Payel Mukhopadhyay is an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Cambridge working at the intersection of AI, physics, and scientific computing. She received her PhD in astrophysics from Stanford University in 2022, where her research covered supernovae, galactic outflows, cosmic rays, and dark matter. Her current work focuses on developing machine learning methods for scientific discovery, with particular interests in foundation models, scientific machine learning, and complex physical systems. Outside of research, she enjoys cooking, reading, and taking long walks with her dog.