CV

My detailed CV in pdf format.

Education

• B.S.-M.S. dual degree in Physics, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Pune, 2015.
• Ph.D in Astronomy, Columbia University, 2021.
  • Thesis advisor: Greg L. Bryan
  • Title: Modeling the formation, evolution, and observation of first stars

Work experience

• Fall 2021 - present: Postdoctoral researcher in astronomy at the University of Toledo

Skills

• Languages: Python, Cython, C.
• Tools: Enzo, Gadget, yt, MUSIC.

Publications

Fragmentation in Population III Galaxies Formed through Ionizing Radiation

Kulkarni, M., Visbal, E., & Bryan, G. L. 2019, ApJ, 882, 178

The Critical Dark Matter Halo Mass for Population III Star Formation: Dependence on Lyman-Werner Radiation, Baryon-dark Matter Streaming Velocity, and Redshift

Kulkarni M., Visbal E., Bryan G. L., 2021, ApJ, 917, 40

What is the halo mass function in a fuzzy dark matter cosmology?

Kulkarni, M. & Ostriker, J. P. 2022, MNRAS, 510, 1425

Robust field-level inference with dark matter halos

Shao H., et al., 2022a, arXiv e-prints, p. arXiv:2209.06843

If Dark Matter is Fuzzy, the First Stars Form in Massive Pancakes

Kulkarni M., Visbal E., Bryan G. L., Li X., 2022, ApJL, 941, 18