I am a final year PhD candidate (2023-26) in history and philosophy of science at the University of Cambridge, funded by the Cambridge Trust and Queens' College, and an incoming Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center for Philosophy of Science, University of Pittsburgh, starting September 2026. I specialise in philosophy of physics and philosophy of mathematical modelling. 

In my PhD thesis, I analyse  irreversibility in thermodynamics at different scales and regimes: classical, quantum and stochastic. I also examine various understated assumptions of macroscopic thermodynamics that get challenged at small scales in stochastic thermodynamics at mesoscopic scales (a draft linked here). 

I became interested in philosophical questions during my first PhD in applied mathematics (and philosophy) at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand, completed in 2023. Here I worked on foundations of applied topology, examining whether topological models of dynamical and complex systems contain enough information to explain their features 'non-causally'. (Thesis here.)

During this PhD, I held visiting PhD studentships at the Department of Linguistics and Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and the Department of History and Philosophy of Science at the University of Cambridge, and a research fellowship at the Institute Vienna Circle, University of Vienna.   

I am also interested in Buddhist philosophy (as applied to mathematical realism and its parallels to modern philosophy) and Indian astronomical traditions.

In my spare time, I like to produce electronic music (techno mostly), play with friendly dogs, go around mountains, do some photography, and enjoy table tennis occasionally.  

I am open to collaborations in foundations of thermal physics and philosophy of mathematical modelling should you be interested in my research. My CV (as of Feb 2026) can be found here and you can reach out to me at aditya9835[at]gmail[dot]com..