Curriculum Vitae Archana Pai: Webpage and Link To Group Page

Curriculum Vitae Archana Pai
Department of Physics, IIT Bombay Phone: +91-22-2576-9380

Indian Institute of Technology Bombay Email: archana at phy.iitb.ac.in, archanap at iitb.ac.in
Powai, Mumbai 400076, India Webpage and link to Group page
Present Positions
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, IIT Bombay 07/2017 -
SERB Power Fellow, Department of Science and Technology 03/2021 -
Past Positions
Associate Professor, School of Physics, IISER Trivandrum 06/2017 - 07/2017
Assistant Professor, School of Physics, IISER Trivandrum 08/2009 - 06/2017
Visiting Fellow, Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam, Germany 04/2008 - 05/2009
Post Doctoral Fellow, Albert Einstein Institute, Potsdam, Germany 10/2005 - 04/2008
INFN Post Doctoral Fellow, Universita di Roma ”La Sapienza”, Rome, Italy 09/2003 - 10/2005
Post Rouge, CNRS, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur (OCA), Nice, France 01/2003 - 06/2003
Henri Poincaré Fellow, Observatoire de la Côte d’Azur, Nice, France 01/2002 - 12/2002
Education
Ph.D. Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, India (under Univ. of Pune) 1996–2001
Master of Science (Physics) : IIT Bombay, Mumbai, India 1994-1996
Bachelor of Science (Physics) : University of Mumbai ( D. G. Ruparel College, Mumbai) 1991-1994
Research interests
Multi-detector gravitational wave astronomy with black hole binaries, Signal detection algorithms for grav-
itational wave transients, Testing GR with gravitational wave observations, Multi-messenger astronomy
Research highlights
59 publications in peer reviewed international journals 1
Author of the Gravitational Wave Discovery Paper with 12000+ citations.
Leading contribution in the Intermediate mass black hole search in the LIGO-Virgo data with the first and
second observational run data as well as the third observational run data.
The thesis work has 175+ citations and has direct relevance in multi-detector searches.
Graduated 3 PhD students and mentoring 3 Ph.D. students. Mentored 6 postdoctoral fellows.
36 invited talks at the scientific workshops and conferences.
1
This includes ONLY those publications of LIGO/Virgo/ROG collaboration with direct contribution from the group. The
full list of publications with 200+ publications as a member of LIGO Scientific and VIRGO Collaboration as well as ROG
collaboration can be found in Google-Scholar webpage
Archana Pai Page 2 of 2
Awards/Grants/Achievements
SERB Power fellowship, 2021 DST India 2021 –
SERB MATRICS Grant 2020 –
Sole-PI, Probing eccentric binary black holes with LIGO detectors
IIT-Bombay IRCC Seed Grant 2017-21
Probing compact binaries in the multi-messenger Era
The Group achievement award in astronomy of the UK Royal Astronomical Society Year 2017
Awarded by Royal Astronomical Society to the LIGO team the direct detection of gravitational waves
2016 Gruber Prize in Cosmology Gruber foundation officially recognized the role of LIGO team members
in the LIGO discovery Year 2016
Special Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for LIGO-Virgo Scientific Collaboration Year 2016
Shared as a Member of LIGO Scientific Collaboration and an author of Gravitational Wave Detection paper
Recipient of Savithri (Savithribai Phule) Sanman Year 2016
Awarded by Maharashtra Channel 1 on Woman’s Day
Indo-French CEFIPRA bi-lateral Grant 2016–20
Indian PI, Wavelet graph strategy for the coherent search of the compact binary coalescences
Bi-lateral grant with Prof. É.Chassande-Mottin, AstroParticle and Cosmology (APC), Paris under Indo
French Center for the Promotion of Advanced Research (IFCPAR)
Elected member of International Astronomical Union Year 2015
Recipient of N. R. Sen Young Scientist Award Year 2015
Awarded by Indian Association of General Relativity and Gravitation (IAGRG).
DST-JSPS Indo-Japanese bi-laternal Grant 2011–13
Coherent multi-detector gravitational wave search using LCGT and advanced interferometers
Indian PI, Bi-lateral grant with Japanese PI, Prof. H. Tagoshi, Osaka University
Max Planck Partner Group(MPPG) Grant 2011–18
Head of the MPPG on Gravitational Waves with Prof. Schutz, Albert Einstein Institute
Awarded by SERC, DST India and Max Planck Society, Germany
DST Fast Track for Young Scientist 09/2011 – 09/2014
Awarded by Department of Science and Technology (DST), India
VIRGO EGO Science Forum (VESF) research grant 01/2007-12/2008
Jointly with Dr. É. Chassande-Mottin (AstroParticle and Cosmology, Paris).
Co-PI, Network detection methods of Gravitational Waves
Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN) Post-doctoral Research Fellowship 09/2003 - 09/2005
Henri Poincaré Fellowship 01/2002-12/2002
International Astronomical Union, Travel grant to visit Albert Einstein Insitute 1999
JRF and SRF, Centre of Scientific and Industrial Reserach, India 08/1996 - 10/2001

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