Govind Nandakumar

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I use chemical and kinematical properties of stellar populations constituting different Milky Way components to understand how the Milky Way formed and evolved. I use data from large scale spectroscopic surveys for this. I am also interested in the inner Milky Way, which is largely unexplored owing to high extinction caused by dust along the line of sight. I use low as well as high resolution near infrared spectra of stellar populations in the inner Milky Way to explore this region. Now: Division of Astrophysics (Lund Observatory), Department of Physics, Lund UniversityDivision of Astrophysics (Lund Observatory), Department of Physics, Lund University Full-time · 2 yrs 2 mos Full-time · 2 yrs 2 mos On-site Postdoctoral Fellow Jan 2024 - Present · 2 mos Jan 2024 - Present · 2 mos Lund, Skåne County, Sweden Lund, Skåne County, Sweden Chemical characterisation of inner Milky Way stars with high resolution near infrared spectroscopic analysis.Chemical characterisation of inner Milky Way stars with high resolution near infrared spectroscopic analysis. Visiting Postdoctoral researcherVisiting Postdoctoral researcher Jan 2022 - Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 1 moJan 2022 - Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 1 mo SwedenSweden Development of spectroscopic method to determine stellar parameters of cool M-giant stars from their high resolution near infrared spectra observed with IGRINS. Identify useful elemental and molecular lines in near infrared wavelength regimes (H- and K- bands) to determine accurate abundances from them. Construct a catalog of solar neighbourhood reference sample of M giants that can be used for differential spectroscopic analysis of inner Milky Way stars.