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Ashkbiz Danehkar

Dr. Ashkbiz Danehkar

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Ashkbiz Danehkar received his PhD in Astrophysics from Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia; 2014). He had worked as a Research Fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA, Cambridge, USA; 2015–2018) and the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, USA; 2019–2021). He is a Principal Investigator (Astrophysicist) funded by an astrophysics data analysis grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at Eureka Scientific, Inc (Oakland, USA; 2022–present). His research interests include active galactic nuclei, starburst galaxies, and ionized nebulae. He has conducted computational simulations, numerical analysis, photoionization and morpho-kinematic modeling.

Research Keywords & Expertise

Astronomy
Astrophysics
Cosmology
Physics
Plasma Physics

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Short Biography

Ashkbiz Danehkar received his PhD in Astrophysics from Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia; 2014). He had worked as a Research Fellow at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA, Cambridge, USA; 2015–2018) and the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, USA; 2019–2021). He is a Principal Investigator (Astrophysicist) funded by an astrophysics data analysis grant from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) at Eureka Scientific, Inc (Oakland, USA; 2022–present). His research interests include active galactic nuclei, starburst galaxies, and ionized nebulae. He has conducted computational simulations, numerical analysis, photoionization and morpho-kinematic modeling.

Honors and Awards

Macquarie Research Excellence Scholarship

Macquarie University


Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research (GIAR)

Sigma Xi Scientific Research Honor Society


ADAP Grant 21-ADAP21-0207 (80NSSC22K0626)

Black Hole Spin Survey of Radio-quiet AGN

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)


Career Timeline

Eureka Scientific

Senior Scientist or Principal Investigator

01 January 2022 - 13 May 2025


University of Michigan

Post Doctoral Researcher

01 January 2020 - 01 December 2021


Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Post Doctoral Researcher

01 September 2015 - 01 December 2018