Hurum Maksora Tohfa

Astronomy graduate student at University of Washington

I graduated from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania with a bachelor in Physics, minor in mathematics and concentration in scientific computing in May, 2022. I am currently pursuing a PhD in astronomy at University of Washington.

I was born and raised in Bangladesh. Mathematics caught my interest at a very early age. It eventually led me to physics. I am mainly interested in large scale problems in astrophysics such as the density distribution of the universe or tracing baryons to understand new physics, finding new ways to use the cosmic microwave background radiation to understand variation in fundamental constants, nature of particles that makes up dark matter etc.

At the moment, the main question I am trying to answer is how the streaming velocity of baryons affects and have affected structure formation throughout the universe. If you want to learn more about me please check out the rest of this website.

Latest CV (July 2023)