Ashkbiz Danehkar

Astrophysicist & Scientist

About Me

I'm a scientist at the Universities Space Research Association (USRA), specializing in computational astrophysics, data analysis, data science, & numerical methods. Experienced with MHD simulations, photoionization, Python, Fortran, & C++.

Experience

  • Scientist, AstronomyUSRA/STI, Huntsville, USA2025 - Now
  • Scientist/AstrophysicistEureka Scientific, Oakland, USA2022 - 2025
  • Research FellowUniversity of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA2019 - 2021
  • Postdoc FellowHarvard CfA/SAO, Cambridge, USA2015 - 2018

Education

  • Doctor of Philosophy
    Physics & Astronomy
    Macquarie University, Australia2014
  • Master of Science
    Plasma Physics
    Queen's University Belfast, UK2009
  • Master of Science
    Computational Electrical Eng.
    Universität Rostock, Germany2007

Computing Skills

  • C++ & Fortran
  • Python & IDL
  • AstroPy
  • NumPy/SciPy
  • Matplotlib
  • OpenMPI

Research Interests

  • AGN
  • Starburst
  • ISM
  • Nebulae

Academic Profiles