My name is Sidharth Aroli-Veettil, and I am a Ph.D. student at the Institute of Astrophysics, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, in the Astrochemistry Group.
I study the chemistry of the UV-irradiated layers of planet-forming disks: how carbon and nitrogen are processed there, how their isotopes (14N/15N, 12C/13C) are fractionated, and what this means for the material that comets and planets inherit. I mainly use ALMA observations, and I am a member of the ALMA Large Program DECO (Disk-Exoplanet C/Onnection) and of the YEMS Millennium Nucleus on Young Exoplanets and their Moons.
Research highlights
Nitrogen isotopes in V4046 Sgr
Resolved 14N/15N and 12C/13C profiles with ALMA.
CN, C2H and HCN in disks
Tracing the irradiated layers of disks in the DECO survey.
Compact disks in Lupus
Constraining gas disk sizes with CO observations.
Contact
Feel free to reach out at saroliv@estudiante.uc.cl or sidhartharoli@gmail.com.