Dr Archi Raksh*t

Each milestone takes me one step closer to my DREAM. Every paper, every experiment, every late night… it all counts — and I’m celebrating every single one along the way! 💃🤍
Grateful, proud, and fired up for what’s next.


celebrating progress academic journey postdoc wins
celebrate_wins dream_chasing paper_success

𝗪𝗛𝗔𝗧 𝗔 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞 🤩! Last week was one heck of a week — 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗲𝗻𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰, and 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 all at once!

𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, because I got the opportunity to share my work and engage in immensely meaningful discussions with so many wonderful people. Between talks and posters, I honestly feel posters are more satisfying — they allow time for deeper conversations with the right audience, and there’s less chance for the work to be missed because of the extended interaction time 📑!😊

𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰, because I had the opportunity to moderate a session, and that was truly one of the best experiences of the meeting. Interacting with each presenter and seeing the passion with which they explained their hard work was incredibly inspiring 🤍!

And finally, 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 — because last week was also my job-hunting week. With the time crunch I’m currently in, I’m actively looking for opportunities where I can continue learning while contributing meaningfully to visual science research. I met several P*s who were potentially looking for candidates, and I’m deeply grateful to everyone for the kind, encouraging, and reassuring words 🙏🏼💐.

I also had the opportunity to meet my PhD PI, .Katrina Schmid , and I truly appreciate the valuable time she spent with me. Thank you, Dr. Daniel P. Spiegel and Dr. Arijit Chakraborty, for vouching for me and supporting me throughout!
Above all, one of the most memorable moments of ARVO 2026 was meeting 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗳. 𝗛𝗲𝘀𝘀. I’ve been reading his papers since the very beginning of my research career, but had never met him in person before. By pure luck, after 11 years, he attended this ARVO and his board happened to be right beside mine! He was kind enough to listen to my work patiently, and that interaction made ARVO 2026 truly unforgettable for me.
𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗢 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 — 𝗱𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱!

As I move forward, I’m open to potential job opportunities in vision science research and would sincerely appreciate it if you could spread the word 🙏🏼.

ScienceCommunity