CV

Curriculum Vitae of Harshit Tiwari.

Contact Information

Name Harshit Tiwari
Email harshit.tiwari@nyu.edu
Phone +1 (347) 760-3015
Location 370 Jay Street, NYU Tandon School of Engineering, Brooklyn, New York 11201

Professional Summary

Postdoctoral Associate at New York University working on quantum computing for fluid dynamics, turbulent convection, compressible flows, and high-performance computing.

Experience

  • Jul 2026 - Present

    Brooklyn, NY, USA

    Postdoctoral Associate
    Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, NYU Tandon School of Engineering
    Supervisor: Prof. Katepalli R. Sreenivasan.
    Project: Quantum computing for fluid dynamics (QCFD).
  • Mar 2026 - Jun 2026

    Kanpur, India

    Fellowship for Academic and Research Excellence (FARE)
    Department of Physics, IIT Kanpur
    Mentor: Prof. Mahendra K. Verma
  • Aug 2021 - Feb 2026

    Kanpur, India

    Graduate Researcher
    Department of Physics, IIT Kanpur
    Supervisor: Prof. Mahendra K. Verma, Co-supervisor: Prof. Rajesh Ranjan.
    Thesis: Compressible turbulent convection at extreme Rayleigh numbers.
  • Aug 2020 - May 2021

    Kanpur, India

    Master's Student Researcher
    Department of Physics, IIT Kanpur
    Supervisor: Prof. Pankaj Jain, Co-supervisor: Prof. J.S. Yadav.
    Project: Theoretical Modelling of Accretion Disk Oscillations.

Education

  • 2021 - 2026

    Kanpur, India

    Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (CPI: 9.56/10)
  • 2019 - 2021

    Kanpur, India

    Master of Science in Physics
    Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur (CPI: 8.30/10)
  • 2016 - 2019

    Nainital, India

    Bachelor of Science
    Kumaun University (Percentage: 66.4%, First Class)

Teaching Experience

  • 2021 - 2026
    Graduate Teaching Assistant
    IIT Kanpur
    • PHY441A: Electronics (Aug 2021 - May 2022)
    • PHY473A: Computational Physics (Aug 2022 - Nov 2022)
    • PHY113A: Classical Electrodynamics (Mar 2023 - Nov 2023)
    • NPTEL: Scientific Computing using Python (Jun 2023 - Nov 2023)
    • NPTEL: Tapestry of Field Theory (Jan 2024 - Jan 2025)
    • PHY461A/462A: Experimental Physics I/II (Jan 2024 - May 2025)
    • PHY111A: Undergraduate Lab (Aug 2025 - Aug 2026)

Awards

  • 2026
    Outstanding PhD Thesis Award
    IIT Kanpur

    Received the Outstanding PhD Thesis Award from IIT Kanpur.

  • 2025
    Division of Fluid Dynamics Enabling Award
    American Physical Society

    Supported attendance at the 2025 DFD Annual Meeting.

  • 2019
    IIT JAM All India Rank 74
    IIT JAM

    Secured AIR 74 among 15,000 applicants.

  • 2019
    Merit cum Means Scholarship
    IIT Kanpur

    Aug 2019 - May 2021

  • 2019
    JEST All India Rank 307
    JEST

    Secured AIR 307 in the Joint Entrance Screening Test.

  • 2016
    Qualified NDA Entrance Exam
    UPSC

    Qualified the National Defence Academy (NDA) entrance exam.

References

  • Prof. Katepalli R. Sreenivasan

    Professor of Physics, NYU, USA (katepalli.sreenivasan@nyu.edu)

  • Prof. Mahendra K. Verma

    Department of Physics, IIT Kanpur, India (mkv@iitk.ac.in)

  • Prof. Rajesh Ranjan

    Department of Aerospace Engineering, IIT Kanpur, India (rajeshr@iitk.ac.in)