Hitesh Kishore Das
ହିତେଶ କିଶୋର ଦାସ / हितेश किशोर दास
I’m an Astrophysicist with broad research interest in Computational Astrophysics. To be more specific, I work with (Magneto-)Hydrodynamic simulations to study the behaviour of Astrophysical mediums, especially the Circumgalactic medium.
This includes looking into processes like thermal instability, turbulence, magnetic fields, etc.
Currently, I’m part of Drummond Fielding’s group at New York University as a Postdoctoral Associate. I recently defended my PhD thesis in Max Gronke’s Multiphase Gas Group at Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA), Garching.*
As a doctoral student, I was part of the International Max Planck School (IMPRS) on Astrophysics at Ludwig Maximilians University (LMU), Munich.
For more about my academic history, check out my Curriculum Vitae.
If you want to reach me, feel free to write me at hitesh[AT]mpa-garching.mpg.de
(*Max’s Multiphase Gas Group has now moved to ARI at Heidelberg university).
Education
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics | Garching, Germany
PhD in Astrophysics| Sept 2021 - Aug 2025
Indian Institute of Science (IISc) | Bengaluru, India
BSc. and MSc. in Physics | Aug 2016 - Aug 2021
Background
I am native to the state of Odisha (ଓଡିଶା) in India. During my early years, I travelled around a bit inside India with my parents as they got posted at different places. But soon, we settled at Odisha’s capital city, Bhubaneswar, where I spent most of my schooling days till my 12th grade.
I spent the next 5 years, 2016-2021, in another Indian state, Karnataka’s capital, Bengaluru for my Bachelors and Masters of Science degrees in Physics, at Indian Institute of Science.
After that, I came to Munich in Bavaria, Germany for my Doctoral Studies at Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics in nearby town of Garching.
What else?
When I’m not cooling or stirring gas in a simulated box, I have some hobbies that I engage with. My hobbies include Climbing, Bouldering, Hiking on weekends at the nearby Bavarian Alps and playing Guitar.
I also spend some of my free-time on side-projects which I might find interesting (this including adding content to this website).
You can find more about these in the Other Stuff section of the website.