaxies by simulating them using Monte Carlo method.

  • M.Sc. Physics, Department of Physics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India. (July, 2015), 86%.

    • Standard Lambda – CDM Model: A Review, 2015, supervisor: Prof. Titus K. Mathew (CUSAT), A review of currently accepted model of universe, cold dark matter with cosmological constant.

  • B.Sc. Physics, University of Kerala, India. (May, 2013), 91.5%.

    • A Qualitative Study on Dark Matter, 2013, supervisor: Dr. V. Sanalkumaran Nair (VTMNSS College), Analysis of different methods used to advocate the presence of dark matter in the universe .
  • Regional Astronomers Meet V – Astronomy Research: Opportunities and Challenges organized by IUCAA at CUSAT, Kochi, 2019. on the title Studies on Orientation Effects of Disk Galaxies using Monte Carlo Method.

  • M.Phil. Physics, Department of Physics, CUSAT, Kochi, India. (November, 2018), 75%

    • Studies on Orientation Effects of Disk Galaxies: A Monte Carlo Approach, 2018, Supervisors: Prof. Titus K. Mathew (CUSAT), Dr. C. D. Ravikumar (University of Calicut), Study of variation in the radial profile of spiral and lenticular galaxies by simulating them using Monte Carlo method.

  • M.Sc. Physics, Department of Physics, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, India. (July, 2015), 86%.

    • Standard Lambda – CDM Model: A Review, 2015, supervisor: Prof. Titus K. Mathew (CUSAT), A review of currently accepted model of universe, cold dark matter with cosmological constant.

  • B.Sc. Physics, University of Kerala, India. (May, 2013), 91.5%.

    • A Qualitative Study on Dark Matter, 2013, supervisor: Dr. V. Sanalkumaran Nair (VTMNSS College), Analysis of different methods used to advocate the presence of dark matter in the universe .

Awards & Scholarships

  • Aspire Scholarship by Government of Kerala (2018)1

  • Higher Education Scholarship by Government of Kerala for B.Sc. and M.Sc. (2010 – 2015)2

  • British Council Aptis Test with score 158/200 (2013)3

  • OS : GNU/Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Arch Linux, Fedora), Windows.

  • Programming Languages : Python (Numpy, Matplotlib, Scipy, Astropy, Scikit-learn, Keras, Statmodels etc.), Julia, C, C++.

  • Scientific Softwares : Gnuplot, HEASOFT, Mathematica, Origin, IRAF, DS9.

  • Others: LaTeX, git, Bash Shell Scripting, Server Management, Parallel Processing etc.

  • Introduction to Genomic Technologies, an online non-credit course authorized by Johns Hopkins University offered through Coursera, July 28, 2020.

  • Julia Scientific Programming with honors, an online non-credit course offered by University of Cape Town offered through Coursera, July 24, 2020.

  • COVID–19 Contact Tracing, an online non-credit course authorized by Johns Hopkins University offered through Coursera, June 11, 2020.

  • COVID–19 Data Analysis Using Python, an online non-credit course offered by Coursera Project Network, June 11, 2020.

  • Data-driven Astronomy, an online non-credit course authorized by The University of Sydney offered through Coursera, June 7, 2020.

  • Two day International Collaboration and Co-working Event focused on NASA’s TESS Mission. September 8–10, 2020.

  • National Seminar on X–Ray Astronomy, organized by IUCAA Pune and Dept. of Physics, St. Thomas College, Ranni, Kerala, February 1–2, 2020.

  • Workshop on Emergent Gravity Paradigm, organized by IUCAA Pune and ICARD, Dept. of Physics, CUSAT, Kochi, November 8 – 10, 2019.

  • Regional Astronomers Meet V – Astronomy Research: Opportunities and Challenges by IUCAA, Pune and Dept. of Physics, CUSAT, February 8 – 9, 2019.

  • Advances in Observational Astronomy, Department of Physics, University of Calicut, December 12 – 14, 2018.

  • Mini School on X-ray Astronomy, by APT Kerala and IUCAA Pune, Providence Women’s College, May 22-26, 2018.

  • UGC Sponsored National Workshop on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Farook College, Calicut, February 14 – 15, 2018.

  • National Workshop on Optical and UV Astronomical Data Analysis, Sacret Heart College, Chalakkudy, January 6 – 7, 2018.

  • Trainer on TeX installation and Basics in two day workshop, L for LaTeX by Poetry of Reality, February 5, 2022.

  • Trainer on Astronomical Image Processing in two day workshop on Radio Astronomy organized by Positron Foundation, Govt. Engineering College, Kannur, Kerala, March 1, 2020.

  • Trainer on Astronomical Image Processing in two day workshop on Astrophotography organized by Positron Foundation, St. Teresa’s College, Kochi, Kerala, February 21, 2020.

  • Talk on Solar Eclipse at Morning Star Home Science College, Angamaly, December 20, 2019.

  • Talk on Eclipse and Career in Astronomy at SN College Kannur, December 13, 2019.

  • Trainer on Python for Scientific Computing and LaTeX, A Short term Course on Gravitation and Cosmology for College Teachers organized by APT Kerala and IUCAA Pune at Providence College, Kozhikode, November 27, 2019.

  • Talk on Demonstration of Computer based tools for Solar Eclipse at CUSAT (November 16, 2019) and at Govt. College, Madapally, Kozhikode (November 23, 2019) organized by IUCKLAM, CUSAT.

  • Talk on Solar Eclipse, UNICEF funded tribal students training programme at Thodupuzha, November 3, 2019.

  • Invited talk on History and Physics of Space missions at Aquinas College, Edakochi, August 1, 2019.

  • Talk on Apollo Missions at CUSAT, Workshop on Scientific Awareness, by ICARD, IUCKLAM and KSSP, July 12, 2019.

  • Volunteer at Covid–19 relief activities under District Disaster Management Authority(DDMA) Thiruvananthapuram from May 2020

  • Member at Amateur Astronomers Association, Kerala (AASTRO Kerala) from 2012.

  • Member at Free Software Community of India from 2018.

  • Editor at Malayalam Wikipedia, Wikimedia Commons, Wikidata.

  • Volunteer at Zooniverse Projects (Gravity Spy, Galaxy Zoo, Planet Hunters).

  • Telescope Demonstrator at Open House, Department of Physics, CUSAT (2018, 2019).

  • Facilitator at Physics: Scope and Awareness workshop for school students (2018, 2019).

  1. Government of Kerala Aspire Scholarship provides opportunities to pursue short term internships/projects. ↩︎

  2. Government of Kerala provides financial support for the meritorious students till M.Sc. ↩︎

  3. Aptis provides reliable, accurate results about the English skills. ↩︎