I am a theoretical astrophysicist interested in a wide variety of topics including accretion disk dynamics, magneto-hydrodynamics, compact objects, Gamma Ray Burst physics, tidal interaction, protoplanetary disks, planet migration, planet formation, extrasolar planets, and gravitational wave physics. My thesis, under my PhD advisor Dong Lai at Cornell University, explored global instabilities of black hole accretion disks, in particular of diskoseismic modes. I also have done work on the physics of gravitational wave detectors, planet migration and the distribution of extrasolar planets, and neutron star physics of short Gamma Ray Burst progenitors.

My work has also been featured in a few popular science articles at APS Physics, New Scientist, and Ars Technica.

Some of my recent research projects:

Protoplanetary Disk Resonances and Halting Type I Migration
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Resonant Shattering of Neutron Stars as Short Gamma Ray Burst Precursors
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