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+layout: codas-hep-participant
+e-mail: abansal3@caltech.edu
+institution: California Institute of Technology
+name: Avni Bansal
+photo: "/assets/images/codas-hep/2024/Avni-Bansal.jpg"
+github-username: maya2042
+linkedin-profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/avni-bansal-522b1a284/
+
+logos:
+    - /assets/images/codas-hep/logos/CMS.jpg
+    - /assets/images/codas-hep/logos/Iris-hep-logo.png
+---
+
+## My research:
+Some projects I'm working on now include N-body simulations of the early cold classical Kuiper Belt, X-ray spectral analysis of Active Galactic Nuclei, and MIR spectroscopy to solve the orbits of young stars.
+
+## My expertise is:
+Large-scale simulations
+
+## A problem I'm grappling with:
+Getting good cross-correlations from spectra from the KPF instrument for an unsolved multiple-star system.
+
+## I want to know more about:
+Applying AI tools to astrophysics problems
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