Graduate Student Works

Zhiyuan is a 6th-year graduate student working with his advisor, Dr. Feng Ding, in Biophysics.. Check out his  paper here. “Proteins like amyloid-beta (Aβ) and islet amyloid polypeptide (IAPP) can misfold and form structures called amyloid fibrils, which are linked to diseases like Alzheimer’s (AD) and type 2 diabetes (T2D). We used physics-based molecular dynamics […]

Nikita is a 5th-year graduate student working with her advisor, Dr.. Dieter Hartmann, in High Energy Astrophysics and Cosmology, particularly understanding the Gamma-ray burst (GRB) progenitors from the cosmic star formation rate. Check out her  paper here.  “Constrained the gamma-ray production mechanism of faint and compact galaxies hosting active black holes at their centers. These

Sagar is a 6th-year graduate student working with his advisor, Dr. Marco Ajello, in High-energy astrophysics.  Check out his paper here and press release here. “We (possibly) found a binary supermassive black hole system. Galaxy mergers can lead to the supermassive black holes at their centers to merge as well. When they do, they emit

Yong is a 5th-year graduate student working with his advisor, Dr. Marco Ajello, in Astrophysics. Check out his paper here. “ Find rare blazars with high redshift (>=1.3), helping to understand and improve the unified model of blazars. Estimate the gamma-ray burst (GRB) localization capabilities of AMEGO-X and COSI, two proposed telescopes to NASA. Developing

Garima is a 3rd Year PhD student working with her advisor, Dr. Marco Ajello, in Astrophysics. Check out her paper here. “This paper investigates the nature of a mysterious Astrophysical source. At the heart of large galaxies resides a supermassive black hole, which can form an accretion disc and power energetic jets of particles. The

Janus is a 6th Year PhD student working with his advisor, Dr. Jeffrey Fung, in Astrophysics, specifically on observing planet-formation. Check out his paper here and press release here. “Theory pertaining to the interconnectivity of forming planets and protoplanetary disks has little observational backing as very few planets have been observed while still embedded in