Research Interests
Contents
Research Areas
The majority of my work and research interests revolve around:
Short-duration Gamma Ray Bursts
Compact Binary Mergers and their Environments
Galaxy Dynamics of Binaries
Stellar Evolution
Gravitational Waves
Spidery Pulsars
INvited Seminars & Group Talks
The University of Stockholm, Sweden, October 2023
Nordita Institute (Science + Scienitfic Fika), Stockholm, Sweden, October 2023
The University of Birmingham, Summer School Lecture, UK, August 2023
Liverpool John Moores University (Sci-Art + Science), UK, March 2022
University of Edinburgh (Lunch Talk), UK, May 2022
University of Glasgow (Gravitational Wave Group), UK, January 2022
Mullard Space Science Laboratory/University College London, UK, October 2020
University of Tokyo, Japan, November 2019
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 2019
Leiden University, The Netherlands, February 2019
Awards & Achievements
RAS Poster Exhibition 2020: Winner
Images of Research Competition 2019: Runner-Up
Astronomy Meets the Arts: Winner
University of Leicester Science and Engineering Poster Competition 2019: Finalist
University of Leicester Science and Engineering Poster Competition 2018: Semi-Finalist
Publications
Lead Author:
The host galaxies and displacements of compact binaries, MNRAS, Mandhai et al., 2021.
The Rates of Short-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Local Universe, Galaxies, Mandhai et al., 2018
The Dusty Tale of Symbiotic Stars (Cursory Title), MNRAS [In Prep], [Mandhai et al. ]
Co-author:
LOFAR early-time search for coherent radio emission from Short GRB 181123B, MNRAS, Rowlinson et al., 2020
Proceedings:
The Rates of Short-Duration Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Local Universe, Mandhai et al., 2019 (Proceedings)
An Insight into The Galactic Hosts and Environments of Merging Compact Binary Objects, Mandhai et al., 2020 (Proceedings)
Conferences & Workshops
Graphene Hackathon 2023 - Participant, Best Presentation Prize Winner, The University of Manchester
SPINS-UK 2023 (Oxford, UK) - Session Chair, Speaker
GOTO Meeting 2023 (Warwick, UK) - Speaker
European Astronomical Society 2023 (Kraków, Poland) - Session Host (Sci-Art), Co-Organiser (Early Career Researcher Session)
National Astronomy Meeting 2023 (Cardiff, UK) - Session Host (Sci-Art), Co-Organiser (Early Career Researcher Session) and Speaker
RAS Reach (Virtual – Glasgow, UK) - Speaker
National Astronomy Meeting 2022 (Warwick, UK) - Session Host (Sci-Art), Co-Organiser (Early Career Researcher Session) and Speaker
National Astronomy Meeting 2021 (Bath, UK) - Poster Presenter
European Astronomical Society 2021 (Virtual – Leiden, NL) – Speaker (x2)
European Astronomical Society 2020 (Virtual – Leiden, NL) – Poster Presenter (x3)
Yamada Conference LXXI: Gamma-Ray Bursts in the Gravitational Wave Era, 2019 (Yokohama, JP) – Poster Presenter [Proceedings Available]
MMGW/YITP: Multi-Messenger Astrophysics in the Gravitational Wave Era, 2019 (Kyoto, JP) – Speaker, Poster Presenter
Data Study Group, The Alan Turing Institute, 2019 (London, UK) - Participant
Royal Astronomical Society Meeting, 2019 (London, UK) - Poster Presenter
National Astronomy Meeting 2019 (Lancaster, UK) - Speaker
BritGrav 2019 (Durham, UK) - Speaker
ASTERICS: The New Era of Multi-Messenger Astrophysics Conference, 2019 (Groningen, NL) – Poster Presenter [Proceedings Available]
NBIA&DARK Post-graduate Summer School, 2018 (Copenhagen, DK) - Speaker
National Astronomy Meeting/EWASS 2018 (Liverpool, UK) – Speaker
National Astronomy Meeting 2017 (Hull, UK) - Speaker
Posters and Presentations
Importance of EM Counterparts
A Dusty Tale of Symbiotic Stars
Extragalactic Wanderers
Extragalactic Wanderers
(RAS Edition)
The Rate of SGRBs in the Local Universe
Extragalactic Wanderers
(RAS Edition) - Talk
Crafter's Guide to Academia
(EAS 2021) - Talk
Orbital Evolution of Compact Binaries within their Evolving Host Galaxies (EAS 2021) - Talk
Orbital Evolution of Isolated Compact Binaries within their Host Galaxies
Career and Outreach Talks
Simplifying Science with Art - Talk
Astronomy Career School Talk
Python Introduction Crash Course - Talk