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I live in Oxford with my long-term partner. We just moved to the UK from the US in January of this year! I was born in India, and grew up in Canada since the age of 6. I love to snowboard when I have the chance. In my free time I have been trying to go on more walks and take in all the wonderful walking trails around Oxford.

One particularly niche interest I have is in political polling and statistics. I have been obsessively watching polls for elections and what generates movements in them since about 2015 and I can tell you what the polling situation is in the US, UK, and Canada, on any day of the year.

My pronouns are He/Him

I am interested in the modelling and prediction of tumour control and normal tissue complication probability following radiation therapy for patients. Radiation therapy is a major treatment for cancer, but can have harmful side effects. I am using machine learning to try and teach computers how to deliver radiation therapy such that side-effects are minimized and the chances of curing the cancer are maximized.

I also try to make ultrasound using protons, lasers, and x-ray beams. I then try to use that ultrasound to make medical images of patients and help guide cancer therapies. This is what my PhD was in and I am interested in exploring the potential applications of this in the long term.

Unfortunately I can’t take pictures of my regular workplace at the moment as COVID has me working from home. My current workspace is just me on my computer. Here is a picture of me about to give a talk to high schoolers about my work as part of the  Skype a Scientist program.

On a typical day I will spend most of my time either writing grant applications, coding, reading papers, or engaging with collaborators to explore new ideas. I spend a lot of my time these days trying to think of new ideas, particularly new ways in which we can use proton and x-ray beams to perform image guided radiation therapy.