Please note, this is only an abridged CV. For my full CV, please email me at desika dot narayanan at ufl dot edu

Current Position

Professor, Department of Astronomy, University of Florida, USA
International Associate, Cosmic Dawn Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Associate Professor [Graduate Faculty Status], Department of Physics, University of Florida, USA

Education

2007   PhD    Astronomy    University of Arizona    PhD Advisor: Dr. Christopher Walker
2003   B.S.    Astronomy [Summa Cum Laude]     University of Florida    Undergraduate Thesis Advisor: Dr. Fred Hamann
2003   B.S.    Physics [Cum Laude]     University of Florida 

Prior Appointments

2021-2016 Associate Professor, Department of Astronomy, University of Florida
2017-2021 Assistant Professor, Department of Astronomy, University of Florida
2014-2017 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Haverford College
2010-2014 Bart J Bok Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Astronomy, University of Arizona
2007-2010 CfA Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Awards and Lectureships

2026-2027 UK Royal Society Wolfson Fellowship Royal Observatory Edinburgh
2026 University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship University of Florida
2025 Niels Bohr Lectureship, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
2024 Keynote Speaker, Annual Danish Astronomy Meeting, Denmark

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