Vinayak Niraj

Introduction

I'm a second-year PhD student at the Department of Statistics at the University of Warwick, working under the supervision of Prof. Aleksandar Mijatovic. My research interests include stochastic processes and the analysis of sampling algorithms, with a focus on non-ideal target distributions, such as those with heavy tails or compact supports.

Before coming to Warwick, I did my B.S. in Maths at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc). My bachelor's thesis was on "Regularisation of ODEs by Noise", and was done under the supervision of Prof. Srikanth Iyer (IISc), which was in continuation of the work I had done under Prof. Pierre Portal (Australian National University) as part of a research internship.

Graduate Teaching Assistant roles

I have teaching experience in the following modules at the Department of Statistics, University of Warwick.

• ST227 Stochastic Processes (2025/26 Term 2)
• ST120 Introduction to Probability (2025/26 Term 1)
• ST117 Introduction to Statistical Modelling (2024/25 Term 2)