Aman Chokshi

PhD Student

University of Melbourne

Biography

My research is aimed at improving our understanding of one of the most mysterious periods in our Universe’s history – the Epoch of Reionization which spans the birth of the first stars and galaxies, and whose influence reverberates across time to the inform the current Universe, and everything around us. The history of the Universe across this epoch can be traced by the evolution of the 21-cm signal from neutral hydrogen which can be measured by cutting edge low-frequency radio interferometers such as the Murchison Widefield Array and the upcoming Square Kilometre Array. Combining a strong instrumentation background with statistical and software engineering skills, I work at the exciting boundary between theorists and instrumentalists, helping bridge the Telescope-Theory divide and achieve the highest precision from cutting edge telescopes to bring the community closer to its first robustly validated detection of the first light in our Universe.