E H S A N K O U R K C H I
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Education
- Ph.D. Candidate, Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2020
- M.Sc. Astronomy, University of Hawaii, 2014
- Ph.D. Physics, Sharif University of Technology, 2011
- M.Sc. Physics, Sharif University of Technology, 2006
- B.Sc. Civil Engineering, University of Tehran, 2003
Research Projects
- Research Assistant, Recovering the Structure and Dynamics of the Local Universe, 2015-present
- Research Assistant, Infalling galaxies into the Virgo Cluster, 2014-present
- Research Assistant, A SCUBA-2 850-μm survey of protoplanetary discs in the IC 348 cluster, 2013
- Research Assistant, Deep Hα survey of the Coma cluster, 2012
- Physics Ph.D. thesis, Scaling relations in Dwarf Galaxies of the Coma cluster of galaxies, 2008-2011
- Research Assistant, The effects of inhomogeneities on the observable parameter of the Universe, 2006-2007
- Physics M.Sc. thesis, CMB Anisotropy and Polarization in Multiply Connected Universe, 2004-2005 [Thesis]
Refereed Publications (Click here ...)
Conferences/Wokshops
- 229th Meeting of the American Astronomical Society,Texas, January 3-7 2017
- Summer School in Statistics for Astronomers XI, State College, PA, June 1-5, 2015
- Transformational Science with ALMA: From Dust to Rocks to Planets Formation and Evolution of Planetary Systems, The Big Island of Hawaii, April 8-12, 2013
- Summer School in Cosmology, ICTP, Trieste, Italy, 21st July 2008 to 1st August
- IPM International School on Weak Gravitational lensing (ISWLP08), Tehran, Iran, July 2-8, 2008
- IPM International School on Gravitational Lensing Techniques (ISGLT08 I and II), Tehran, Iran, November 24-29, 2007 and January 9-11, 2008
- XXIIIrd IAP Colloquium, ``From Giant Arcs to CMB Lensing: 20 years of gravitational distortion" in Honor of Bernard Fort, Paris, France, July 2-6, 2007.
- IPM International Cosmology School and Workshop (ICSW07), Tehran, Iran, June 2-9, 2007
- IPM School on Cosmology, Qeshm Island, Iran, January 16-24, 2005
- High Performance Computing Workshop, IUCAA, Pune, India, October 5-9, 2004
- The International Virtual Observatory Alliance (IVOA), IUCAA, Pune, India, September 30 - October 1, 2004
Visits
- Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Paris, France, March 2012 [Talk Abstract]
- Isaac Newton Group of Telescopes (ING), 10 nights observation with INT 2.5-m, La Palma, Spain, March, 2012
- Astrophysics Research Institute (ARI), Liverpool John Moores University, Liverpool, UK, March-April, 2009, to work with Dr. David Carter on "Measuring the Velocity Dispersion of Dwarf Galaxies in the center of Coma Cluster"
- Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris (IAP), Paris, France, June-July, 2007
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India, July-December, 2005, to work on master thesis on "CMB Anisotropy and Polarization in Multiply Connected Universes" under the supervision of Dr. Tarun Souradeep
- Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India, July-October, 2004, to work with Dr. Tarun Souradeep on ``the Effects of Global Topology of the Universe on the Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB) Anisotropy''
Teaching
- Inquiry Lab Instructor, Institute for Scientist & Engineer Educators (ISEE) Professional Development Program, Designed and taught 11-hr inquiry lab on Sequential execution of tasks in algorithms, and justifying design choices, 2015
- Teaching Assistant, Survey of Astronomy (a basic introductory course to astronomical science for non-science students), 2012-2013
- Organizer of the 2nd Optical Data Reduction Workshop (ODRW2), and taught the concepts of data reduction, Tehran, Iran, February 7-9, 2012
- IPM School and Workshop on Optical Data Reduction (ODRW), tutor of the computational sessions, Tehran, Iran, October 11-20, 2008
- Teaching Assistant, Introductory Physics I/II (Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism), Sharif University of Technology, 2006-2010
- Teaching Assistant, Introductory Physics Lab (Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism), Sharif University of Technology, 2005-2010
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