Education

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  Ph.D., Biostatistics, University of California Los Angeles, USA, 2025 (expected)
  Thesis Title: "Bayesian Modeling and Inference for Complex Dependent Non-Gaussian Data"
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. Sudipto Banerjee
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  M.Stat, Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India, 2021
  Thesis Title: "Distribution-free Correlation Based Tests to Differentiate Between Related Populations"
  Thesis Advisor: Prof. Saurabh Ghosh
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  B.Stat (Honours), Statistics, Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, India, 2019

Research Interests

• Integrative Bayesian learning
• Analysis of spatial, and, spatial-temporal data
• Bayesian modeling of dynamical systems
• Statistical computing and development of open-source software

Academic Awards

• Dissertation Year Award 2024-25, UCLA Division of Graduate Education
  USD 20,000 in fellowship & USD 19,487 in tuition grant
• Summer Mentored Research Fellowship 2022 & 2024, UCLA
  USD 12,000 total in fellowship over two summers
• University Fellowship 2021-22, UCLA Graduate Division
  USD 14,863 in fellowship
• Indian Statistical Institute stipend and yearly contingency grant, 2016-2021

Recent Events

• 2024, Oct 8  Our new R package spStack is now available on CRAN.

• 2024, Sep 29  Article published in Annals of Work Exposures and Health.

• 2024, Jun 26  Selected for the UCLA Dissertation Year Award 2024-25

• 2024, Jun 7  New preprint out on arXiv.

• 2023, Dec 12  Advanced to candidacy for the doctoral degree.