Avinash Kumar
PhD Candidate. IA-FORTH, GR.
232 Physics Bldg
University of Crete
GR-70013 Heraklion, Greece
In my research I use one of the biggest telescope on earth i.e., Very Long Baseline Interferometry(VLBI) to study the compact radio sources (~Kpc) in the sky. Also, as one of my PhD goals, I am using CASA for a blind-automated data calibration pipeline for the VLBI data.
news
| Apr 1, 2023 | Joined Institute of Astrophysics (IA-FORTH)  |
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| Feb 2, 2023 | Launched this portfolio website!  |
| Oct 19, 2022 | Nature : A black hole is firing jets into a neighbouring galaxy |
| Oct 11, 2022 | RAS : Black hole discovered firing jet at neighbouring galaxy |
| Nov 13, 2021 | Telegraph India : Amity Mumbai and UC Berkeley look for advanced life forms |
| Feb 9, 2018 | Vigyan Prasar : Inspired by a Bollywood flick and power of Facebook, Indian scientist builds army of e-astronomers |
selected publications
- SMILE: Discriminating milli-lens systems in a VLBI pilot projectAstronomy & Astrophysics, Volume 695, id.A169, 16 pp., Mar 2025
- RAD@home RGB-maker web-tool for citizen science research in multi-wavelength study of AGNs with radio jetsProceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Jan 2023
- SETI India: Using uGMRT to search for advanced extraterrestrial lifeIn Astronomical Society of India Meeting 2022, Jan 2022