About
I go by Farhan (pronounced FAAR-HAAN)
I was born and raised in Bangladesh, a country with half as many people as the U.S. and slightly smaller land area than the state of Georgia. I graduated from high school in 2014, having finished Cambridge Ordinary and Advanced Levels.​
I arrived in the U.S. in August 2014 to attend Reed College in Portland, OR. It was here that I masqueraded as a physics student and developed an interest in Astrophysics, through research experiences in various aspects of galaxy evolution, including dusty star formation (at UC Irvine), spatially resolved star formation (at Reed), and the statistics of nearby galaxies and supermassive black holes (senior thesis at Reed).
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I moved to Las Cruces, NM. in summer of 2018 to begin my PhD in Astronomy at New Mexico State University. I have worked with Profs. Chris Churchill and Joe Burchett on gaseous galactic ecosystems and the large scale distribution of matter in the universe. Recently I have forayed into data visualization for scientific analysis and theoretical cosmological simulations. See my research page to learn more.
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Outside of astronomy, I enjoy playing, making and listening to music, venturing into the outdoors for hiking, cooking, making art, playing soccer (I mean football), and collecting rocks and fossils.
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On the summit of the Organ Mountains, NM. ~9000 ft. (c. 2022)
My first poster presentation at the 230th meeting of the American Astronomical Society at Austin, TX (c. 2017)
Education
2018-
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM
Ph.D. candidate, Astronomy
2018-2022
New Mexico State University
Las Cruces, NM
M.Sc., Astronomy
2014-2018
Reed College
Portland, OR
B.A., Physics