Team

Postgraduate Researchers 

Vikrant Pratap is in the final year of his Structured PhD program in Applied Mathematics. In his PhD research, he seeks to develop physics informed neural networks to describe the propagation of shear shock waves in the brain. He earned his B.Tech (Hons.) in Electrical Engineering and M.Tech in Instrumentation & Signal Processing in 2018 from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Before joining the University of Galway, he worked as a researcher in the Research & Development Division of Tata Steel India.‌

Ciarán Campbell was born in Ireland and currently lives in Galway. He is a Research Ireland's Postgraduate Fellow pursuing his structured PhD in Applied Mathematics with a BSc in Mathematical Science at the University of Galway. Ciarán started working in Tripathi lab as an undergraduate researcher which motivated him to start his doctoral studies on developing machine learning tools for concussion. Ciarán has always been motivated about finding mathematical solutions to physical problems and achieved a top 3 position in the Irish Junior Mathematics Competition (2015). His research interests lie in using machine learning and numerical techniques to optimise solutions to complex non-linear problems. Ciarán is very keen on advancing the state of the art in the medical industry as he is passionate about improving the quality of treatment that patients receive. He has worked at maintaining lab equipment at a pharmaceutical testing company during previous summer breaks from his university studies as a way of gaining experience in various lab techniques.  

Yash Bhandakkar holds an MSc in mathematics from IIT Jodhpur and a BSc from Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University. His master’s thesis focused on blood flow simulation in a stenosed artery using physics-informed neural networks, highlighting his commitment to impactful healthcare research. Yash is passionate about scientific machine learning, particularly its applications in the healthcare domain. He is be conducting his PhD research at the Tripathi Lab, focusing on the nonlinear shear wave characterisation of clots. As part of the CÚRAM's MedDevDoc program, jointly funded by Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA). Yash aims to address critical challenges in clot characterisation through his research and advance scientific machine learning methodologies to solve pressing healthcare problems.