Staff Lead Research Engineer — Instrumentation Specialist in High Energy Physics
I develop cutting-edge, precision research instruments for particle physics experiments and AI infrastructure — spanning FPGA-based real-time electronics, hardware-accelerated AI/ML and portable detectors that make invisible particles visible. My work bridges CERN-scale experiments and hands-on public science demos.
I am a Staff Lead Research Engineer in the Shared Research Support Services at the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in electrical engineering and high-energy physics research instrumentation. My research develops next-generation instrumentation to advance the sensor signal processing, data handling, intelligence and accessibility of modern and future particle physics experiments.
I build high-speed FPGA firmware and scalable validation frameworks for real-time trigger systems for the U.S. ATLAS Phase-2 Trigger Upgrade at CERN and develop hardware-accelerated AI/ML inference engines and in-memory computing architectures for future collider experiments such as the FCC and the Muon Collider.
In parallel, I lead a family of modular, portable particle detectors: Muon Bulb, Mini-CoRTEx, Pitt-CoRTEx and the CosmoLink array, that advance on-site cosmic-ray and atmospheric research while strengthening student training and public engagement in high-energy and paticle physics.
I presented the poster and gave a talk on the Muon Bulb — my latest novel portable cosmic-ray detector that flashes a light bulb each time when a real muon passes through it — at the 2026 Meeting of the APS Division of Particles & Fields (DPF), hosted at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory.
I presented the poster and gave a talk at the 43rd International Conference on High Energy Physics (ICHEP 2026), on High Speed DAQ solutions and Portable cosmic-ray trackers for Outreach such as Muon Bulb, Mini-CoRTEx and Pitt-CoRTEx.
Tiny particles from space called muons are passing through you right now — thousands every minute — but you can’t see or feel them. The Muon Bulb is a small, handheld detector that flashes a light bulb each time one of these particles passes through it, turning something completely invisible into a simple flash of light live.
Read the full Muon Bulb project on the Outreach page →Activities involving, Service, professional memberships and leadership roles across the scientific community.
Leadership role coordinating technical workshops, career development and student engagement across the IEEE Pittsburgh Section.
Detectors, lab systems, and outreach from experiments spanning India and the United States.
Detectors, lab systems, and outreach from experiments spanning India and the United States — from CERN-scale trigger electronics to LED-lit cosmic-ray trackers.
