Gaurav Waratkar

Postdoctoral Researcher at California Institute of Technology

Gaurav Waratkar is a Postdoctoral Researcher at Caltech since September 2025, following a tenure as an LSC Fellow at the LIGO Livingston Observatory from July to October 2024. Gaurav's academic background includes a Doctor of Philosophy in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, where studies were conducted from 2020 to 2025, and a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering from the same institution, completed in 2019. Previous research experience includes roles as a Research Assistant at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay in 2020 and as a Visiting Summer Research Student at the National Centre for Radio Astrophysics from May 2018 to November 2019. Additionally, Gaurav contributed to the Krittika - Astronomy Club of IIT Bombay as a Manager from 2017 to 2018 and worked as a Junior Design Engineer for IIT Bombay Racing during 2016 to 2017.

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