Sanch Borthakur

Sanch Borthakur is an Associate Professor at Arizona State University's School of Earth and Space Exploration. Her research focuses on extragalactic astronomy, particularly galaxy interactions and evolution. She uses advanced telescopes like the Hubble Space Telescope and the Very Large Array to study interstellar and circumgalactic media.

Education: Ph.D. in Astronomy from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2010). Her expertise spans astronomy, cosmology, and galaxy formation. She leads observational projects such as the Low-redshift Lyman Continuum Survey and the DIISC Survey, analyzing Lyman Continuum escape mechanisms and starburst-driven winds.

Research Interests:

• Galaxy evolution and interactions
• Lyman Continuum escape processes
• Stellar feedback dynamics
• Circumgalactic medium studies
• HI gas distributions in galaxy groups

Her work bridges observational and theoretical astrophysics, with a focus on ionizing radiation leakage and the role of feedback in galaxy evolution. Notable projects include the MeerKAT view of Hickson Compact Groups and the SPRITE CubeSat mission for far-UV spectroscopy.

Scientific contributions include discoveries of anomalous metallicity regions and multiphase intergroup mediums. She collaborates on large surveys like the COS-GASS+ and COS-Halos projects, exploring galactic environments and their impact on cosmic evolution.