Research Objectives

• Nebular Astrophysics
• Galaxy Formation and Evolution
• Supermassive Black Holes and AGN
• Starburst Regions and Star-forming Galaxies
• Gravitational Physics and General Relativity
• Computational Astrophysics

Expertise

Hydrodynamics

Programming for building framework models in FLASH and Enzo.

Photoionization

Familiar with CLOUDY, 3D MOCASSIN, and XSTAR.

Data Reduction

Extensive experience with IRAF/PyRAF, HEASoft, XMMSAS, DrizzlePac, and CIAO.


Parallel Computing

Programming with OpenMPI, MPICH, Intel MPI.

Data Science

Data analysis programming with SciPy, pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, and Keras.

GR Computing

Familiar with Einstein Toolkit, xAct, BH Perturbation Toolkit, SXS GW catalog.

Computing Skills

  • C/C++
  • Fortran
  • Pascal
  • Python
  • IDL/GDL
  • AstroPy
  • Matlab/Octave
  • Mathematica
  • S-Lang

Professional History

Eureka Scientific, Oakland, CA

Research Scientist

2022-present

Conducted research on supermassive black hole spins in Seyfert 1 galaxies through X-ray reflection modeling and MCMC-based spectral analysis.

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI

Research Fellow

2019-2021

Conducted research on superwinds and superbubbles emerging from super star clusters commonly observed in starburst galaxies, studied mechanical and radiative feedback using hydrodynamic simulations and photoionization calculations.

Harvard/Smithsonian CfA, Cambridge, MA

Postdoctoral Fellow

2015-2018

Conducted spectral data analysis of X-ray observations of quasi-stellar objects and AGN, and photoionization modeling of X-ray absorbing outflows, Investigated hard X-ray emitting symbiotic stars through a Bayesian MCMC-based method.

Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia

Research Assistant

2010-2014

Conducted plasma diagnostics and abundance analysis of emission lines from planetary nebulae around Wolf–Rayet stars, in addition to self-consistent 3-D photoionization modeling and morpho-kinematic modeling.

Education

Macquarie University, Australia

Ph.D. in Physics and Astronomy

2014

Dissertation on integral field unit spectroscopic observations of ionized nebulae surrounding Wolf-Rayet stars, along with plasma diagnostics and chemical analysis, 3D photoionization, and morpho-kinematic modeling.

Supported by an international Macquarie Research Excellence Scholarship (iMQRES).

Queen's University Belfast, UK

M.Sc. in Plasma Physics

2009

Thesis on theoretical fluid modeling and numerical analysis of electrostatic waves in space plasmas containing suprathermal particles.

Supported by a Postgraduate Scholarship from the Department for Employment and Learning (DEL) in Northern Ireland.

Postgraduate lectures on Theory of Plasma Physics, Laboratory of Plasma Physics, Plasma Astrophysics, Physics of Laser Plasmas, and Low-Temperature Plasma Technology.

University of Rostock, Germany

M.Sc. in Computational Electrical Engineering

2007

Thesis on the development of a microcontroller-based measurement system using an embedded Ethernet device equipped with an AVR-family microcontroller and an Ethernet controller for clinical applications.

Advanced lectures on Computational Electromagnetism, Applied Mathematics, Computational and Numerical Methods, High Performance Computing, Object-Oriented Programming, Application-Specific Integrated Circuits, Microcontroller Programming, Control System Design, Real-Time Distributed Systems, and Advanced Very Large-Scale Integration (VLSI) Technology.

Teaching Experience

Harvard University, Derek Bok Center

Higher Education Teaching Certificate, 2021


MIT, Physics

Teaching Assistant, Holographic Duality taught by Prof. Hong Liu, 2018


Macquarie University, Physics and Astronomy

Teaching Assistant, Undergraduate Courses, 2010-2012

Academic Service

Session Chair and Chambliss Award Judge, 240th AAS Meeting, 2022

Session Chair and Chambliss Award Judge, 237th AAS Meeting, 2021

Distributed Peer Reviewer for ESO Telescopes, 2022, 2023

Review Panelist for NOIRLab Time Allocation Committee, 2022

Review Panelist for NSF AAG, 2021

Reviewer for NASA NPP, 2019, 2020

Review Panelist for NASA ADAP, 2017, 2019

Referee for ApJ, AJ, Ap&SS, Phys.Plasmas, MPLA, Universe, and others

Guest Editor for 2 Special Issues in Universe & Frontiers in Physics

Verified reviews & editorial records in publons.com/a/843927


Computing Packages

Dissertation & Thesis

3. Evolution of Planetary Nebulae with WR-type Central Stars
A. Danehkar, 2014, Ph.D. Dissertation, Macquarie University, Australia.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses – Publication Number: AAT 3739337; ISBN: 9781339299334, 587 p.
doi:10.5281/zenodo.47794


2. Propagation of Electron-Acoustic Waves with Suprathermal Electrons
A. Danehkar, 2009, M.Sc. Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, UK.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses – Publication Number: AAT 1604991; ISBN: 9781339299358, 83 p.
doi:10.5281/zenodo.47796


1. Development of a Microcontroller-based Measurement System for the Neuromuscular Blockade during Anesthesia
A. Danehkar, 2007, M.Sc. Thesis, Universität Rostock, Germany.
ProQuest Dissertations & Theses – Publication Number: AAT 30314232; ISBN: 9798379412838, 131 p.
doi:10.5281/zenodo.7815451

Presentations

Selected Publications

AGN Astrophysics

The Ultra-fast Outflow of the Quasar PG 1211+143 as Viewed by Time-averaged Chandra Grating Spectroscopy
A. Danehkar, M. A. Nowak, J. C. Lee, G. A. Kriss, A. J. Young, et al., 2018,
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 853, Issue 2, article id. 165, 16 pp. (2018).


Discovery of an Ultraviolet Counterpart to an Ultrafast X-Ray Outflow in the Quasar PG 1211+143
G. A. Kriss, J. C. Lee, A. Danehkar, M. A. Nowak, T. Fang, et al., 2018,
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 853, Issue 2, article id. 166, 7 pp. (2018).


MPI_XSTAR: MPI-based Parallelization of the XSTAR Photoionization Program
A. Danehkar, M. A. Nowak, J. C. Lee, R. K. Smith, 2018,
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Volume 130, Issue 984, pp. 024501 (2018).


Relativistic Components of the Ultra-fast Outflow in the Quasar PDS 456 from Chandra/HETGS, NuSTAR, and XMM-Newton Observations
R. Boissay-Malaquin, A. Danehkar, H. L. Marshall, M. A. Nowak, 2019,
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 873, Issue 1, article id. 29, 23 pp. (2019).


A Search for H I Lyα Counterparts to Ultrafast X-Ray Outflows
G. A. Kriss, J. C. Lee, A. Danehkar, 2018,
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 859, Issue 2, article id. 94, 17 pp. (2018).

Starburst Feedback

Nebular C IV λ1550 Imaging of the Metal-poor Starburst Mrk 71: Direct Evidence of Catastrophic Cooling
M. S. Oey, A. N. Sawant, A. Danehkar, S. Silich, L. J. Smith, et al., 2023,
The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 958, Issue 1, id.L10, 10 pp.


Catastrophic Cooling in Superwinds. III. Nonequilibrium Photoionization
A. Danehkar, M. S. Oey, W. J. Gray, 2022,
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 937, Issue 2, id.68, 12 pp.


Catastrophic Cooling in Superwinds. II. Exploring the Parameter Space
A. Danehkar, M. S. Oey, W. J. Gray, 2021,
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 921, Issue 1, id.91, 24 pp.

Nebular Astrophysics

Physical Conditions and Chemical Abundances of the Variable Planetary Nebula IC 4997
A. Danehkar, M. Parthasarathy, 2022,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 514, Issue 1, pp.1217-1230.


Morpho-kinematic properties of Wolf-Rayet planetary nebulae
A. Danehkar, 2022,
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 260, Issue 1, id.58, 14 pp.


3D spatio-kinematic modeling of Abell 48, a planetary nebula around a Wolf-Rayet [WN] star
A. Danehkar, 2022,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 511, Issue 1, pp.1022-1028


Physical and Chemical Properties of Wolf-Rayet Planetary Nebulae
A. Danehkar, 2021,
The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, Volume 257, Issue 2, id.58, 23 pp.


Mapping Excitation in the Inner Regions of the Planetary Nebula NGC 5189 Using HST WFC3 Imaging
A. Danehkar, M. Karovska, W. Peter Maksym, R. Montez, 2018,
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 852, Issue 2, article id. 87, 8 pp. (2018).


Bi-Abundance Ionisation Structure of the Wolf-Rayet Planetary Nebula PB 8
A. Danehkar, 2018,
Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, Volume 35, id.e005 18 pp.


Fast, Low-ionization Emission Regions of the Planetary Nebula M2-42
A. Danehkar, Q. A. Parker, W. Steffen, 2016,
The Astronomical Journal, Volume 151, Issue 2, article id. 38, 6 pp. (2016).


Discovery of Collimated Bipolar Outflows in the Planetary Nebula TH 2-A
A. Danehkar, 2015,
The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 815, Issue 1, article id. 35, 6 pp. (2015).


Spatially resolved kinematic observations of the planetary nebulae Hen 3-1333 and Hen 2-113.
A. Danehkar, Q. A. Parker, 2015,
Mon. Not. R. Astron. Soc., Vol. 449, p. L56-L59 (2015)


Observations and three-dimensional photoionization modelling of the Wolf-Rayet planetary nebula Abell 48
A. Danehkar, H. Todt, B. Ercolano, A. Y. Kniazev, 2014,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 439, Issue 4, p.3605-3615


Observations and three-dimensional ionization structure of the planetary nebula SuWt 2
A. Danehkar, Q. A. Parker, B. Ercolano, 2013,
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 434, Issue 2, p.1513-1530

Plasma Physics

Electron beam-plasma interaction and electron-acoustic solitary waves in a plasma with suprathermal electrons
A. Danehkar, 2018,
Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, Volume 60, Issue 6, article id. 065010 (2018).


Electrostatic solitary waves in an electron-positron pair plasma with suprathermal electrons
A. Danehkar, 2017,
Physics of Plasmas, Volume 24, Issue 10, id.102905


Electron-acoustic solitary waves in the presence of a suprathermal electron component
A. Danehkar, N. S. Saini, M. A. Hellberg, I. Kourakis, 2011,
Physics of Plasmas, Volume 18, Issue 7, pp. 072902-072902-10 (2011).

Gravitational Physics

Covariant Evolution of Gravitoelectromagnetism
A. Danehkar, 2022,
Universe, Volume 8, Issue 6, id.318.


Gravitational fields of the magnetic-type
A. Danehkar, 2020,
International Journal of Modern Physics D, Volume 29, Issue 14, id. 2043001


Electric-magnetic duality in gravity and higher-spin fields
A. Danehkar, 2019,
Frontiers in Physics, Volume 6, id.146 (2018)


On the Significance of the Weyl Curvature in a Relativistic Cosmological Model
A. Danehkar, 2009,
Modern Physics Letters A, Volume 24, Issue 38, pp. 3113-3127 (2009).


Consistent interactions of dual linearized gravity in D=5: couplings with a topological BF model
C. Bizdadea, E. M. Cioroianu, A. Danehkar, M. Iordache, S. O. Saliu, et al., 2009,
The European Physical Journal C, Volume 63, Issue 3, pp.491-519

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