The Tarantula massive binary monitoring VII. The nature of the eccentric O+BH binary candidate VFTS 812
Deshmukh et al. (2026), A&A 706, L17
Curriculum Vitae
Below is my short CV, a full version is available here.
Education
- Ph.D in Astronomy and Astrophysics, KU Leuven, 2027 (expected)
- M.S. in Physics, Texas Tech University, 2023
- B.Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science, IIT Bombay, 2021
Observing experience
- Competitive telescope time awarded as Principal Investigator
- 46 hours – VLTI (AT and UT)
- 36 hours – VLT/XSHOOTER
- 4 orbits – HST/COS
- 10 hours – CHARA
- 23 ks – AstroSat
- On-site and remote observations
- 37 nights at Mercator Telescope, La Palma, Spain
- 11 nights at McDonald Observatory, TX, USA
- 100+ nights at GROWTH India Telescope, Hanle, India (fully remote)
First-author publications
The highly magnetic Wolf-Rayet binary HD 45166 resolved with VLTI/GRAVITY
Deshmukh et al. (2025), A&A 695, L20
Investigating 39 Galactic Wolf-Rayet stars with VLTI/GRAVITY: Uncovering a long-period binary desert
Deshmukh et al. (2024), A&A 692, A109
Modelling the AM CVn and double detonation supernova progenitor binary system CD-3011223
Deshmukh et al. (2024), MNRAS 527, 2072
Limiting the accretion disk light in two mass transferring hot subdwarf binaries
Deshmukh et al. (2023), MNRAS 519, 148
Selected talks
- “What interferometry can do for hot subdwarf science” at MPIA Heidelberg
- “Uncovering mysteries of Wolf-Rayet stars with GRAVITY” at MPE Garching
- “Interferometry of binaries across the HRD” at University of Potsdam
- “Studying Wolf-Rayet stars with four eyes” at KU Leuven
- “Hunting black holes in the Tarantula nebula” at ESO Chile
- “Uncovering mysteries of Wolf-Rayet stars with GRAVITY” at ESO Chile
- “The multiplicity of Wolf-Rayet stars” at ESO Garching
- “From hot subwarfs to type Ia supernovae” at IIT Bombay
Teaching and mentorship
- Supervisor for Bachelor and Master projects at KU Leuven (incl. theses)
- Teaching assistant for General Physics labs at Texas Tech
- Mentor for Krittika Summer Projects hosted at IIT Bombay
Service and leadership
- Referee for The Astrophysical Journal and Astronomy & Astrophysics
- Primary organizer of the Leuven Massive Stars journal club
- Coordinator of the Massive Stars website and monthly newsletter