Curriculum Vitae
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Education
Sep
2018 - Jul 2022: PhD in Astrophysics,
Ludwig Maximilian University - Max Planck Institute for
Astrophysics (MPA), Germany.
Thesis:
"Probing cool and warm circumgalactic gas in galaxies and clusters with
large spectroscopic and imaging surveys"
Advisors:
Prof. Dr. Guinevere Kauffmann,
MPA & Dr. Dylan Nelson,
ITA/ZAH, University of Heidelberg.
Jul 2016 - Jul 2017:
MS, Physics, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore,
India.
Thesis:
"A sensitive search for HI 21 cm emission from super disks in
radio galaxies"
Advisor: Dr. Nirupam Roy, IISc.
Aug 2012 - June 2016:
BSc (Research), Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore,
India.
Thesis:
"Sources of Continuum Opacity in Hydrogen deficient stars"
Advisor:
Prof. Gajendra Pandey, Indian Institute of
Astrophysics (IIA), Bangalore.
Publications
Peer Reviewed Articles
Check out my ADS or Google scholar or arXiv page. Publications in reverse chronological order.• L. Napolitano, A. Pandey, A. Meyers, T-W. Lan, A. Anand
et al. “Detecting and Characterizing Mg II absorption in DESI Survey Validation Quasar Spectra”, 2023, AJ, 166, 99 [arXiv] [ADS]
• DESI Collaboration: (including A. Anand), “The Early Data Release of the Dark Energy
Spectroscopic Instrument” (2023, submitted)
[arXiv] [ADS]
• DESI Collaboration: (including A. Anand), “
Validation of the Scientific Program for the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
” (2023, submitted)
[arXiv] [ADS]
• M. Ayromlou, G. Kauffmann, A. Anand, S.D.M White “The Physical Origin of Galactic
Conformity: From Theory to Observation”, 2023, MNRAS, 519, 1913
[arXiv] [ADS]
• A. Anand, G. Kauffmann and D. Nelson “Cool circumgalactic gas in galaxy clusters:
connecting the DESI legacy imaging survey and SDSS DR16 Mg II absorbers”, 2022, MNRAS, 513, 3210 [arXiv] [ADS]
• A. Anand, D.
Nelson and G. Kauffmann, “Characterizing the abundance,
properties, and kinematics of the cool circumgalactic medium of
galaxies in absorption with SDSS DR16", 2021, MNRAS, 504, 65 [arXiv] [ADS]
• A. Anand, N. Roy and Gopal-Krishna, “Search for
H I emission from superdisk candidates associated with radio
galaxies", 2019, Research in Astronomy and Astrophysics (RAA)
19, 83 [arXiv] [ADS]
White Papers
• Han et al. (including A. Anand), “NANCY: Next-generation All-sky Near-infrared Community surveY ” (2023, submitted to the Bulletin of the AAS) [arXiv] [ADS]Talks / Visits / Conferences / Workshops
Invited Talks / Visits
Computational Galaxy Formation and Evolution Group: ZAH/ITA, University of Heidelberg, 14-16 Mar, 2022 (Visitor).
High Energy Group Seminar: MPE Garching, 15 Feb, 2022 (Virtual).
DESI Group Seminar: Berkeley Lab, 1 Feb, 2022 (Virtual).
CfA Seminar: CfA, Harvard, 13 Dec, 2021 (Virtual).
STARs Lab: Arizona State University, 24 Sep, 2021 (Virtual).
Contributed Talks & Posters
DESI Collaboration Meeting 2022:
Cancun, Mexico, 4-12 Dec, 2022 (Talkl).
What matter(s) around galaxies 2022:
Champoluc, Italy, 12-16 Sep, 2022 (Virtual).
Gas Flows around Galaxies:
Origins Excellence Cluster, MPA Garching, 24 May, 2022 (Talk).
Galaxy Clusters 2022:
Challenging our Cosmological Perspectives, STScI, 25-29 Apr, 2022 (e-Poster).
239th AAS Meeting:
Salt Lake City, Utah, 11 Jan, 2022 (Cancelled due to Omicron).
IMPRS Students' Symposium:
MPE Garching, 4 Nov, 2021 (Virtual).
KooGiG Junior Workshop 2021:
KIAA (Peking) Forum on Gas in Galaxies, 1-5 Nov, 2021 (e-poster, see poster talk).
Extragalactic Group Meeting:
MPA Garching, 15 Oct, 2021 (Talk).
German
Astronomical Society Meeting 2021:
Virtual Meeting, 16 Sep, 2021 (Virtual).
SDSS-IV
Collaboration Meeting 2021: Virtual
Meeting, 12 Aug, 2021 (Zoom talk + e-poster).
MPA Galaxy Group
Retreat: Fraueninsel, Chiemsee, Jun 14 - 17,
2021 (Talk).
Galaxy Group Meeting:
Paper
Presentation, MPA, Garching, 26 May 2021 (Virtual).
Galaxy Introductory
Symposium: MPA, Garching, 27 Oct 2020 (Virtual).
Institute Seminar:
Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics (MPA), Garching, 26 Oct
2020 (Virtual).
IMPRS Students'
Symposium: MPE, Garching, 30 - 31 July 2020
(Virtual).
Galaxy Group Meeting:
Paper
Presentation, MPA, Garching, 15 Jul 2020 (Virtual).
CGM Conference:
Berlin, Germany, Oct 3 - 5, 2019 (Participation).
Schools & Workshops
MIAPP Workshop:
High-Energy Plasma Physics Phenomena in Astrophysics, MIAPP,
Garching, Jul 19 - 30, 2021 (Virtual participant).
Fundamental of Gaseous
Halos Workshop: KITP, UCSB, Jan 11 - Mar 5,
2021 (Virtual participant).
Summer School in Galaxy
Formation: Spetses, Greece, Aug 28 - Sept 5,
2019.
Python for HPC:
attended at MPCDF, Garching, Nov 20 - 21, 2018.
Selected Courses
IMPRS Advanced Course: AGN Physics, Max
Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), Garching,
Jun 28 - Jul 2, 2021 (Zoom).
IMPRS Advanced Course:
Astrophysical Dynamics, MPE, Garching, Apr 12 - 23, 2021 (Zoom).
IMPRS Advanced Course:
Cosmic Microwave Background, MPE, Garching, Nov 3 - Dec 3,
2020 (Zoom).
IMPRS Advanced Course:
Formation and Evolution of Galaxies, MPE, Garching, Mar 2 - 6,
2020.
IMPRS Advanced Course:
Cosmic Structure Formation, MPE, Garching, Nov 25 - 29, 2019.
IMPRS Soft Skills
Course: Python Programming Course, MPE,
Garching, May 6 - 10, 2019.
IMPRS Advanced Course:
Galaxy Evolution from the Galaxies' Perspective, MPE,
Garching, Apr 8 - 12, 2019.
IMPRS Soft Skills
Course: Git/Bash Programming, MPE,
Garching, Mar 19 - 22, 2019.
IMPRS Advanced Course:
High Resolution Imaging Methods in Astronomy, MPE, Garching,
Jan 14 - 18, 2019.
Essentials of Advanced
Astrophysics: attended at LMU, Oct'18 -
Feb'19.