Research Group

Supernova Group, Oskar Klein Centre

The supernova group at the Oskar Klein Centre works on the structure, dynamics, and nucleosynthesis of core-collapse supernovae; the interaction of supernova ejecta with circumstellar material, which provides direct information about pre-explosion mass loss; the physics of superluminous supernovae and other rare transients; and the electromagnetic counterparts to gravitational-wave events from compact-object mergers. OKC is an active member of several international collaborations in time-domain and multi-messenger astronomy, including GROWTH, ZTF, ePESSTO+, ENGRAVE, and LS4. These collaborations coordinate high-cadence wide-field surveys with prompt spectroscopic classification and deep multi-wavelength follow-up, enabling systematic studies of young supernovae, rare transients, and kilonovae.

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Past Affiliations

Before joining Stockholm in 2024, I was a Fixed-Term Assistant Professor at the Hiroshima Astrophysical Science Center, Hiroshima University, Japan (2021–2024), where I led follow-up programs on the 1.5m Kanata and 3.8m Seimei telescopes under J-GEM, and worked with Prof. Koji Kawabata and Prof. Keiichi Maeda. Previously I was a Research Associate–I at ARIES, Nainital, India (2020–2021). My Ph.D. was completed in 2020 at the Indian Institute of Science / Indian Institute of Astrophysics, Bengaluru, under Prof. G. C. Anupama, and I continue to collaborate closely with colleagues at IIA, IUCAA, and ARIES on supernova science.

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