Dr. Mridul Aanjaneya is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Rutgers University. Prior to joining Rutgers, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Computer Sciences at the University of Wisconsin - Madison. He obtained his Ph.D. in Computer Science from Stanford University. While at Stanford, he also worked as a consultant in the Spatial Technologies team at the Nokia Research Center for two years. Mridul's research lies at the intersection of Computer Graphics, Scientific and High-Performance Computing, and Computational Physics. More specifically, he is interested in the design of models, computational techniques, and robust numerical algorithms that can facilitate high-level tasks such as the use of simulations in biomechanics, computational imaging, or robotics. He is a recipient of the Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Award 2019, sponsored by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities (ORAU).