Abhinandan is a Ph.D. student under Prof. Albert Simeoni. Originally from India, he moved to the US for his Ph.D. in January 2021. He holds a master's in Aerospace Engineering and a bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering, which he pursued back in India. His current research focuses on fire spread behavior across pine needles and other vegetative fuels. His focus is on quantifying the dynamic flame characteristics and their effect on the unsteady nature of fire spread under wind-aided conditions. He has participated in various experiments ranging from small lab-scale studies to large field-scale controlled fires.