Chirag Chawla

My work lies in theoretical astrophysics, focusing on the evolution of stars in binary systems and the compact remnants they produce. These systems probe extreme physical processes, from the collapse of massive stars to the complex exchanges of mass and angular momentum. My research centers on understanding how compact object binaries form and evolve, how binary interactions influence their observable properties, and how these systems can be identified through electromagnetic sky surveys, including Gaia, TESS, and LSST. By combining binary star simulations with population-level modeling, I aim to bridge theory and observations to reveal the population of compact object binaries in our Galaxy. I was previously the Rubin Observatory Fellow at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research-Pune, before joining ARCO.