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Research is like life. Some days are enjoyable and rewarding, while others are tough and demanding. The journey itself is unique, and the outcomes are incredibly fulfilling. I have a profound appreciation for this field and am dedicated to finding answers to fundamental questions through scientific research. 

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Current Projects

Chemistry driven hydrodynamics of stellar explosions - supernovae and novae

JWST detections of local supernovae - can supernovae be the major dust
factories of the universe? 

Role of astrophysical shocks in formation and destruction of dust

The IR observations and theory of binary stars, their winds, and circumstellar environments 

Extinction measurements and predictions for high-redshift galaxies

Dynamics of AGN winds and the dusty torus 




 

Collaborations

Large Network

James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) Dusty Supernovae collaboration 

NASA/STScI, ​JWST GO Program 

PI/Lead Ori Fox, Melissa Shahbahdeh, Arka Sarangi, Tamas Szalai

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​The Origin and Fate of Dust in the Universe

Chalmers University of Technology

PI/Lead Kirsten Knudsen, Wouter Vlemmings, Susanne Aalto, Gunnar Nyman

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Transient Science collaboration

STScI - HST, JWST, Roman, LSST

PI/Lead Armin Rest, Ori Fox, Adam Riess

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Young Supernova Experiment

Pan-STARRS, Zwicky Transient Facility

​PI/Lead Ryan Foley, Jens Hjorth, Gautham Narayan 

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Individual collaborations

 

Chemistry driven Hydrodynamics - shocks in stellar winds 
Shazrene Mohamed, University of Virginia, USA

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IR observations and modeling of WR stars and stellar transients

Rubina Kotak, University of Turku, Finland

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Connecting SN light curve to IR observations 

Melina Bersten, Instituto de Astrofísica de La Plata, Argentina 

Tamas Szalai, Szanna Zsiros, University of Szeged, Hungary

 

Model red-blue asymmetry of emission lines 

Luc Dessart, Institut d'Astrophysique de Paris, France 

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Properties of cosmic dust in extreme astrophysics environments

Eli Dwek, NASA GSFC

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