Bahram Mobasher
{{Short description|Iranian-born astronomer}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Bahram Mobasher
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| birth_place = Tehran, Iran
| nationality =
| citizenship = United Kingdom
| fields = Observational astronomy
| workplaces = University of California, Riverside
Space Telescope Science Institute
European Space Agency
| alma_mater = Durham University
| doctoral_advisor = Richard Ellis
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| thesis_title = An infrared study of a sample of optically selected galaxies
| thesis_url = https://etheses.dur.ac.uk/6689/1/6689_3993.PDF?UkUDh:CyT
| thesis_year = 1988
| awards = Khwarizmi International Award (2007)
| website = [https://faculty.ucr.edu/~mobasher/ faculty.ucr.edu]
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Bahram Mobasher is an Iranian-born astronomer. He has been a Professor of Observational Astronomy at the University of California, Riverside since July 2007.{{cite web |title=Curriculum Vitae |url=https://faculty.ucr.edu/~mobasher/cv-mobasher-web.pdf |publisher=UC Riverside |access-date=4 May 2025}}{{cite web |title=Bahram Mobasher, Ph.D. Physics and Astronomy |url=https://engineeringonline.ucr.edu/faculty/bahram-mobasher/ |website=UC Riverside |access-date=4 May 2025}}
Early life and education
Mobasher completed his PhD at Durham University, where he was supervised by Richard Ellis.{{cite web |title=Richard Ellis' Former and Current Ph.D. Students (1974-present) |url=https://sites.astro.caltech.edu/~rse/students.html |website=Department of Astronomy, Caltech |publisher=Caltech |access-date=4 May 2025}} He was a postdoc at the University of Leicester (1989–1991), followed by a position as Instrument Scientist on the Infrared Space Observatory (ISO) at Imperial College London (1992–1994). He remained at Imperial College as a Research Fellow from 1995 to 2000.
Career and research
From 2000 to 2007, he held dual appointments as a Staff Scientist at the European Space Agency (ESA) and an Associate Astronomer at the Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI). In 2005, Mobasher and his team found that the starburst galaxy HUDF-JD2 was 'more massive and more mature' than previously expected.{{cite web |last1=Britt |first1=Robert Roy |title=Massive distant galaxy upsets theories |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna9504915 |website=NBC News |access-date=4 May 2025 |language=en |date=27 September 2005}} He was also a member of the Cosmic Evolution Survey.{{cite web |title=Caltech Astronomers Describe the Bar Scene at the Beginning of the Universe |url=https://spacenews.com/caltech-astronomers-describe-the-bar-scene-at-the-beginning-of-the-universe/ |website=SpaceNews |access-date=4 May 2025 |date=30 July 2008}}{{Cite journal | doi = 10.1086/516585| title = The Cosmic Evolution Survey (COSMOS): Overview| journal = The Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series| volume = 172| pages = 1–8| year = 2007| last1 = Scoville | first1 = N.| authorlink1 = Nick Scoville| last2 = Aussel | first2 = H.| last3 = Brusa | first3 = M.| last4 = Capak | first4 = P.| last5 = Carollo | first5 = C. M.| authorlink5 = C. Marcella Carollo| last6 = Elvis | first6 = M.| last7 = Giavalisco | first7 = M.| last8 = Guzzo | first8 = L.| last9 = Hasinger | first9 = G.| last10 = Impey | first10 = C.| authorlink10 = Chris Impey|last11 = Kneib | first11 = J. -P. | last12 = Lefevre | first12 = O.| last13 = Lilly | first13 = S. J.| authorlink13 = Simon Lilly| last14 = Mobasher | first14 = B.| last15 = Renzini | first15 = A.| last16 = Rich | first16 = R. M.| last17 = Sanders | first17 = D. B.| last18 = Schinnerer | first18 = E.| last19 = Schminovich | first19 = D.| last20 = Shopbell | first20 = P.| last21 = Taniguchi | first21 = Y.| last22 = Tyson | first22 = N. D.| issue = 1| authorlink22 = Neil deGrasse Tyson| arxiv = astro-ph/0612305| bibcode = 2007ApJS..172....1S| s2cid = 34251129}}
In 2013, Mobasher was part of the team of scientists that discovered the dwarf galaxy z8_GND_5296 using deep optical and infrared images taken by the Hubble Space Telescope.{{cite web |author1=News Staff |title=Z8-GND-5296: Most Distant Galaxy Yet Discovered |url=https://www.sci.news/astronomy/science-most-distant-galaxy-01488.html |website=Sci.News |access-date=4 May 2025 |date=24 October 2013}}{{cite web |last1=Deshane |first1=Devin |title=UCR astronomers find most distant galaxy |url=https://www.highlandernews.org/11099/ucr-astronomers-find-most-distant-galaxy/ |website=Highlander |access-date=4 May 2025 |date=5 November 2013}}{{cite web |last1=Osborne |first1=Hannah |title=Hubble Telescope Photographs Most Distant Galaxy Ever Discovered |url=https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/furthest-galaxy-discovered-hubble-telescope-big-bang-516328 |website=International Business Times |access-date=4 May 2025 |language=en |date=23 October 2013}}
Publications
- {{cite book |editor1-last=Wiklind |editor1-first=Tommy |editor2-last=Mobasher |editor2-first=Bahram |editor3-last=Bromm |editor3-first=Volker |title=The First Galaxies: Theoretical Predictions and Observational Clues |publisher=Springer |year=2013 |isbn=978-9400769489}}
- {{cite book |last=Mobasher |first=Bahram |title=Origins: The Story of the Beginning of Everything |publisher=Cognella Academic Publishing |year=2018 |isbn=978-1626614819
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References
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External links
- [https://research.com/u/bahram-mobasher Research.com profile]
- {{google scholar id|UOSBjQMAAAAJ}}
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Category:University of California, Riverside faculty
Category:European Space Agency personnel
Category:Academics of Imperial College London
Category:Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom