Dr Aritra Gupta completed his PhD in Theoretical High Energy Physics from the Harish Chandra Research Institute, India, in 2018. His dissertation explored methods to detect non-thermal dark matter particles in high-energy neutrino detectors.

After completing his PhD, he joined the Department of Theoretical Physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research in Mumbai, focusing on the accretion of dark matter inside celestial objects such as neutron stars and white dwarfs. He then moved to Brussels, Belgium, to join the Theoretical Physics department at Brussels University, where he investigated ways to probe dark matter through our understanding of neutrinos.

Subsequently, he joined the Instituto de Física Corpuscular (IFIC) in Valencia, Spain, as a junior CDEIGENT fellow. As the principal investigator (PI) of his grant, he worked on refining methods to calculate the accretion of dark matter inside stars.

Outside of academia, Dr Gupta is interested in photography and filmmaking.