Curriculum Vitae


Argelander Institut für Astronomie
Office 1.006 (1st floor)
Universität Bonn
Tel: +49 228 735 658
Auf dem Hügel 71, 53121 Bonn, DE kbasu@astro.uni-bonn.de



EMPLOYMENT

2011 - present
Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn

Scientist & Lecturer

Some of my activities in this job:
  • leading the scientific work for the Bonn SZ-galaxy-cluster research group
  • mentoring of of over twenty graduate and undergraduate students
  • teaching three graduate-level and one undergraduate-level university courses
  • reviewing applicaions and performing student selection for BCGS and IMPRS schools
  • serving as a member of CCAT-prime and several other research collaborations
2009 - 2010
Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn

Postdoctoral Fellow

2007 - 2008 Argelander Institute for Astronomy, University of Bonn

Research Associate

2005 - 2006 Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Bonn

Postdoctoral Fellow

BACKGROUND

2001- 2004
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching
qualification: PhD in Theoretical Astrophysics; December 9, 2004  (cum laude)

Thesis topic: "Metal Enrichment History of the Universe from CMB Observations"
Thesis supervisor: Prof. Rashid Sunyaev

Abstract and complete PDF file for the thesis is available here.


2000 - 2001
Raman Research Institute, Bangalore

Research Scholar in Astrophysics


1998 - 2000
Jadavpur University, Kolkata
qualification: M. Sc. in Physics with honors (highest marks)

Special subjects: High Energy Physics and General Relativity


1995 - 1998 Jadavpur University, Kolkata
qualification: B. Sc. in Physics with honors (highest marks, gold medal)

Subsidiary subjects: Chemistry and Mathematics

TEACHING

University courses                
         

Introduction to the CMB
Introduction to the CMB (astro8405), Winter semester (October - February), 2021-

Observational Cosmology  (together with C. Porchiani)
Observational Cosmology (astro845), Summer semester (April - July), 2010-2022

Introduction to Radio Astronomy  (with several other lecturers)
Radio astronomy teaching and training , Winter semester (October - February), 2018-

Theoretical Physics for Teaching Candidates (together with F. Bertoldi & T. Tauris)
Klassische theoretische Physik TP-L, Winter semester (October - February), 2013-2020

Student supervision


PhD (graduate) students: (§ = minor role)
  • M. Nord (completed 2009)
  • F. Navarrete (completed 2015) §
  • M. Klein (completed 2014) §
  • S. Burkutean (completed 2014) §
  • A. Nagarajan (completed 2018)
  • M. Ramos Ceja (completed 2015)
  • J. Erler (completed 2021)
  • A. Mikler (completed 2022)
  • M. Charmetant (completed 2024)
Master's (undergraduate) students: (§ = minor role)
  • M. Ramos Ceja (completed 2011)
  • J. Erler (completed 2014)
  • N. Gupta § (completed 2014)
  • S. Srinivasan (completed 2015)
  • R. Tandon (completed 2019)
  • K. Mukherjee (completed 2022)
  • K. Levy (completed 2021)
  • R. Tandon (completed 2019)
  • D. Sharma (completed 2018)
  • D. Han (completed 2021)
  • A. Mirza (completed 2021)
  • R. Pinto (completed 2019)
  • D. Rhiem (completed 2021)
  • V. Muralidhara (completed 2020)
  • V. Frohn (completed 2023)