Technical Skills
- Programming Languages: Python, C++, Fortran, MATLAB
- Data Analysis & Statistics: Pandas, NumPy, SciPy; time series analysis; Bayesian inference
- Machine Learning: Basic experience with scikit-learn and PyTorch
- Scientific Libraries: CRPropa3, Healpy, Astropy, NiFTy
- Map Creation & Visualisation: Matplotlib, Plotly, Healpy; introductory GIS training in progress
- High-Performance Computing: HPC environments; MPI; HTCondor, SLURM
- Data Engineering: Simulation pipelines; FITS; remote sensing workflows
- Version Control & Reproducibility: Git, GitHub; Jupyter-based workflows
- Productivity & Office Tools: Microsoft Office; collaborative document workflows
- Soft Skills: Project coordination, stakeholder engagement, science communication, cross-cultural teamwork
- Languages: English (native), German (intermediate), French (basic), Hindi, Bengali
Work Experience
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Projects:
- Leading comparison of multiple GMF models with full-sky 5 GHz synchrotron data (C-BASS, S-PASS)
- Developed template-fitting framework with rotation measure maps
- Extended UHECR propagation simulations using CRPropa3 in updated halo models
- Contributed to C-BASS data analysis (polarisation morphology, QU pipelines)
Outcomes:
- First-author paper on UHECR multipoles (submitted, 2025)
- First-author template-fitting paper (in prep)
- Co-author on C-BASS science papers
- Reusable GMF-model evaluation pipeline
- Coordinated collaborations (C-BASS, POSSUM) and initiated new projects
Doctoral Researcher
Thesis: Cosmic ray transport and signatures in their local environment
Supervisors: Andrew Taylor, Arjen van Vliet
- Modeled GMF in halo; generated synchrotron maps of Fermi/eRosita bubbles
- Fitted Planck 30 GHz data to constrain halo fields and benchmark models
- Simulated UHECR arrival maps with CRPropa3; compared with observations
- Established framework for UHECR anisotropy studies
Outcomes:
- First-author publication on UHECR deflections (MNRAS 2022)
- Framework reused in postdoc research
Publications
- Shaw, V., van Vliet, A., Taylor, A. (2022). Galactic halo bubble magnetic fields and UHECR deflections, MNRAS
- Shaw, V., van Vliet, A., Taylor, A. (2025). Influence of the Galactic Halo on the UHECR Multipoles, arXiv
- Gaensler, B. M. et al. (incl. V. Shaw). POSSUM Science Goals and Survey Description, PASA, 2025
- Shaw, V., et al. (2022). Magnetic fields in Galactic halo bubbles and UHECR deflections, ICRC 2023
Conferences & Workshops
Selected talks: link
- 2025 – DESY AP seminar (invited)
- 2025 – Workshop (invited)
- 2025 – Stellar Lecture Series, Manchester (invited)
- 2024 – COMRAD, Pisa
- 2024 – Galactic Lunch Seminar, Manchester
- 2023 – IMAGINE Workshop, Stockholm
Education
- PhD in Physics (Astrophysics), University of Potsdam / DESY, 2018–2023
- M2 Plasma Physics & Fusion, Sorbonne Université, Paris, 2016–2017 (internship at Observatoire de Paris)
- MSc Physics, Pondicherry University, India, 2014–2016
Outreach
- 2025 – JBCA Ted-style talk (Winner, most entertaining)
- 2025 – Stellar Lecture Series, Manchester (invited)
- 2024 – Radio interview, AllFM with Gurbir Singh (link)
Participation
- Fermi Summer School (USA)
- CRPropa Workshop (Germany)
- Astro-GR@Cuba
Teaching & Service
- SOC member, Galactic Science session, NAM 2025
- Colloquium committee, JBCA (since 2024)
- Organiser, Galactic lunch seminars, JBCA
- Early Career Researcher representative, Univ. of Manchester
- EquiTea member, Jodrell Bank (diversity forum)
- Teaching Assistant (Electrodynamics), University of Potsdam
- Scientific Coordinator, CQTA (DESY, 2022–2023)
- PhD Rep & Helmholtz Juniors Council (DESY, 2019–2020)