HELLO, I'M
Bhavesh Rajpoot

I am a Pre-doctoral student at the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and Heidelberg University, Germany, working on exoplanets. I hold a M.Sc. degree in Physics and Astrophysics, from the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Heidelberg University.

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As a graduate student, my research interests continually evolve through my academic journey. I have worked on various projects, ranging from observational astronomy to astronomical instrumentation. I like combining my skills and experience from diverse fields such as galaxy evolution, exoplanet detection and characterisation, instrumentation, and machine learning to tackle some of the most challenging questions in astrophysics. For more details, please check out my "Research" page!

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Talking about astronomy and scientific thinking has been a recently discovered strength, and therefore, I never miss an opportunity to encourage young aspiring students to pursue this field. I also share compiled lists of various sources on my "Resources" page to help them pursue their dream of becoming an astronomer.

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Under the Stargazer initiative, my team counsels students about becoming an astronomer/astrophysicist, about various graduate study opportunities in the US and Europe, and about taking astronomy and stargazing sessions.  For more information regarding this, please head to this page.

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Apart from this, I am an avid biker and photographer, and I love to cook!