About
Current Position
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843, USA
Education & Research Experience
Research Fellow
Raman Research Institute (RRI), Bangalore, India
Supervisor: Prof. Tarun Souradeep (RRI)
PhD in Astrophysics
Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore, India
Supervisor: Prof. Pravabati Chingangbam (IIA)
Thesis: Investigations of Statistical Properties of Galactic Foreground Components and the CMB
Visiting Fellow — Korea Institute for Advanced Study
Seoul, South Korea
Visit to the cosmology group led by Prof. Changbom Park.
Visiting Fellow — University of Oslo
Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, Oslo, Norway
Visit to the CMB analysis group led by
Prof. Hans Kristian Eriksen, working with the
BeyondPlanck and Cosmoglobe collaborations.
Master of Science in Physics
Cochin University of Science and Technology (CUSAT), Cochin, India
Thesis: Creation of SuperMassive Kerr Blackholes from the Gravitational Collapse of BECs of Ultra-light Scalars
Supervisors: Prof. M. Sabir (CUSAT; late) and Prof. Patrick Das Gupta (University of Delhi)
Professional Affiliations
Mentoring
I enjoy mentoring students on projects spanning CMB analysis, statistical methods, Galactic foregrounds, and cosmology.
Current Mentees
- Sophia Korte — Graduate Student, Texas A&M University
- Mehjabin A. — Master's Student, University of Calicut; MSc thesis on CMB cosmology
Previous Mentees
- Fahmidha K. — Master's Student, PSMO College, Kerala; MSc thesis on primordial non-Gaussianity using CMB maps
- Travis Reed — Texas A&M University; scattering-transform applications to Galactic thermal dust
- Booritth A. Y. — IISc Bangalore; CMB component separation using ILC techniques
- Nidharssan S. — IISER Thiruvananthapuram; MSc thesis research
- Aniket Nath — NISER Bhubaneswar; Galactic magnetic-field models using synchrotron observations
- Masroor Bashir — Indian Institute of Astrophysics; PhD coursework research project
- Jithu Jose — CUSAT; Euclidean distance transforms applied to Gaussian random fields
- Yogitha S. N. — Central University of Karnataka; cosmological parameter estimation using supernova datasets
Leadership & Service
Current
- Website Committee Chair, Simons Observatory Collaboration
- Organizer, Mitchell Institute Weekly Astronomy Seminar, Texas A&M University
- Organizer, IIA Cosmology Weekly arXiv Meet
Previous
- Web Coordinator & Webinar Organizer, CMB-Bharat Consortium
- Senior Editor, DOOT e-Magazine, Indian Institute of Astrophysics
- Student Coordinator, Indian Institute of Astrophysics Journal Club
Contact
Fazlu Rahman
Mitchell Institute for Fundamental Physics and Astronomy
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843, USA
Email: fazlu@tamu.edu