Karlsruhe School of Elementary Particle and Astroparticle Physics: Science and Technology (KSETA)

Megha Venugopal

Information

Institute of Astroparticle Physics(IAP)
IceCube Collaboration
Building:425, Campus North
Email: megha.venugopal@kit.edu ; mh2056@partner.kit.edu

Doctoral Work

Topic: Air-shower detection using radio with the IceCube Observatory at the South Pole
Supervisors: Prof. Ralph Engel, Prof. Markus Klute
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Andreas Haungs

Publications



Year Title of Publication Authors
2023 Estimation of Xmax for air showers measured at IceCube with elevated radio antennas of a prototype surface station R.Turcotte, S.Verpoest, M.Venugopal
2023 Cosmic Ray Detection with the IceTop Enhancement Megha Venugopal

Conferences and Talks

Mar 2024 DPG Spring Meeting, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology , Talk
Sep 2023 Matter and Universe Days , Poster
Aug 2023 European Physical Society, High Energy Physics (EPS-HEP), Proceeding, Talk
Aug 2023 International Cosmic Ray Conference, Nagoya University, Japan, Poster, remote attendance
Mar 2023 DPG Spring Meeting, TU Dresden, Talk

Workshops and Schools

Mar 2023 KSETA Plenary Workshop, Wildberg
Mar 2023 KSETA Plenary Workshop, Durbach
Oct 2022 Astroparticle School, Obertrubach

Teaching and Supervision

Oct 2023 - Present Advanced Nuclear Physics Lab, Teaching
Mar 2023 Co-supervision of Bachelor's thesis on "Thermal sources and timing precision of IceCube’s Surface Enhancement DAQ"
May 2023 - Jun 2023 Summer Internship supervision on "Calibration of the radio electronics signal chain"