CV

WCA Postdoctoral Fellow December 2023 - Present

Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics

Department of Physics and Astronomy

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Postdoctoral Researcher July 2023 - August 2023

Leiden Observatory, Leiden University

Leiden, The Netherlands

Ph.D. Researcher     October 2018 - June 2023

Leiden Observatory, Leiden University

Leiden, The Netherlands

Ph.D. in Astrophysics   2018 - 2023

Leiden Observatory, Leiden University

Advisors: Prof. Dr. Henk Hoekstra, Dr. Yannick M. Bahé
Thesis: Probing Cosmic Monsters: Confronting Hydrodynamic Simulations with New Observations of Dense Environments

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M.Sc. in Astrophysics        2016 - 2018

University of Innsbruck

Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree
University of Innsbruck (Austria), University of Padova (Italy), and University of Belgrade (Serbia)

Advisor: Dr. Francine Marleau
Thesis: The Nature of the Nucleated Dwarf Galaxies in the MATLAS Survey

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B.Sc. in Electrical and Electronic Engineering      2010 - 2015

Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology  

Advisor: Prof. Dr. Md. Zahurul Islam
Thesis: Design and Optimization of SPR Based Biosensors

• Thesis/Project Supervision:

  • Fardin Islam 03/2025 - Present
    Supervisor, 3-month Internship, continued to BSc Thesis project
    Internship with Bangladeshi Student Research initiative (BSRI)
    Thesis at Centre for Astronomy, Space Science, and Astrophysics (CASSA), IUB, Dhaka, Bangladesh

  • Khalid Hasan Nahid 07/2025 - 10/2025
    Supervisor, 3-month Internship
    Internship with ICTP-PWF: Bangladesh Internship Program

  • Alice Chen 01/2025 - Present
    Day-to-day supervisor, PhD project
    Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo

  • Calvin Alberts 09/2024 - 12/2024
    Day-to-day supervisor, 4th year bachelor project (PHY 437)
    Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo

  • Cas van Erp 02/2023 - 07/2023
    Co-supervisor, 1st year astronomy master's project
    Leiden Observatory, Leiden University

  • Stefan van der Jagt 09/2021 - 07/2022
    Day-to-day supervisor, 2nd year astronomy master's project
    Leiden Observatory, LeidenUniversity

• Teaching Assistant, Leiden Observatory, Leiden University

  • Galaxies and Cosmology, Astronomy bachelor course, two semesters, 2019 - 2021

  • Numerical Recipes for Astrophysics, Astronomy master course, one semester, 2018 - 2019

Invited talks/seminars/colloquia are listed in bold font.

1. 1. UNIONS Weak Lensing Meeting 10/2025
      Paris, France (Presented online)

   2. Cosmic Ecosystem Conference 07/2025
      Perimeter Institute, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

   3. Astronomy and Astrophysics session, Women+ in Physics Canada 07/2025
      Conference, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada

   4. Galaxy cluster session, AGM of the Canadian Astronomical Society 06/2025
      (CASCA 2025) Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

   5. Exploiting Intracluster Light for Cosmology and Galaxy Evolution 03/2025
      with Next Generation Facilities, Workshop
      ISSI, Bern, Switzerland

   6. CASSA astrophysics colloquium 11/2024
      Independent University, Dhaka, Bangladesh

   7. EAS, SS17: Light Beyond Galaxies: Chasing the Intra-Cluster Light 07/2024
      Conference, Padova, Italy

   8. Galaxy groups in the era of eRosita and Euclid 07/2024
      Conference, Sesto, Italy

   9. First Structures in the Universe Conference 06/2024
      Conference, Paris, France

   10. The physical processes shaping the stellar and gaseous histories of galaxies 05/2024
       Conference, Pisa, Italy

   11. Extreme galaxies in their extreme environments 04/2024
       Conference, Reykjavik, Iceland

   12. WCA astrophysics seminar 01/2024
       Waterloo, ON, Canada

   13. The Baryon Cycle of Protocluster Galaxies Workshop 10/2023
       Lorentz Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands

   14. First Structures in the Universe 09/2023
       Workshop, Paris, France

   15. EAS, SS10: The edge of galaxies from field to cluster environment: 07/2023
       The build-up of stellar halos
       Conference, Krakow, Poland

   16. OPINAS group seminar at MPE 12/2022
       Garching, Germany (Online)

   17. Numerical astrophysics group seminar 11/2022
       IAC, La Laguna, Spain (Online)

   18. University of Connecticut Astronomy Seminar 10/2022
       CT, USA (Online)

   19. LOFAR-SRON galaxy cluster group meeting 10/2022
       Leiden, The Netherlands

   20. NOVA Network1 meeting 09/2022
       Conference, Groningen, The Netherlands

   21. Virgo Consortium meeting 07/2022
       Conference, Garching, Germany

   22. RAS NAM, Low surface brightness Universe session 07/2021
       Conference, UK (Online)

   23. RAS NAM, Galaxy clusters in observation and simulation session 07/2021
       Conference, UK (Online)

   24. EAS, S12: The Renaissance of the Low Surface Brightness Universe 06/2021
       Conference, Leiden, The Netherlands (Online)

   25. NOVA Network1 meeting 01/2021
       The Netherlands (Online)

   26. ISSI baryon cycle group meeting (Online) 10/2020

   27. ARGI Physics journal club 10/2020
       Independent University, Bangladesh (Online)

   28. GEG journal club meeting 08/2020
       University of Missouri-Kansas City, MO, USA (Online)

   29. NOVA Fall School 10/2019
       ASTRON, Dwingeloo, The Netherlands

• BCG science case lead, team member 04/2025 - Present
  Gemini IRMOS Canadian GTO proposal

• Ordinary member, CASCA, Canada 04/2025 - Present

• Associate member, CASSA, IUB, Dhaka, Bangladesh 11/2024 - Present

• Member, UNIONS (CFIS) survey 01/2024 - Present 

• Full member, Euclid Consortium 12/2023 - Present 

• Student member, Euclid Consortium   07/2023 - 11/2023 

• Junior associate, LSST, Rubin Observatory 03/2022 - Present 

• Team member, Kilo Degree Survey (KiDS) 11/2020 - Present

• Local Organizing Committee member, GEESE-ON workshop, Waterloo, ON 10/2025

• Mentor, ICTP-PWF Bangladesh Internship Program 07/2025 - 10/2025

• Reviewer, Astronomy & Astrophysics journal 01/2025 - Present 

• Reviewer, MNRAS journal 11/2024 - Present 

• Mentor and co-organizer, Bangladeshi Student Research Initiative 11/2024 - Present 

• WCA Student Paper Award Committee 04/2024 - 09/2025

• WCA postdoc representative 03/2024 - 06/2025 

• Euclid Consortium ICOM team member           09/2023 - Present 

• Member of the Leiden Observatory Sustainability Committee     01/2021 - 08/2023 

• Member of the Leiden Observatory Equity Diversity and Inclusion Committee       12/2020 - 08/2023 

• Chair of the group meetings and journal clubs     09/2019 - 12/2020
  The gravitational lensing and cosmology research group, Leiden Observatory 

• Technical Support volunteer at EAS Annual Meeting for multiple sessions (Online) 06/2020