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Dr. ABHISEK MOHAPATRA

  • SARAO Postdoctoral Fellow, UCT, Cape TownSA
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, IUCAA, India​
  • Ph.D. From NIT Rourkela
  • From Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India

 

Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics, Pune, INDIA

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1. Interstellar medium - (Semester II, Term II, 2022 & 2023)

  • Teaching Assistant to the graduate students

  • Lectures on CLOUDY photoionization codes

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NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, ROURKELA, INDIA

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1. Numerical method lab - MA 270 (SPRING 2016-17)

  • Teaching Assistant to the M.Sc. and Integrated M.Sc. students for MA 270

  • Lecture and demonstration of problems on the numerical method using Fortran/C++/Python

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​2. Introduction to Astrophysics - PH 626, PH6117 (AUTUMN 2016-17, SPRING 2017-18, SPRING 2018-19)

  • Teaching Assistant to the M.Sc. and Integrated M.Sc. students,

  • Lecture on the following topics of PH 626:

    • Magnitude systems

    • Determination of mass, luminosity, radius, temperature and distance of stars

    • Stellar classification

    • Evolution of stars: star formation, Jean's criterion, HR diagram, stellar structures

    • Structure and morphology of our galaxy Milky Way

    • Galaxy Evolution

    • Quasar spectra and   absorption systems (DLAs, LLS, Ly-aplha forests)

 

3. Astronomy Laboratory - PH 576 (SPRING 2017-18, SPRING 2018-19)

  • Teaching Assistant to the M.Sc. and Integrated M.Sc. students.

  • Lab coordinator and lecturer on simple astrophysical experiments.

    • Information about the astronomical objects from the spectra and image

    • Identification of important lines in the spectra and determination of Doppler shift and radial velocity of an object.

    • Determination of ultraviolet extinction curve of a star using pair method.

    • Determination of distance and age of star cluster using the color-magnitude diagram.

    • Determination of Hubble’s constant and the age of the Universe using spectra and image of a sample of galaxies

 

4. Physics-I - PH 1001 (AUTUMN 2017-18)

  • Teaching Assistant to the BTECH students.

  • Lectures and helping students solve problems on entry level undergraduate physics course PH 1001.

 

5. Computational Physics Laboratory - PH 573 (AUTUMN 2018-19)

  • Teaching Assistant to the M.Sc. and Integrated M.Sc. students.

  • Lab coordinator and demonstration of problems on simple physics problems using numerical methods (Languages: Fortran/C++/Python)

 

CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, DHARAMSHALA, INDIA

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1. Numerical method lab - PH 1001 (SPRING 2015-16)

  • Lab coordinator for basic Optics laboraory

    • Newton's Ring

    • Michelson Interferometry

    • Young's Double Slit Model

    • Fabry-Perot Interferometry

+912025604221 (Office)
+912025604435(Home)

abhisekphy@gmail.com
abhisek.mohapatra@iucaa.in

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