Talks and presentations

When Mathematics meets Astrophysics: Analyzing the Number of Solutions to the Gravitational Lens Equation

March 31, 2025

Talk, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA

Read More Senior honors thesis defense presented in front of the Department of Physics and Astronomy's Honors Thesis Committee. On basis of my work, I was awarded highest honors in astronomy, was designated as a Rutgers School of Arts and Sciences Paul Robeson Scholar, and was named one of the four Henry Rutgers Scholar Award winners in the department.

Quantifying Systematic Errors in Cluster Lens Models due to Cosmological Large-Scale Structures

November 29, 2023

Talk, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA

Read More Talk given to first- and second-year physics and astronomy majors during the Rutgers University Society of Physics Students' Winter Research Symposium. I presented key findings from my research on systematic errors in galaxy cluster lens models due to cosmological large-scale structures.

The Isoperimetric Inequality, Calculus of Variations, and Lagrangian Mechanics

April 03, 2023

Talk, Department of Mathematics, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA

Read More Talk delivered to the First and Second Year Honors Seminar run by the Department of Mathematics at Rutgers. I presented the theory behind calculus of variations and some of its applications in physics and differential geometry.