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Shahin Jafarzadeh |
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PERSONAL DETAILS
 Name:
Shahin Jafarzadeh
Date
of Birth: 11th April 1977
Nationality:
Iranian
Current Residence:
Goettingen, Germany
Previous Countries of Residence:
Norway, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Iran
Marital
Status: In a relationship
Family: One Lovely Sister, Shadi, who is a PhD Student at KTH in Stockholm; and my Parents who live in Tehran, Iran.
EDUCATION
M.
Sc. in Astrophysics, Lund Observatory, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, April
2009
(M. Sc. Thesis in PDF format)
B.
Sc. in Physics, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, 2001
(Main part of
B. Sc. Thesis in PDF format)
RESEARCH INTERESTS
Observational Astrophysics and Astrometry
Solar Astrophysics, Star Formation, ISMs and Galaxies
Gaia Mission
PUBLICATIONS AND PREPRINTS
Abundance
Analysis of Four Metal-Poor Red Horizontal Branch Stars:
Jafarzadeh, S.; Lagerholm, C.; Mikolaitis, S., 2008, Nordic-Baltic Observational Stellar Astrophysics School Book
Photoelectric Observations, Light Curves Analysis and Period Study of the Eclipsing Variable DO Cas:
Jafarzadeh, S., 2006, eprint arXiv:astro-ph/0610647
Times of
Minima of Eclipsing Binary Systems DO Cas, V1143 Cyg, GO Cyg, and VW Cep:
Dariush, A.; Zabihinpoor, S. M.; Bagheri, M. R.; Jafarzadeh, S. ; Mosleh, M.;
Riazi, N., 2003, Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, 5456, 1
CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS AND ABSTRACTS
Period
Study of the Eclipsing Variable DO Cas, Workshop on The Light-Time Effect in
Astrophysics, Causes and Cures of the O-C Diagram, Poster Presentation,
University of Brussels, Brussels, 2004
Observations
and Analysis of the Eclipsing Variable DO Cas , Jafarzadeh, Sh., Extragalactic
Binaries, 25th meeting of the IAU, Joint Discussion 13,
Poster Presentation,
Sydney, Australia, 2003
New
Photoelectric Observation and Light Curves Analysis of the Eclipsing Variable DO
Cas, Annual Research Meeting on Astronomy of Iran, Ferdowsi University, Oral
Presentation, Mashhad, Iran, 2003
OBSERVING EXPERIENCE
Spectrometric
observation, red horizontal branch stars
Observatory: Nordic Optical
Telescope (NOT), La Palma, Canaries, Spain
Instruments: 2.6 meter reflective
telescope + FIber-fed Echelle spectrograph (FIES)
Duration: One
night
Photometric
observation, transit of the exoplanet WASP 3b around the star TYC 2636-195-1
Observatory: Molėtai Observatory, Molėtai, Lithuania
Instruments:
165 cm reflective
telescope + three-channel photometer + V and I Johnson filters
Duration: One
night
Solar
CCD observation (imaging)
Observatory: Swedish Solar Telescope (SST), La Palma, Canaries, Spain
Instruments:
1 meter solar telescope + several different filters (e.g. Ca K, Ca H, Fe, He ,
etc.)
Duration: 75
days
CCD
observation (imaging), Search for asteroids
Observatory: Molėtai Observatory, Molėtai, Lithuania
Instruments: 51 cm Maksutov
telescope + Vers Array CCD camera (1340 x 1300 pixels, 1 pixel = of 20 x 20 μm)
Duration:
One night
Photometric observation of eclipsing variable stars
Observatory: Biruni Observatory, Shiraz, Iran
Instruments: 51 cm reflective
telescope + photomultiplier photometer + UBV Johnson filters
Duration: 120 nights
Amateur
observations of various objects using different types of telescopes and
measuring instruments for several years.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS
Observations and data
reduction at SST, The Final Gathering of the USO-SP network, Tammsvik,
Sweden,
January 2010
Chromospheric observations with CRISP at the Swedish 1-meter Solar Telescope, The 3rd Hinode Science Meeting, Tokyo,
Japan,
December 2009
Detection of Faint Stars near Gaia Objects, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo,
Norway,
October 2009
Evolutionary Study of Red Horizontal Branch Stars, Moletai Observatory, Lithuania,
August 2008
An Introduction to Amateur Astronomy Projects, Uromieh Annual Conference on Astronomy, Uromieh, Iran, July 2007
Solar Surface Imaging: Sunspot Penumbra Structure, Lund Observatory, Lund, Sweden, June 2007
Large Scale Structure of the Universe, Lund Observatory, Lund, Sweden, May 2007
Apsidal Motion Studies in Eccentric Eclipsing Binaries, NODET Research Group, Tehran, Iran, 2006
New
Photoelectric Observation and Light Curves Analysis of the Eclipsing Variable DO
Cas, Annual Research Meeting on Astronomy of Iran, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad,
Iran, 2003
Introduction
to Astrophysics, National Student Workshop on Astronomy, National Organization
for Development of Exceptional Talents, Tehran, Iran, 2004
Variable
Stars Observation Techniques and Virtual Observatory, National Amateur Astronomy
Workshop on Variable Stars, Tehran, Iran, 2004
Practical
Projects on Transit of Venus, Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran, 2004
Popular
Astronomy and Student Projects, Astronomy Gathering of Yazd Province, Yazd,
Iran, 2004
Observation
and Photometry of Variable Stars with Naked Eye, Tehran University, Tehran,
Iran, 2003
Transit
of Mercury, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran, 2003
Internet
Sources of International Projects on Astronomy, Workshop on Astrophysics and
Cosmology Sources, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, 2002
Calculation
of the Thickness and Opacity of Moon Atmosphere From Occultation of Moon and
Jupiter Photometry, Tehran University, Tehran, Iran, 2002
Conversion
on Celestial Mechanic Coordinates and its Applications on Amateur Astronomy
Observations, Annual Amateur Astronomy Conference of Iran, Tehran, Iran, 2002
WORKSHOPS/SCHOOLS ATTENDED
The First EAST-ATST Science Workshop in Solar Physics, Freiburg, Germany,
October 2009
Extreme Astrophysics for All, a workshop on both high-energy astrophysics as well as gravitational-wave astronomy, Lund Observatory, Lund, Sweden,
February 2009
I-Science Workshop on Data Mining, Distributed Computing and Visualization for Astronomy, Lorentz Center, Leiden, The Netherlands,
October 2008
Nordic-Baltic Research School 2008 on Observational Stellar Astrophysics, Moletai Observatory, Moletai, Lithuania,
August 2008
Gaia For All, Lund Observatory, Lund, Sweden,
February 2008
The 2007 USO (Utrecht-Stockholm-Oslo) La Palma School, European Northern Observatory, La Palma, Canary Islands, Spain, 2007
Advanced
Research Workshop on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad,
Iran, 2003
International
Workshop on Analysis Method for EROS Data’s, Sharif University of Technology,
Tehran, Iran, 2003
Workshop
on Astrophysics and Cosmology Sources, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, 2002
Advanced
Workshop on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Tabriz University, Tabriz, Iran, 2001
Workshop
on Site Selection of National Observatory of Iran and Observatory Instruments,
Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences, Zanjan, Iran, 2001
Workshop
on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin,
Iran, 1999
National
Amateur Astronomy Workshop of Iran, Tehran, Iran, 2002 and 2004
CONFERENCES ATTENDED
The Final Gathering of the USO-SP network, Tammsvik, Sweden, January 2010
The Third Hinode Science Meeting, Tokyo,
Japan, December 2009
Astronomdagarna, AlbaNova University Center, Stockholm,
Sweden, September 2009
Symposium on Extremely Large Telescopes
, Lund Observatory, Lund,
Sweden, November 2007
Astronomy
Symposium, Crafoord Jubilee, Lund University, Lund,
Sweden, April 2007
Annual
Research Meeting on Astronomy of Iran, Ferdowsi University, Mashhad, Iran,
2003 and 2004
Annual
Research Meeting on Astronomy of Iran, Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic
Sciences, Zanjan, Iran, 2001 and 2002
Annual
Amateur Astronomy Conference of Iran, Mashhad, Iran, 2003
Annual
Physics Conferences of Iran, 1998 till 2003
Annual
Physics Student Conferences of Iran, 1997 till 2003
Annual
Amateur Astronomy Conference of Iran, Tehran, Iran, 2002 and 2001
International
Meeting on Astronomy and Astrophysics,
Research Institute for Applied Physics
and Astronomy, Tabriz, Iran, 2000
Annual
Meeting of the members of Solar Energy Society of Iran, 1999 and 2000
COMPUTER SKILLS
Working experience of
Mac, Linux and Windows operating systems
Experience of several computational codes and software including IDL,
MATLAB, Maple, LaTeX, Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Table Curve, HTML and Java
MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS AND
EXPERIENCE
USO-SP Marie Curie research trainee fellow at the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Norway, June - December 2009
Academic Committee Member of the 3rd International Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Tehran, Iran, October 2009
Participating in the official activities of the International Year of Astronomy 2009 by (1) blogging at the 100 Hours of Astronomy's website (February - April 2009), (2) blogging at the Cosmic Diary website for the Galilean Nights project (September - October 2009), and organizing (together with some colleagues) different public outreach activities for the "100 Hours of Astronomy" event in Lund, Sweden (April 2009).
Student support astronomer, Student Internship at SST (Swedish Solar Telescope) at ENO (European Northern Observatory), La Palma island, Canaries, Spain, Funded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, August till November 2007
Marker (Academic Committee) of the 38th International Physics Olympiad, Isfahan, Iran, July 2007
Teaching Astrophysics at the camp of Iranian National Astronomy Olympiad Team, Tehran, Iran, July 2007
A Member of Founders and the Board of the
International
Olympiad on Astronomy and Astrophysics, Participated in the first meeting on
February 2006, Bangkok, Thailand
Jury member of the
International Astronomy Olympiad 2005,
Beijing, China, October 2005
A
member of scientific committee for
National Astronomy Olympiad of Iran, 2003
till 2006
Team
leader and Teacher of the National Astronomy Olympiad Team of Iran, Participated
in the 10th International Astronomy Olympiad in China, October (2005)
(Iran’s Team Won One First Prize, Two Second Prizes and Three Third Prizes in
this Competition)
Assistant
researcher at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic Sciences (IASBS), Zanjan, Iran, Summer 2005
Former
Student of the International People’s College (IPC), Elsinore, Denmark. Spring
Term 2005. (and now, Country contact of IPC)
Team
leader and Teacher of the National Astronomy Olympiad Team of Iran, Participated
in the 9th International Astronomy Olympiad in Crimea (Ukraine),
2004
(Iran’s
Team Won One First Prize, Two Second Prizes and Two Third Prizes in this
Competition)
Head
organizer of
International Astronomy Day,
NODET, Tehran, 2002 till 2006
President
and Teacher of the National Astronomy Olympiad Team of Iran, Participated in the
8th International Astronomy Olympiad in Stockholm (Sweden),
2003
(Iran’s
Team Won Three Third Prizes in this Competition)
Head
of Astronomy Department, National Organization for Development of Exceptional
Talents, Tehran, Iran, 2002 till 2006
President
of the Scientific Committee of the National Student Workshops on Astronomy,
National Organization for Development of Exceptional Talents, Tehran, Iran,
2004 and 2005
Scientific
Committee Member of Annual Physics Student Conference of Iran, 2001, 2002 and
2004
Scientific
Committee Member and Referee of the National Messier Marathon of Iran, 2003
and 2004
Scientific
and Organizing Committee Member of National Amateur Astronomy Workshop of Iran,
Tehran, Iran, 2002 and 2004
A
Member of Founders and the Board of
Amateur Branch of Astronomical Society of Iran, 2001 till 2004
Astronomy
Teacher at Farzanegan and Allameh Helli High Schools, Tehran, Iran, 2001 till
2005
Astronomy
Teacher at Zaferanieh Educational Observatory, Tehran, Iran, 2000 till 2006
Manager
of Scientific Programming and Astronomy Teacher at Institute for Development of
Scientific Studies, Tehran, Iran, 2003 and 2004
Astronomy
Teacher at Physics Student Union of Amirkabir University of Technology , Tehran,
Iran, 2003 and 2004
Scientific
Committee Member of Annual Amateur Astronomy Conference of Iran, 2001, 2002, 2003
and 2006
Astronomy
Teacher at Educational Programs of the
Society of Young Physicists of Iran,
2002 and 2003
A
Member of Rouzbeh Prize Committee, 2000, 2001 and 2002
(Rouzbeh Prize is the
Physical Society of Iran Prize for the Best Student
Project in each Year)
A
Member of the Board of Student Branch of Physical Society of Iran, 1999 till
2001
Astronomy
Teacher at Tehran Sciences and Astronomical Center, Tehran, Iran, 2001
Astronomy
Teacher at Scientific Research House for Young Students, Tehran, Iran, 2001
Organizer
of Astronomy Seminars and Observations on
Annual Physics Conferences of Iran,
1999 till 2001
Research
Committee Manager of Academic Center for Education, Culture and Research at
Sciences College of Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran,
2000 and 2001
Research
Cooperator and Popular Astronomy Programs Organizer of
Biruni Observatory,
Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran, 1998 till 2001
Head
of Astronomy Student Group of Biruni Observatory, Shiraz University, Shiraz,
Iran, 1999 till 2001
SELECTED HIGH SCHOOL-STUDENTS PROJECTS ADVISED
All SDSS
(Sloan Digital Sky Survey) DR5 Advanced Projects,
2006
All
CLEA
(Contemporary Laboratory Experiences in Astronomy) Projects, 2002 till 2005
Spectrum
Analysis of 9 Stars in Auriga Constellation, 2004,
Report (In
Persian)
Photometry
and Light Curves Analysis of the Eclipsing Variable SW Lac, 2004
Several
Optical Telescope Making in ranges of 4 to 6 inches, 2000 till 2004
Visual
Observations and Activity Analysis of the Geminids Meteor Shower, 2001 till
2003,
Report (In English)
(Won 4 Prizes in Two Famous Scientific Conferences of Iran
and Participated in International Student Competition for the First Step to
Nobel Prize in Physics, Poland, 2003)
The
NASA SATRSHINE
project, 2002, Report (In English) (Was selected as one
the best results!)
Characterization
of Activity from Visual Observations of the Perseids Meteor Shower, 2001 and
2003,
Report (In English)
Observation
and Photometry of 24 Stars in Open Cluster M45 to Calculation of its Distance,
2003,
Report (In
Persian)
Mercury
Rotational Period Calculation from Radio wave Data’s, 2003,
Report (In
Persian)
Study of Sun
Spots influence on Aerologic Parameters, 2002
INTERESTS
Sports: Mountain
Climbing, Swimming, Biking and Gym
Hobbies:
Dancing, Web Designing, Traveling, Cinema and Theater
Sciences: Astronomy and
Astrophysics
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