Projects

Research projects in transient astrophysics, survey science, and statistical inference.

01 · Survey selection

Measuring observational bias in real-time FRB surveys

Triggered surveys do not observe every burst equally. I model how detection thresholds, real-time triggering, and instrumental sensitivity transform an intrinsic FRB population into an observed sample.

Goal Build population analyses that carry survey selection effects through to the final inference.

Selection functions connect the underlying population to detected events.

02 · FRB populations

Unifying repeating and apparent non-repeating FRBs

Some FRB sources repeat while many have been observed only once. This project tests whether those groups can arise from a shared underlying population after accounting for observing cadence, source activity, and the probability of detecting another burst.

Question When does a source appear to be a one-off because of its physics, and when because of how it was observed?

Forecasting how repeater detections grow with survey time and sensitivity.

03 · Early-Universe constraints

Forecasting cosmic-string limits with radio transient surveys

Radio transient surveys can test models of the early Universe. I develop forecasts for how next-generation facilities may constrain cosmic-string populations through their predicted transient signatures.

Approach Translate survey design and null results into robust upper limits on cosmic-string models.

Illustration of density wakes from smooth and perturbed cosmic strings.