Curriculum Vitae


Personal Information


First Name:  Saeed
Last Name:  Tavasoli
Position:  Assistant Professor
Department:  Faculty of Physics, Kharazmi University, Hesarak, Karaj, Iran
Phone:   +98-21-88309294
Fax:  +98-21-88309294
Email:   tavasoli@ipm.ir
 
Education


Ph.D.  2011: Observational Cosmology, Department of Physics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

• Thesis: A statistical study of fossil and poor groups in observation and simulation data.
• Supervisor: Dr. Habib Khosroshahi.


 
M.Sc. 2005: Observational Cosmology, Department of Physics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran.

• Thesis: Observing surface brightness of elliptical galaxies with genetic algorithm.
• Supervisor: Dr. Habib Khosroshahi.

B.Sc. 2003: Physic, Department of Physics, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran.
 
Honors
 

• Received an honorable mention for an essay in the Gravity Research Foundation (GRF) award - 2014. ”Unraveling the nature of Gravity with our clumpy Universe”, Shant Baghram, Saeed Tavasoli, Farhang Habibi, Roya Mohayaee and Joseph Silk.
• First rank as Ph.D. student of Astronomy, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, 2011.
• Research fellowship award from Institute of Astrophysics de Paris (IAP) for one month research in IAP. (2012, 2013, 2014)

 
Professional Activities

• Observational experience with 2.5-metre INT telescope, La Palma, Spain, 2012: Spectroscopic observation of stars.

• Observational experience with 2.0-metre Faulkes Telescope North, Hawaii, Jul.2008: Photometric observation of FG Sge as part of the International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA), Istanbul, Turkey
• Visiting researcher, IAP, Paris, France (2012, 2013, 2014), granted from Center of Cosmological studies (CCS).

• Visiting researcher, Isaac Newton Group of Telescope, La Palma, Spain (2012)
• Visiting researcher, IUCAA, Pune, India (Dec. 2006)
• Referee of the Astrophysical Journal  (ApJ)

 
 
Membership

• Professional member, Astronomical Society of Iran, (2013- present).
• International Astronomical ::::union::::, (2016- present).

 
Teaching Experiences
 
B.Sc. courses
General Physics I II, Classical Mechanics I II, Mathematical Physics I II, Introduction to Astrophysics
M.Sc. courses
Observational Cosmology.
 
Research Interests

• Large Scale Structure: Studying on Voids
• Large Scale Structure: Studying on Group and Cluster
• Galaxy Formation and Evolution
• Statistical study on Observation and simulation data

 
 
 
Talks (selected conferences and schools)
 

1. Evolution of Spiral galaxy, 38th International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA), ،Tehran, Aug. 2016, Iran

 

2. Are all voids the same?, Galaxies Inside and Out workshop, Jan. 2015, Tehran, Iran

 

3. The Challenge of large and empty voids in SDSS DR7 redshift survey ,     21^st IPM Physics Spring Conference, Tehran, IPM, May 2014, Iran 


 

4. Observing surface brightness of elliptical galaxies with genetic algorithm ,8th International School for Young Astronomers, Istanbul, Jul.2008, Turkey

Papers
13- "Role of environment on nuclear activity"
Amiri, Amirnezam; Tavasoli, S.; De Zotti, Gianfranco, 2019, accepted to ApJ,
 
12- "The Number of Dwarf Satellites of Disk Galaxies versus their Bulge Mass in the Standard Model of Cosmology"
Javanmardi, B.; Raouf, M.; Khosroshahi, H. G.; Tavasoli, S.; Müller, O.; Molaeinezhad, A., 2019, ApJ, 870, 50J
 
11- "Comparing IMF-sensitive indices of intermediate-mass quiescent galaxies in various environments"
Eftekhari, E., Mosleh, M.,  Vazdekis, A., Tavasoli, S. , 2019, Submitted to MNRAS
 
10- "Stellar Mass Profiles of Quiescent Galaxies in Different Environments at z~0"
Mosleh, M.,  Tavasoli, S.,  Tacchella, S., 2018, ApJ, 861, 101M
 
9- "Peculiar velocity measurement in a clumpy universe"
Habibi, F., Baghram, Sh., Tavasoli, S., 2018, IJMPD, 2750019H
 
8- "The Galaxy Population in Voids: Are all voids the same?"
Tavasoli S., Rahmani H., Khosroshahi G. H., Vasei K., Lehnert M., 2015, ApJL, 803L, 13T
 
7- "Probing the local bubble with diffuse interstellar Bands. The DIB properties in the Northern hemisphere"
Farhang A., Khosroshahi G. H., Javadi A., Jacco V. L., Mandy B., Molaeinezhad A., Tavasoli S., Habibi F., Kourkchi E., Rezaei S., Saberi M., Hardy L., 2015, ApJ, 800, 64F
 
6- " Unraveling the nature of Gravity through our clumpy Universe "
           Baghram Sh., Tavasoli S., Habibi F., Mohayaee R., Silk J., 2014, JMPD, 2342025B
5- "Effect on SNe Ia luminosity by the intervening voids and galaxies "
             Tavasoli S., Habibi F., Baghram Sh., Mohayaee R., Silk J., submitted to MNRAS
4- "Ultimate age-dating method for galaxy groups;clues from the Millennium Simulations"
Raouf M., Khosroshahi, Habib G., Ponman, T. J.; Dariush, Ali A.; Molaeinezhad, Alireza; Tavasoli, S., 2014, MNRAS, 442, 1578R
 
3- "The Challenge of large and empty voids in SDSS DR7 redshift survey",
Tavasoli S.,  Vasei K., Mohayaee R., 2013, A&A, 553A, 15T
 
2- "A Statistical Study of the Luminosity Gap in Galaxy Groups", 
 Tavasoli S.,  Khosroshahi  H.,  Koohpaee A.,  Rahmani H.,  Ghanbari J. ,2011, PASP, 123, 1
 
1- " The Spatial Distribution Function of Galaxies at high redshift ", 
 Rahmani H.,  Saslaw W., Tavasoli S. ,2009, ApJ, 695, 1121
 
 
 
 
 
Conferences and Scientific Events

• Baryons in Galaxies and Beyond, Tehran, Feb. 2019, Iran
• 38th International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA), ،Tehran, Aug. 2016, Iran
• An ESO/IAU Summer School on Modern Instruments, Brno, Sept. 2015, Czech
• Summer School, New Era of the Cosmic Distance Scale, Tokyo, July. 2015, Japan
• First ICTP Advanced School on Cosmology, Trieste, May. 2015, Italy
• Galaxies Inside and Out, Tehran, Jan. 2015, Iran
• Evolving Galaxies in Evolving Environments, Bologna, Sept. 2014, Italy
• Cosmic Voids in the Next Generation of Galaxy Surveys, Ohio, Aug. 2014, USA
• 21^st IPM Physics Spring Conference, Tehran, IPM, May 2014, Iran
• N body gravitational dynamical system From N=2 to infinity, Paris, Dec. 2013, France
• GALFORMOD meeting, Garching, Dec. 2012, Germany
• 8th International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA), Istanbul, Jul. 2008, Turkey
• Cosmology with CMB and Large Scale Structure, Pune, Feb. 2008, India
• Photometry and Spectrometry in Indo-French School , Pune, March. 2007, India

 
 
 
Thesis Supervision
 

• The effects of enviromet on Active Galaxy Nuclei,                                   Amir Nezam Amiri, Kharazmi University, Tehran, 2018.
• Constrain on Cosmological model with the curvature of Voids,

 Sarvenaz Babakhani, Kharazmi University, Tehran, 2018.
 

• Comparing Fundamental Plane of Elliptical Galaxies in Group Galaxy,     Ehsan Darbanian, Damghan University, Damghan, 2015.
• Studying on physical properties of BCG in Fossil and Poor Groups,     Zeinab Arefi Moghadam, Kharazmi University, Tehran, 2014.