About me
Hi, My name is Abhijeet Anand (Hindi: अभिजीत आनंद, pronounced UH-B-h-ee-J-EE-T aa-nund).
I am currently a Postdoctoral Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, where I have been part of the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI) collaboration since September 2022. I am also core member of DESI’s data systems and operations teams.
Previously, I was an IMPRS PhD Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA) from September 2018 to July 2022, and earned my PhD in Astrophysics from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (LMU). After completing my PhD, I continued at MPA as a Bridge Postdoctoral Fellow before moving to Berkeley Lab in mid-2022. Earlier, I completed my BS-MS in Physics at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, in July 2017. From September 2017 to July 2018, I worked as a Junior Research Fellow (JRF) at the National Institute of Advanced Studies (NIAS), Bangalore.
I am originally from Patna, India. You can find more about me here.
Looking for short projects or suggestions
If you are an undergraduate or graduate student looking for short-term research projects, please take a look at my research. If you find something that interests you, feel free to reach out with your interests, availability, and programming background. I have a few projects in mind and would be happy to discuss them with you.
If you are interested in learning more about my work, or if you are a prospective graduate student or postdoctoral applicant seeking suggestions or feedback, you are also welcome to get in touch.
Contact me at AbhijeetAnand[at]lbl.gov
I’ll be very happy to hear from you!
Latest News
- Aug 2025: The DESI Collaboration received the prestigious 2026 AAS Berkeley Prize for meritorious research publications.
- Jul 2025: Our DESI Year 1 and 3 CIV absorber catalog paper was accepted in The Astrophysical Journal. Read more here.
- Jun 2025: Awarded DESI Builder Status for outstanding contributions to the data systems operations.
- Jun 2025: Gave an invited webinar at the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore.
- May 2025: Gave an invited lunch talk at the Department of Astronomy, University of Washington, Seattle.
- Apr 2025: Released v1.0.5 of qsoabsfind, a module to detect doublet absorber systems in SDSS/DESI quasar spectra.