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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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, Legacy Survey of Space and Time (LSST), Rubin Observatory 03/2022 - Present 

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

• 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 - Present 

• 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