Assistant Professor
Department of Physical Sciences
📍 1F7-AB1
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Research Area
Astronomy and Astrophysics (High Energy Astrophysics)
Research Interests
Understanding the Physics of relativistic jets and active galactic nuclei, physical processes responsible for broadband emission from blazars, particle acceleration and jet dynamics, high energy emission mechanisms, statistical properties of blazars’ broadband emission and its variability, jet connection with the central engine (black hole and accretion disk), and potential of blazars in cross-domain exploration like cosmology, astroparticle physics, etc. through multi-wavelength, multi-scale data analysis, modeling, and relativistic magnetohydrodynamic simulations.
Since 2023 : Lifetime member, Astronomical Society of India (ASI)
2022 - 2025 : Active Member, International Astronomical Union (IAU)
2016 - 2019 : Member, Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory (CTA)
2019 - 2021 : Aryabhatta Postdoctoral Fellowship, Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, India
2018 - 2019 : FAPESP Postdoctoral Fellowship, Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics, and Atmospheric Sciences (IAG-USP), University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2016 - 2018 : FAPESP Postdoctoral Fellowship, Institute of Astronomy, Geophysics, and Atmospheric Sciences (IAG-USP), University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
2015 - 2016 : Postdoctoral Fellowship, Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India
2012 - 2015 : PhD, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai
2008 - 2011: MSc, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai
2005 - 2008 : Physics (Hons.), Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi
Since Oct 2021 : DST-INSPIRE Faculty Fellowship
Nov 2019 - Sep 2021 : Aryabhatta Postdoctoral Fellowship (2 + 1 year) from Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences (ARIES), Nainital, India
Aug 2018 : 2000 Euro grant to participate and present my work in the XXXth General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), Vienna, Austria
Jul 2018 : Brazillian Astronomical Society (SAB) XLII Annual Meeting best Poster award and Honorary Mention.
Apr 2016 - Jun 2019 : FAPESP Postdoctoral Fellowship (2 + 1 + 1 years), Sao Paulo State Research Foundation, Brazil
Aug 2015 - Mar 2016 : Postdoctoral Fellowship from Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India
Jun 2015 - Jul 2015 : Short-term Visiting Fellowship from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India
Aug 2008 - Jun 2015 : Graduate School Scholarship from Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR), Mumbai, India
Alok C Gupta, Pankaj Kushwaha, Mauri J Valtonen, Sergey S Savchenko, Svetlana G Jorstad, Ryo Imazawa, Paul J Wiita, Minfeng Gu, Alan P Marscher, Zhongli Zhang and others. Quasi-simultaneous Optical Flux and Polarization Variability of the Binary Super Massive Black Hole Blazar OJ 287 from 2015 to 2023: Detection of an Anticorrelation in Flux and Polarization Variability. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 957(1):L11, 2023.
KP Singh, P Kushwaha, A Sinha, Main Pal, Aditi Agarwal and GC Dewangan. Spectral States of OJ 287 blazar from Multiwavelength Observations with AstroSat. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 509(2):2696–2706, 2022.
Luis HS Kadowaki, Elisabete Gouveia M Dal Pino, Tania E Medina-Torrejón, Yosuke Mizuno and Pankaj Kushwaha. Fast Magnetic Reconnection Structures in Poynting Flux-dominated Jets. The Astrophysical Journal 912(2):109, 2021.
Main Pal, Pankaj Kushwaha, Gulab C Dewangan and PK Pawar. Strong Soft X-Ray Excess in 2015 XMM-Newton Observations of BL Lac OJ 287. The Astrophysical Journal 890(1):47, 2020.
JC Rodr\'ıguez-Ram\'ırez, P Kushwaha, EM Gouveia Dal Pino and R Santos-Lima. A hadronic emission model for black hole-disc impacts in the blazar OJ 287. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 498(4):5424–5436, 2020.
Pankaj Kushwaha, Alok C Gupta, Paul J Wiita, Haritma Gaur, EM Gouveia Dal Pino, Jai Bhagwan, OM Kurtanidze, VM Larionov, G Damljanovic, M Uemura and others. Multiwavelength temporal and spectral variability of the blazar OJ 287 during and after the 2015 December flare: a major accretion disc contribution. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 473(1):1145–1156, 2018.
Pankaj Kushwaha, Alok C Gupta, Paul J Wiita, Main Pal, Haritma Gaur, EM Gouveia Dal Pino, OM Kurtanidze, E Semkov, G Damljanovic, SM Hu and others. The ever-surprising blazar OJ 287: multiwavelength study and appearance of a new component in X-rays. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 479(2):1672–1684, 2018.
Pankaj Kushwaha, Atreyee Sinha, Ranjeev Misra, KP Singh and EM Gouveia Dal Pino. Gamma-ray flux distribution and nonlinear behavior of four LAT bright AGNs. The Astrophysical Journal 849(2):138, 2017.
Pankaj Kushwaha, Sunil Chandra, Ranjeev Misra, S Sahayanathan, KP Singh and KS Baliyan. Evidence for two lognormal states in multi-wavelength flux variation of FSRQ PKS 1510-089. The Astrophysical Journal Letters 822(1):L13, 2016.
Pankaj Kushwaha, S Sahayanathan and KP Singh. High energy emission processes in OJ 287 during 2009 flare. Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 433(3):2380–2388, 2013.