My name is Arun Ravishankar and I am currently working towards my doctorate in Physics at the University of Arizona where I investigate the stability of black holes. Prior to this, I obtained my Bachelor’s in Pharmacy and Integrated Master’s in Physics in India. For my Master’s thesis, I worked at a group in the mathematics department at LMU, Munich, Germany.

Currently, not seeing where my work fits in the bigger picture, I want to direct my work towards a more directly impactful body of work. With a background in quantum physics, one direction I would like to explore is Quantum Information and Quantum Computing.

Aside from that, wanting to contribute to a social cause through my work, I’ve been working on a few projects in Machine Learning in the biomedical setting in my spare time. You can find more details of my experience in my Resume.

I am very curious by nature and love to learn new things. I am keen to leverage my diverse and strong mathematical background to tackle purposeful, interesting and challenging problems in the biomedical field using computational methods and AI. Some of the fields that interest me are:

• Computational Toxicology
• Drug discovery and development
• Medical Imaging
• Precision Medicine
• Organ-on-chips
• Genomics
• Medical Diagnosis

I am also particularly interested in working towards reducing/replacing the use of animals in the pharmaceutical sciences.

I am also interested in any opportunity which may not be related to the biomedical sector but is directed to a good cause.

I maintain an online presence on Linkedin. Feel free to connect or reach out to me at arunravishankar@gmail.com