A Conversation with Dr. Pragati Pradhan an Astrophysicist at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
A casual conversation with Dr. Pragati Pradhan (an astrophysicist) where she talks about her journey from teaching in Darjeeling to research at MIT. She started her career from teaching and part time researcher and then moved to full fledge research. She is setting examples for people with modest background that it is possible to achieve your dreams by hard work.
In this podcast, Dr. Pragati shares how she get her interest in astronomy and astrophysics. She talked about skills required for pursuing astrophysics. Importance of science branches other than Physics such as Chemistry, Biology in analysing star composition or for hunt of life on other planets is also discussed. On being asked the good and bad thing about her job as a post doctoral fellow, she explained how she likes the freedom of research but really dislikes the instability of career. She also talked about her social life and the importance of good company.
Highlight of conversation
- Journey from teaching in Darjeeling to Post doc at MIT.
- What are the Good and bad aspect of Post doc.?
- Type of Skill set or training is required for astronomy and astrophysics?
- What is the Importance of Chemistry and Biology in astronomy?
- Institute for astronomy and astrophysics in India and abroad.
- Essential factor required to get post-doc. in good/big research group?
- How is social life at MIT?
- How to stay motivated during research and Importance of good company?
About Speaker:
Dr. Pragati Pradhan is currently a post-doctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, prior to which she was a post-doctoral scholar at Penn State University. She obtained her Ph.D. from Raman Research Institute/University of North Bengal, India. She has also served as an Assistant Professor at St. Joseph’s College, Darjeeling. Her research interests mainly include accreting neutron stars and their transient behaviour. She also works on stellar wind diagnostics of massive OB and WR stars with the Chandra/HETG group at MIT.
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