Adrita Khan — Academic Experience

Center for Computational and Data Sciences (CCDS)

Independent University, Bangladesh

Computational Physics & Astronomy (ComPAs) Wing

February 2024 – Present

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Center for Astronomy, Space Science, and Astrophysics (CASSA)

Independent University, Bangladesh

April 2024 – Present

Centre for Astro-Particle Physics (CAPP)

University of Johannesburg, South Africa

Remote Research Assistant

April 2025 – Present

Responsibilities:

• Remote collaboration on astro-particle physics and cosmology research projects.
• Data analysis and computational modeling for high-energy astrophysics studies.
• Contributing to international research collaborations and publications.

Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics

University of Toronto

Student Research Collaborator

March 2025 – Present (Remote)

Responsibilities:

• Developing forecasting pipeline to predict observational signatures of Hu-Sawicki f(R) and Dvali–Gabadadze–Porrati (DGP) modified gravity theories for LSST data release.
• Using cross-correlation observables combining galaxy clustering and CMB lensing to distinguish modified gravity from ΛCDM predictions through multi-probe analysis.
• Testing emulators (Baccoemu, e-mantis, nDGP) for both ΛCDM and MG theories, implementing Fisher forecasting and Bayesian MCMC inference.

North South University (NSU)

Department of Mathematics and Physics

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Spring 2025 (January – April)

Courses and Responsibilities:

• Supported undergraduate courses PHY107 and PHY108 (Physics I, II).
• Mentored students during weekly consultation hours.
• Graded assignments and quizzes.

Mentee: Subaita Rahman Supti

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

ICTP PWF Intern 2025

Department: Physical Sciences | Major: Physics

Mentoring Focus Areas:

• Scientific Computing & Programming: Introduction to LaTeX (Overleaf), C/C++ fundamentals
• Research Guidance: Discussion and development of research ideas in Cosmology and Particle Physics
• Artificial Intelligence & Data Science: Introduction to Neural Networks and Machine Learning

Mentee: Naima Alam Zikra

Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

Department: Physical Sciences | Major: Physics

Mentoring Focus Areas:

• Programming & Data Analysis: Python
• Solving quantum mechanics problems using numerical methods
• Basics of cosmology in 21 cm Hydrogen Line and the Epoch of Reionization (EoR)

Mentee: Maisha Rahman

University of Dhaka

Department: Physics | Major: Physics

Mentoring Focus Areas:

• Programming & Data Analysis: Python, Statistics
• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning: Basics of Machine Learning and Deep Learning, Object Detection using ML
• Astronomy & Astrophysics: Introductory Astronomy, usage of astronomical core packages and databases

Mentee: Saidul Hossain Al-Amin

North South University, Bangladesh

Bronze Awardee, IAAC

Department: Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) | Major: Electrical and Electronic Engineering (EEE)

Mentoring Focus Areas:

• Programming & Data Analysis: Python, Statistics
• Signal Processing & Astronomy: Introduction to Signal Processing, Introduction to Radio Astronomy
• Research Tools: Usage of astronomical core packages

Mentee: Neyaz Ahmed

Shahjalal University of Science and Technology (SUST) – BSc | North South University, Bangladesh – MSc

Department: Petroleum and Mining Engineering (BSc) | Mathematics & Physics (MSc)

Major: Petroleum and Mining Engineering, Applied Mathematics and Computational Science

Mentoring Focus Areas:

• Programming & Data Analysis: Python, C++, MATLAB, Machine Learning
• Web Development: HTML, CSS
• Research Projects: Neural Ordinary Differential Equations (Neural ODE), Traffic Flow Modeling
• Research Tools: Usage of research core packages

Portfolio: Website | GitHub