Youngest Co-Author of NASA’s ‘Astrobiology Primer 3.0’, USA, at age 16 (September 2020-present)
*One of the biggest collaborative research projects under NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Santa Fe Institute, Howard University, BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, Skidmore College, School of Earth and Space Exploration-ASU, Georgetown University: *Selected from BEYOND to collaborate, brainstorm, and research with scientists to co-author Chapter 9, titled, ‘How the origin of life […]
Youngest Affiliated Researcher at BEYOND: Center for Fundamental Concepts in Science, USA, at age 15 (June 25, 2020-present)
*Selected as a researcher to work on multiple projects in theoretical physics, astrophysics and astrobiology, under Prof Sara Walker, Deputy Director at BEYOND and Associate Professor, School of Earth and Space Exploration, Arizona State University (emergence.asu.edu/pritvik-sinhadc.html) *Completed a research project and co-authored a paper titled, ‘A Review of Bayesian Methods in Astrobiology’ under Prof Walker […]
Research Intern at CERN, Switzerland, at age 16: Largest particle physics laboratory for nuclear research (July 12, 2021-present)
*Working on Gas Electron Multiplier (GEM) detectors, a new muon system in Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), to develop a new data acquisition system for one of the detector’s quality controls under Dr Marcello Maggi as part of the CMS collaboration *Collecting, decoding and analyzing event data on detector physics […]
University of Alberta, Department of Biological Sciences online courses:
*‘Paleontology—Early Vertebrate Evolution’, under Prof Alison Murray (100%) in 2018 *‘Paleontology—Ancient Marine Reptiles’, under Prof Michael Caldwell (100%) in 2017*‘Dino 101—Dinosaur Paleobiology’, under Prof Philip John Currie (100%) in 2017 *‘Theropod Dinosaurs and the Origin of Birds’, under Prof Philip John Currie (92%) in 2016
Microsoft Corporation, School of Applied Technology’s online course titled, ‘Querying with Transact-SQL — Microsoft, under Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, and Björn Rettig (93%) (2017)
Arizona State University’s School of Earth and Space Exploration’s online credit-based proctored course titled, ‘Introduction to Solar Systems Astronomy’, under Professor Frank Timmes (94%) (2017)
Harvard University’s online astrophysics course titled, ‘Super-Earths and Life’ under Dr Dimitar Sasselov (92%) (2017)
Brown University’s Pre-College Immersion in STEM II program (June 25-July 6, 2018)
*Completed an on-campus astronomy course titled, ‘The Grand Tour: Our Solar System up close and personal’*Team Leader for a collaborative research titled, ‘Mars 2020 Rover Mission’; used NASA data, satellite imagery, and planetary missions to examine the usefulness of Jezero Crater as a site for detecting micro-fossils; presented a paper titled, ‘What does Mission 2020 […]
World Science Scholar (WSS) at age 13, under the World Science Festival, and Mentor for the current cohort at age 17 (WSS: June 2018-June 2020; Mentor: July 2021-present)
*Selected at 13 (perquisite is above 15 years) as one of the top 45 exceptional under-18 mathematicians in the world — first from the MENA region — to attend this fully-funded two-year program for extraordinary mathematical talents; emerged as one of top five Scholars in my cohort *Researched, learned, and mastered 13 college and graduate-level […]
Harvard University’s Secondary School Program (SSP) at Harvard Summer School (June 19-August 6, 2021)
*Seven-week college credit course, ‘Planets, Moons and Their Stars: The Search for Life in the Cosmos’ under Dr Alessandro Massarotti *Wrote a paper titled, ‘Collapsed Stellar Remnants’, on the leftover of the Red Giant Phase and supernovae explosions such as white dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes; did a collaborative lab report on Measuring the […]