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

Education
- PhD in Astrophysics, Leiden University, Netherlands (2009 – 2013)
- Msc. in Astrophysics, University of Sussex, UK (2006 – 2007)
- Bsc. in Physics, Shiraz University, Iran (1998-2002)
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
Thesis: Extraction of Luminous Red Galaxies From the Dark Energy Survey (DES) Simulation
Supervisor: Dr. Kathy Romer

List of Publications:
Mosleh, Moein ; Tavasoli, Saeed; Tacchella, Sandro, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 861, 101 (2018).
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).
Mosleh, Moein ; Williams, Rik J.; Franx, Marijn, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 777, Issue 2, article id. 117, 16 pp. (2013).
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).
Mosleh, Moein ; Williams, Rik J.; Franx, Marijn; Kriek, Mariska, The Astrophysical Journal, Volume 727, Issue 1, article id. 5, 10 pp. (2011).
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).
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).
Dariush, Ali; Mosleh, Moein; Dariush, Dena Astrophysics and Space Science, Volume 305, Issue 1, pp.85-90 (2006).
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).