Satyapan Munshi

I am Satyapan, a researcher in radio astronomy and 21-cm cosmology.

I am currently a postdoctoral fellow at Mount Stromlo Observatory of the Australian National University. I work with the MWA EoR project, which aims to detect the redshifted 21-cm signal from the Epoch of Reionization using the Murchison Widefield Array. My research focuses on developing methods to bridge the gap between observations and theory in 21-cm cosmology.

Before moving to Australia, I completed my PhD at the Kapteyn Astronomical Institute in the Netherlands, working with Prof. Léon Koopmans on constraining the Cosmic Dawn 21-cm signal using NenuFAR. My doctoral research also involved studying foreground contamination, and developing algorithms for radio-frequency interference modeling and 21-cm signal-separation.

I previously obtained my Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Mohali, with a major in physics and a minor in astronomy. For my Master’s thesis, supervised by Prof. Jasjeet Singh Bagla, I worked on HI intensity mapping with the upgraded GMRT.

Outside of research, I enjoy playing racket sports, singing, and playing musical instruments, especially the piano. I also like exploring different approaches to explaining concepts in physics and occasionally write about some topics here.