Designation: Assistant Professor
Department: Physics
Email: eshakundu[at]iitism[dot]ac[dot]in
Contact Number: 7364083661
Office Number: +91-326-223-5229
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About Me: I am an astrophysicist working as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad. I am also holding a Visiting Assistant Professor (Adjunct) position at the Australian National University, Canberra. My current research involves the studies of black holes, neutron stars in globular clusters, radio emissions from supernovae, and fast radio bursts.
Research Interest: Astronomy & Astrophysics - Black Holes, Neutron Stars, Supernovae And Fast Radio Bursts
3.) Winter 2024 – 2025 (Jan 2025 – present): Astrophysics & Cosmology (PHD 511/NPHD 517); Student Strength: 17 (8th Sem B.Tech Students (all departments) + Ph.D Students)
2.) Monsson 2024-2025 (July 2024 – Nov 2024):Introduction to Astrophysics and Astronomy (PHO 302); Student Strength: 105 (5 and 7th Semester B.Tech students of all departments )
1.) Winter 2023-2024 (Jan 2024 – May 2024): Research Methodology & Statistics (PHD 571); Student Strength: 36 (Ph.D students)
Experience
Assistant Professor, Grade – I Nov 2023 – present
Department of Physics, IIT (ISM) Dhanbad, Dhanbad 826004, Jharkhand, India
Visiting Assistant Professor (Adjunct) Jan 2025 – present
The Australian National University, Canberra 2600, ACT, Australia
Research Associate August 2021 – Nov 2023
Center for Data Intensive and Time Domain Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Postdoc Advisors – Prof. Jay Strader & Prof. Laura Chomiuk
Research Associate January 2019 – March 2021
International Center for Radio Astronomy Research, Curtin University, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia
Line manager – Late Prof. Jean-Pierre Macquart
Ph.D. September 2014 – December 2018 (Defended 8th Feb 2019, awarded 20th Feb 2019)
Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
Ph.D. Thesis - Radio emission from supernovae ( https://rebrand.ly/THESISesha )
Ph.D. Advisors – Prof. Peter Lundqvist & Prof. Claes Fransson
Research Scholar July 2010 – August 2014
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400005, India
Research Topic – Study of gamma ray emission from extragalactic sources.
Education
Ph.D. September 2014 – December 2018 (Defended 8th Feb 2019, awarded 20th Feb 2019)
Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Ph.D. Thesis - Radio emission from supernovae ( https://rebrand.ly/THESISesha )
Ph.D. Advisors – Prof. Peter Lundqvist & Prof. Claes Fransson
Research Scholar July 2010 – August 2014
Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Homi Bhabha Road, Colaba, Mumbai 400005, India
Research Topic – Study of gamma ray emission from extragalactic sources.
M.Sc. in Physics July 2008- May 2010
Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
CPI – 8.95/10
Master thesis – Neutrino Oscillations
Thesis Advisor – Prof. S. Uma Shankar
B.Sc. (Hons. in Physics) July 2005- May 2008
St. Xavier's College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata 700013, India
Hons. Marks – 66.25% (First class)
Assistant Professor, Grade - I
Department of Physics
IIT (ISM) Dhanbad,
Dhanbad – 826004, Jharkhand, India
Visiting Assistant Professor (Adjunct)
The Australian National University
Canberra 2600, ACT, Australia
email: eshakundu@iitism.ac.in, Esha.Kundu@anu.edu.au
Office phone: 0 (+91) 3262 235 229
Homepage: https://sites.google.com/iitism.ac.in/eshakundu/home
CSIR NET JRF 2010
Kundu, Esha.
Radio emission from supernovae.
Stockholm: Department of Astronomy, Stockholm University , 2019. , p. 68
ISBN: 978-91-7797-548-9 (print)
ISBN: 978-91-7797-549-6 (electronic)
https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/record.jsf?pid=diva2%3A1270440&dswid=9326
* Represents corresponding author
I). As single/first author
1.) Kundu, Esha*
Is FRB 191001 embedded in a supernova remnant?, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, Oxford University Press, 512, 1, 2022, L1-L5, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slac003 , Journal Impact Factor- 5.235.
2). Kundu, Esha*; Zhang, Bing
Free-free absorption in hot relativistic flows: application to fast radio bursts, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, Oxford University Press, 508, 1, 2021, L48–L52. https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slab091 , Journal Impact Factor- 5.235.
3). Kundu, Esha*; Ferrario, Lilia
The impact of the environment of white dwarf mergers on fast radio bursts, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Oxford University Press, 492, 3, 2020, 3753–3762, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnras/stz3593 , Journal Impact Factor- 5.235.
4.) Kundu, E.*; Lundqvist, P.; Sorokina, E.; Perez-Torres, M. A.; Blinnikov, S.; O’Connor, E.; Ergon, M.; Chandra, P.; Das, B.
Evolution of the Progenitors of SNe 1993J and 2011dh Revealed through Late-time Radio and X-ray Studies, The Astrophysical Journal, American Astronomical Society, IOP Publishing, 875, 1, 2019, 1-13, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab0d81 , Journal Impact Factor- 5.521.
5.) Kundu, E.*; Lundqvist, P.; Perez-Torres, M. A.; Herrero-Illana, R.; Alberdi, A.
Constraining Magnetic Field Amplification in SN Shocks Using Radio Observations of SNe 2011fe and 2014J, The Astrophysical Journal, American Astronomical Society, IOP Publishing, 842, 1, 2017, 1-10, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aa704c , Journal Impact Factor- 5.521.
6.) Kundu, Esha*; Gupta, Nayantara*
Possible proton synchrotron origin of X-Ray & gamma ray emission in large scale jet of 3C 273, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters, Oxford University Press, 444, 1, 2014, L16-L19, https://doi.org/10.1093/mnrasl/slu101 , Journal Impact Factor- 5.235.
7.) Kundu, Esha*; Gupta, Nayantara*
Photo-Disintegration of Heavy Nuclei at the Core of Cen A, Journal of Cosmology and Astroparticle Physics, IOP Publishing, 2014, April 2014, 030, https://doi.org/10.1088/1475-7516/2014/04/030 , Journal Impact Factor- 7.280.
II). As co-author
8.) Lundqvist, P.*; Kundu, E.; Perez-Torres, M. A.; Ryder, S. D.; Bjornsson, C-I.; Moldon, Javier; Argo, M. K.; Beswick, R. J.; Alberdi, A.; Kool, E. C.
The Deepest Radio Observations of Nearby SNe Ia: Constraining Progenitor Types and Optimizing Future Surveys, The Astrophysical Journal, American Astronomical Society, IOP Publishing, 890, 2, 2020, 1-16, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab6dc6 , Journal Impact Factor- 5.521.
9.) Maeda, K.*; Chandra, P.; Matsuoka, T.; Ryder, S.; Moriya, T. J.; Kuncarayakti, H.; Lee, S.-H.; Kundu, E.; Patnaude, D.; Saito, T.; Folatelli, G.
The final Months of massive Star Evolution from the circumstellar Environment around SN Ic 2020oi, The Astrophysical Journal, American Astronomical Society, IOP Publishing, 918, 1, 2021, 1-11, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ac0dbc , Journal Impact Factor- 5.521.
10.) Hosseinzadeh, G.*; Sand, D.; Lundqvist, P.; Andrews, J.; Bostroem, K.; Dong, Y.; Janzen, D.; Jencson, J.; Lundquist, M.; Meza, N.; Pearson, J.; Valenti, S.; Wyatt, S.; Burke, J.; Howell, D.A.; McCully, C.; Newsome, M.; Padilla Gonzalez, E.; Pellegrino, C.; Terreran, G.; Kwok, L.; Jha, S.; Strader, J.; Kundu, E.; Ryder, S.; Haislip, J.; Kouprianov, V.; Reichart, D. Constraining the Progenitor System of the Type IaSupernova 2021aefx, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, American Astronomical Society, IOP Publishing, 933, 2, 2022, 1-14, https://doi.org/10.3847/2041-8213/ac7cef , Journal Impact Factor- 8.811.
11.) Maeda, K.*; Chandra, P.; Moriya, T. J.; Reguitti, A.; Ryder, S.; Matsuoka, T.; Michiyama, T.; Pignata, G.; Hiramatsu, D.; Bostroem, K. A.; Kundu, E.; Kuncarayakti, H.; Bersten, M. C.; Pooley, D.; Lee, S-H.; Patnaude, D.; Rodriguez, O.; Folatelli, G. A Multi-Wavelength View on the Rapidly-Evolving Supernova 2018ivc: An Analog of SN IIb 1993J but Powered Primarily by Circumstellar Interaction, The Astrophysical Journal, American Astronomical Society, IOP Publishing, 942, 1, 2023, 1-18, https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aca1b7 , Journal Impact Factor- 5.521.
Kundu, E.*, Lundqvist, P., Pérez-Torres, M. A.
Constraints on environs around SN 2011fe and SN 2014J from radio modeling and observations, Proceedings of the International Astronomical Union, Symposium S331, 12, 2017, 69-74, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1743921317005300
Academic Activities:
Conference organizer :
Ph.D students supervision:
1). Mr. Tanuj Dutta (Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, India) )
July 2024 – present
Thesis Topic: Investigating black holes and compact objects in dense environment
2.) Mr. Aditya Pandey (Indian Institute of Technology (ISM) Dhanbad, India)
July 2024 – present:
Thesis topic: Fast radio bursts in the local universe.
