Moein Mosleh

My name is Moein Mosleh and I am an assistant professor in the Department of Physics and the Director of Biruni Observatory of Shiraz University.
My research is centered on the question of how galaxy properties evolve with time. In particular, it focuses on assessing how structural properties such as sizes and surface brightness/mass profiles of galaxies and physical properties such as stellar masses and star-formation rates change with time. With the aid of new near-IR instruments, the detection and characterization of galaxies at the peak of star-formation activity (z ~ 2) or even higher out to z ~ 8 has become possible. Therefore studying galaxy properties at different epochs could place important constraints on the underlying processes on galaxy assembly (e.g, accretion of gas onto galaxies or minor/major mergers), feedback effects or reionization.

  • Telephone:
    • Department of Physics: +98 -(0)71 – 36137079
    Biruni Observatory: +98 -(0)71 – 36134327
  • Email: moein.mosleh@shirazu.ac.ir
  • Postal Address:
    • Biruni Observatory, Shiraz Univeristy, 71454, Shiraz, Iran


Education

  • PhD in Astrophysics, Leiden University, Netherlands (2009 – 2013)

    • Thesis: The Stellar Mass-Size Evolution of Galaxies from z = 7 to z = 0
    Supervisor: Prof. Marijn Franx, Co-supervisor: Dr. Rik Williams
    Funded by the Marie Curie Initial Training Network (ELIXIR) of the European Commission

  • Msc. in Astrophysics, University of Sussex, UK (2006 – 2007)

    • Thesis: Extraction of Luminous Red Galaxies From the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Simulation
    Supervisor: Dr. Kathy Romer

  • Bsc. in Physics, Shiraz University, Iran (1998-2002)

Research Area

List of Publications:

  • Stellar Mass Profiles of Quiescent Galaxies in Different Environments at z ∼ 0
    Mosleh, Moein ; Tavasoli, Saeed; Tacchella, Sandro, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 861, 101 (2018).

  • Connection between Stellar Mass Distributions within Galaxies and Quenching Since z = 2
    Mosleh, Moein ; Tacchella, Sandro; Renzini, Alvio; Carollo, C. Marcella; Molaeinezhad, Alireza; Onodera, Masato; Khosroshahi, Habib G.; Lilly, Simon, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 837, Issue 1, article id. 2, 24 pp. (2017).

  • On the Robustness of z = 0-1 Galaxy Size Measurements through Model and Non-parametric Fits
    Mosleh, Moein ; Williams, Rik J.; Franx, Marijn, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 777, Issue 2, article id. 117, 16 pp. (2013).

  • The Evolution of Mass-Size Relation for Lyman Break Galaxies from z = 1 to z = 7
    Mosleh, Moein ; Williams, Rik J.; Franx, Marijn; Gonzalez, Valentino; Bouwens, Rychard J.; Oesch, Pascal; Labbe, Ivo; Illingworth, Garth D.; Trenti, Michele, The Astrophysical Journal Letters, Volume 756, Issue 1, article id. L12, 6 pp. (2012).

  • The Evolution of the Mass-Size Relation to z = 3.5 for UV-bright Galaxies and Submillimeter Galaxies in the GOODS-North Field
    Mosleh, Moein ; Williams, Rik J.; Franx, Marijn; Kriek, Mariska, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 727, Issue 1, article id. 5, 10 pp. (2011).

  • Galaxy Zoo: passive red spirals
    Masters, Karen L.; Mosleh, Moein; Romer, A. Kathy; Nichol, Robert C.; Bamford, Steven P.; Schawinski, Kevin; Lintott, Chris J.; Andreescu, Dan; Campbell, Heather C.; Crowcroft, Ben; Doyle, Isabelle; Edmondson, Edward M.; Murray, Phil; Raddick, M. Jordan; Slosar, Anže; Szalay, Alexander S.; Vandenberg, Jan, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 405, Issue 2, pp. 783-799. (2010).

  • Galaxy Zoo: dust in spiral galaxies
    Masters, Karen L.; Nichol, Robert; Bamford, Steven; Mosleh, Moein; Lintott, Chris J.; Andreescu, Dan; Edmondson, Edward M.; Keel, William C.; Murray, Phil; Raddick, M. Jordan; Schawinski, Kevin; Slosar, Anže; Szalay, Alexander S.; Thomas, Daniel; Vandenberg, Jan, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 404, Issue 2, pp. 792-810. (2010).

  • Apsidal Motion Study of the Eclipsing Binary Star V459 Cas
    Dariush, Ali; Mosleh, Moein; Dariush, Dena Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 305, Issue 1, pp.85-90 (2006).

  • 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, Sh.; Mosleh, M.; Riazi, N. Information Bulletin on Variable Stars, No. 5456, #1. (2003).

    • Book

    • Digital Imaging & Astronomical Image Processing

      • Moein Mosleh, 2006, Avand Andisgeg Publications, Iran, ISBN: 964-8411-16-6

      I wrote this book on the techniques of CCD imaging, preliminary image processing and CCD photometry at a level of undergraduate students and advanced amateurs. This is published in 2006, in Persian (7 Chapters, 264 pages).