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        <h1 class="page-title">Decoding the Birth of Worlds</h1>
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          My research focuses on understanding how stars and planets form from
          collapsing clouds of gas and dust — one of the most fundamental questions in astrophysics.
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          The universe is filled with countless planetary systems, yet the processes that govern
          their formation remain one of the most active areas of astrophysical research. My work
          investigates <strong>protoplanetary disks</strong> — the swirling disks of gas and dust
          around young stars where planets are born.
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          Using a combination of <strong>computational simulations</strong>, <strong>theoretical modeling</strong>,
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            <h3>Disk Dynamics and Planet Formation</h3>
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              Investigating how gravitational instabilities and turbulence in protoplanetary disks
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              to model disk evolution over millions of years.
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            <h3>Chemical Signatures in Young Systems</h3>
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              Analyzing spectroscopic data from young stellar objects to understand the chemical
              composition of planet-forming regions. Developing tools for automated spectral
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            <h3>Planet Formation in Binary Systems</h3>
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              Exploring how the presence of a companion star affects disk structure and the
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              of circumbinary disks.
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        <h4>Gas phase Elemental abundances in Molecular cloudS (GEMS)-XI. The evolution of HCN, HNC, and N2H+ isotopic ratios
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          <strong>Prathap Rayalacheruvu</strong>, et al.
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        <p class="journal">Research Article, 2025</p>
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        <h4>Expanding the Ice Inventory of NGC 1333 IRAS 2A with INDRA using JWST Observations: Tracing Organic
          Refractories and Beyond</h4>
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          <strong>Prathap Rayalacheruvu</strong>, Liton Majumdar, W. R. M. Rocha, Michael E. Brown, et al.
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        <p class="journal">arXiv Preprint, 2025</p>
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        <h4>Role of Diffusive and Non-Diffusive Grain-Surface Processes in Cold Cores: Insights from the PEGASIS Three-Phase
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          <strong>Prathap Rayalacheruvu</strong>, et al.
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        <h4>The Deuterium Fractionation of NH3 in Massive Star-forming Regions</h4>
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          <strong>Prathap Rayalacheruvu</strong>, et al.
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        <p class="journal">Research Article, 2024</p>
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        <h4>A Yebes W-band Line Survey towards an Unshocked Molecular Cloud of Supernova Remnant 3C391: Evidence of
          Cosmic-Ray-Induced Chemistry</h4>
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          <strong>Prathap Rayalacheruvu</strong>, et al.
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        <p class="journal">Research Article, 2024</p>
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        <h4>Large-scale Mapping Observations of DCN and DCO+ toward Orion KL</h4>
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          <strong>Prathap Rayalacheruvu</strong>, et al.
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        <p class="journal">Research Article, 2024</p>
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          <p>"Disk Evolution in Binary Environments" — Protostars and Planets VII, 2024</p>
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          <p>"Python Tools for Astronomical Data Analysis" — Astroinformatics Workshop, 2023</p>
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          <p>"How Planets Are Born" — Science Café Public Lecture Series, 2022</p>
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