Fatemeh Tabatabaei

Fatemeh S. Tabatabaei

CONTACT                     
Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias-
IAC

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EXPERTISE/ INTERESTS

Star Formation
and Quenching,Structure Formation,
Evolution of Galaxies

Physics of
the Interstellar Medium:
High-Energy
Particles,
Magnetic
Fields,
Gas, and Dust

Radio/Sub-mm/Infrared/Optical Observations, Interferometry, Polarization

ACADEMIC EDUCATION

University of Bonn                                                                                              Jan 2005-Jan
2008

PhD in Astrophysics,
Title: “Thermal and Nonthermal Emission

from
the Nearby Galaxy M33”,

Advisers: Rainer Beck & Marita Krause, Co-adviser: Endrik Krügel

Institute for Advanced Studies in Basic
Sciences                                         Sept 1997- Jan 2000

MSc in Astrophysics, Title: ‘A Phenomenological Study of

Evolution of Galaxies and QSOs’, Adviser: S.Nasiri

University of Tehran                                                                                        
Sept 1993- Jun 1997

BSc in Solid-State
Physics

DISTINCTIONS

IAC Genéricos Independent Researcher
2015-2018

GermanResearch
FoundationDFG
Award(~90k Euro)
2011-2014

International Max-Planck Research School(IMPRS)
PhD Scholarship 2005-2008

Shahrood University Independent Lectureship 2003

Outstanding Student Award by the Physics Society of Iran 1994

University of Tehran Scholarship 1993-1997

APPOINTMENTS

IAC
Research Fellow, Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias,
Apr 2015- Present

Tenerife, Spain (starting date of Sept 2014 postponed)

Visitor/Observer, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Oct 2014- Nov 2014

Socorro, USA

DFG Independent
Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie, Mar 2011-
Oct2014

Heidelberg, Germany

Herschel
Space Observatory Data Scientist,
I. Physikalisches Institut    
Oct 2010- Mar 2011

Universitätzu Köln,
Germany

Postdoc
Fellow, Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie,
Jan 2008- Oct 2010

Bonn,
Germany

IMPRS PhD Scholar,
Max-Planck-Institut für Radioastronomie,    
Jan 2005- Jan 2008

Bonn,
Germany

Visiting Scientist, MPIfR, Bonn,
Germany      Sept 2004- Jan 2005

Faculty
Member, Damghan University of Basic Sciences,
Fall 2003- Spring 2004

Damghan, Iran

Lecturer,Shahrood University of Technology,
Shahrood, Iran     Spring 2003

Physics Teacher, Reza Pre-University College, Tehran,
Iran    Fall2000-
Fall2002

OBSERVING GRANTS

Granted 300 h observing time as principle investigator (PI)

30 hA Deep Hβ Survey of Nearby Galaxies, 4-m
William Herschel Telescope2016/2017

45 hLow-Frequency Properties of the ISM in M33,
Giant Meter Radio Telescope2012/2013

45 hUncovering the Magnetized ISM in M33,
Karl JanskyVLA2011/2012

30 h Cold Dust in Barred Galaxies,
APEX telescope2008/2010

25 hHERA 13CO(2-1) Observations of he Antennae Galaxy,
IRAM 30-m telescope2009/2010

25 hThe Radio–FIR Correlation in M33,
Very Large Array (VLA)2005/2006

100 hThermal and Nonthermal Emission from M33,
Effelsberg 100-m telescope2005/2006

Granted 480h observing time as
Co-Investigator

2 h ALMA
Observations of Dust Polarization in M83, PI: R. Paladino 2016/2017

80 hVLAObservations ofStar Formation in M51, PI: E.Schinnerer 2013/2014

60 hA Complete and Deep
JVLAContinuum Survey of M31, PI: A.Leroy 2011/2012

18 hRadio-IR Relation on Sub-kpc Scales
withJVLA, PI: E.Schinnerer 2011/2013

100 hA Complete and Deep HERA Map of M33,
IRAM 30-m, PI: J.Braine 2009/2010

220 hHerschel M33 Extended Survey (HerM33es), Herschel Space Observatory, 2010/2012

PI: C.Kramer

STUDENT PROJECTS ADVISED

“The
ISM Energy
Balance
Around the SMBH in NGC1097”
2015/2016Paloma Minguez's
Master Project, University of La Laguna

(her work is
includedin an article
accepted byNature)

“Pattern Recognition and Image Analysis in Astronomy:
Summer 2015

A Multi-Scale Analysis of Star Formation Laws”

Marta Reina-Campos' BSc Project at IAC

(Marta is currently an IMPRS PhD Scholar in Heidelberg)

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Damghan University of Basic Sciences 2003/2004

Thermodynamics (Zemansky)

Fundamentals of Physics I and II (Halliday)

Physics Lab (I,II) for Physics Students

Shahrood University of Technology
Spring 2003

Fundamentals of Physics I (Halliday)

Physics Lab (I) for Engineering Students

SELECTED PRESENTATIONS (Last 5 years)

- Invited Plenary Talk
at the Spanish SKA Meeting,
Valencia, Spain, Nov 2017

- ContributedTalk at the
Measuring Star Formation in the Radio, Millimeter, and Submillimeter
Conference, Manchester, UK,  July 2017

- Invited Talk at the
Nearby Galaxies at Low Frequencies Meeting, 
Onsala, Sweden, May/Jun 2017
(Declined)

- Contributed Talk at Canadian Astronomical Society (CASCA) meeting entitled “ The Radio Spectral Energy Distribution and Star Formation
Calibration in Galaxies”, Alberta, Canada,
May/Jun 2017

- Contributed Talk at EWASS 2017 entitled Star Formation & Feedback
in Nearby Galaxies, Prague, Czech Republic,
Jun 2017

- Contributed Talk at The Broad Impact of Low Frequency Observing, conference entitled
Cloud-Scale GMRT Survey of M33, Bologna, Italy
Jun 2017

-Invited
Talk at the DFG Research Unit 1254 Workshop, Sept 2016

entitled The KINGFISHER Radio Survey with 100-m, Berlin,Germany

Invited Review Talk at
EWASS 2015 entitled The Physics behind
Jun 2015

The Radio-IR Correlation, Tenerife, Spain

Invited Colloquium entitled “Impact of Star Formation on Jun 2015

Dusty and Magnetized ISM in Galaxies”, Tenerife, Spain

Invited Talk at International Conference
Galaxies Inside and Out, Jan 2015

IPM, Tehran

Invited Colloquium entitled “Radio-FIR Correlation as a Probe to May 2013

Star Formation-ISM Interplay in Galaxies”, Astron, The Netherlands

Invited Colloquium entitled “Impact of Star Formation on Dusty May 2014

& Magnetized ISM”, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany

Invited Colloquium entitled “Resolved Radio-FIR Correlation as Jan 2014

a Probe to Star Formation/ISM Interplay”, ARI, Heidelberg

Invited Colloquium entitled “Magnetized ISM in Nearby Galaxies”, Dec 2014

HITS, Heidelberg, Germany

InvitedTalkat the DFG Research Unit 1254
Workshop, July 2012

Mainz, Germany

SELECTED SCHOOLS & WORKSHOPS

4^th JVLA Data Reduction Workshop,
NRAO, Socorro, NM, USA Oct 2014

7^th IRAM Interferometry School 2010, Grenoble, France Oct 2010

Herschel Science Demonstration Phase Data Processing Workshop,
ESAC Dec 2009 Madrid, Spain

23^rd
IAU International School for Young Astronomers (ISYA), July 1997

Zanjan, Iran

Second Special Topics in Physics
School, held by the Physics Society of Iran May 1995

for outstanding Physics
students, Zanjan, Iran

OUTREACH

IAC PressRelease “Tune your radio: Galaxies sing when forming stars” Feb 2017

Radio Gavá Interview “Cosmic Magnetism” 25 Apr 2016

IAC Press Release “New twist to galactic magnetic fields” Feb 2016

Organizing an International Campaign for the Total Eclipse 1999, Isfahan 1999

Organizing night sky tours and meteor-shower observing campaigns, 1994-1997

Physics Group, Department of Science, Tehran University

PEER REVIEW/COMMITTEE PANELS

Review Panel, ESO observing proposal committee 2017

The SUNDIAL PhD Selection Committee at IAC Jan 2017

Review Panel, Giant Meter Wave Telescope 2012

Journal Referee, A&A, and AAS Journals

CONFERENCES ORGANIZED

Physics Opportunities with a New Universe’s View: The SKA Radio Telescope, 6-7 Nov

2017, Valencia, Spain, served as SOC

Measuring Star formation in the Radio, Millimeter, and Sub-millimeter, 24-26 Jul 2017,

Manchester, UK, served as SOC

The Physics behind the Radio-IR Correlation
at European Weak of Astronomy, 22-26 Jun

2015, Tenerife Spain, served as SOC

Max-Plank-Institut für Astronomie Retreat2013 (Cosmology-Galaxy Department), 22-24 Oct

2013, served as SOC & LOC

LARGE COLLABORATIONS & SOCIETIES

LOFAR Magnetism
Group since 2009

SKA
Continuum Science Working Groupsince 2016

German Astronomical Society 2012-2016

German Network of Female Astronomers (AFN) 2011-2015