I was born and raised in West Bengal, India, and earned my PhD from the National Institute of Science Education and Research (NISER) in Odisha, India on August 7, 2024. My research focuses on both the initial and final stages of heavy-ion collisions.

In off-central heavy-ion collisions, the quark-gluon plasma (QGP) is influenced by two key initial conditions: intense magnetic fields generated by spectator protons and significant angular momentum or vorticity. The initial magnetic fields can give rise to the Chiral Magnetic Wave (CMW), a fascinating QCD phenomenon that may result in local parity violation in strong interactions. My doctoral research extensively investigated the potential manifestations of CMW using both unidentified and identified charged hadrons (pions, kaons, and protons) in Pb–Pb collisions at 5.02 TeV. Since the measurement could not be disentangled from background effects, the first-ever upper limit on the CMW signal was reported with values of 26% (38%) at the 95% (99%) confidence level. Beyond the early stages of collisions, my work also explored the later hadronic phase through resonance studies. I analyzed various resonances, such as K∗0 and K∗±, across multiple collision systems (pp, Xe–Xe, Pb–Pb). Additionally, I led the first observation of the exotic f1 (1285) resonance in pp collisions at 13 TeV, shedding light on the debated quark composition of this meson.

In September 2024, I joined CERN as a Fellow. With a strong interest in the initial stages of heavy-ion collisions since my PhD, I am currently investigating global hyperon polarization and the directed flow of D mesons in Pb–Pb collisions at 5.36 TeV. This work aims to probe the magnetic fields and vorticity at LHC energies.

Outside of academia, I am passionate about cricket and martial arts.