I am an astrophysicist at Gent University in Belgium. I am interested in studying the formation and evolution of low-surface-brightness and low-luminosity galaxies, generally called “dwarf galaxies”, to understand the physics of the underlying dark matter within these systems. I use various observational facilities on the ground and in space for my research. Furthermore, I am interested in data-driven astronomy, astronomical data science and space safety.
I have done my pre-doctoral studies in engineering and astronomy in Tehran, my hometown in Iran. I received my PhD at the University of Groningen in the Netherlands in 2022. After that, I worked as a postdoctoral researcher with the OmegaCEN Data Science Group at the Kapteyn Institute in Groningen, before moving to the Strasbourg Observatory in 2024 as a CNES postdoctoral fellow. Currently, I am a BOF Fellow at Gent University.
(You can find my CV here – last update: January 2025)
