I am a second year PhD student at the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. My research focuses on Machine learning application in Terahertz sensing of the skin.

Background

I completed my Bachelors and Masters of Science from Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Mohali, India with a major in Physics and minor in Data Science, in May 2022. My Masters thesis project involved simulating and designing an optical micro-CT setup for micro-fabrication. I was a researcher and product developer at Pune Institute of Computer Technology (PICT), India from September 2022 to August 2023, where I developed machine learning-based methods for interpreting Indian sign language. I started my PhD at Warwick in August 2023.

Research

Terahertz (10¹² Hz) light is sensitive to water content inside the skin due to the strong absorption of hydrogen bonds in this frequency range making it a suitable candidate for non-ionizing and non-invasive detection of skin conditions such as psoriasis, eczema, and skin cancer. My research aims at the development of an imaging device using THz Time Domain Spectroscopy for in vivo scanning of skin cancer patients. I am also developing machine learning-based methods for the classification of skin conditions using a prototype of this device.

Teaching

I am a Senior Graduate Teaching Assistant working as a demonstrator for the undergraduate physics labs (PX151/152) and a tutor for Computational Physics (PX281).