After finishing his PhD in June 2024 from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat, Dr. Rajes Ghosh is currently pursuing a one-year postdoctoral position at the Department of Astrophysical Relativity in the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, Bengaluru. He earned his BSc in 2017 from Burdwan Raj College, affiliated with Burdwan University, and completed his MSc in 2019 at the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Gujarat.
Dr. Ghosh was a Prime Minister Research Fellow (PMRF) during his PhD and a recipient of the Inspire fellowship during his BSc and MSc. The national PMRF website showcased his scholarly works as commendable research. During his MSc, he received the award for Outstanding Research Performance along with the President’s, Director’s, and Institute gold medals from the Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar.
Dr. Ghosh’s primary research interests include probing gravity in strong field regimes, gravitational wave signatures of modified gravity, physics of ultra-compact objects, and quantum aspects of gravity. He has published 14 research articles in several reputed international journals, including Letters and Rapid Communications in Physical Review D.
As a Fulbright-Nehru Postdoctoral Research fellow at Krieger School of Arts and Science, Johns Hopkins University, Dr. Ghosh is exploring the gravitational properties of ultra-compact objects, both with and without horizons, such as black holes and compact stars. By studying their gravitational wave and shadow signatures, he aims to explore and constrain potential new physics beyond general relativity.