Research Experience

• Center for Computational and Data Sciences (CCDS)

  Independent University, Bangladesh

  January 2025 – Present

  Full-time Research Assistant

  August 2025 – Present

  Responsibilities:

  • Cosmological data analysis and pipeline development for radio astronomical sources.
  • Project: Jet tagging using PCN with interaction features (previously as intern).
  • Scientific code benchmarking and validation, including ML applications in astrophysics.

  Research Intern

  January 2025 – July 2025

  Responsibilities:

  • Assisted with jet tagging research and initial methodology design for ML in particle physics.
  • Developed scripts for preprocessing and feature engineering.

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

  Independent University, Bangladesh

  June 2024 – Present

  Part-time Research Assistant

  October 2025 – Present

  Responsibilities:

  • Development of astrophysical simulation models.
  • Continuation of previous intern research; extension to observational studies and analytic methods.
  • Collaboration on institutional research projects and student mentoring.

  More about CASSA: Project Details | Additional Research | Student Roles

  Research Intern

  June 2024 – September 2025

  Responsibilities:

  • Initiated radio astronomy classification projects for galaxy morphologies.
  • Contributed to data curation and preliminary analysis for source identification.

• Remote Research Assistant

  Centre for Astro-Particle Physics (CAPP), University of Johannesburg, South Africa

  June 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.

• Student Research Collaborator

  Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto

  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.

• Graduate Teaching Assistant

  North South University (NSU), Department of Mathematics and Physics

  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.

• Mentorship Experience

  Spring – Fall 2025

  Mentee: Subaita Rahman Supti (ICTP PWF Intern 2025)

  Institution: Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB)

  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: Maisha Rahman

  Institution: 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 (Bronze Awardee, IAAC)

  Institution: North South University, Bangladesh

  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

  Institution: 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