Kanak Saha

Professor

My primary research is focused on how galaxies are formed in the early universe and how they evolve to present-day ones. Some of the key research topics of interest to my galaxy group are: high-redshift galaxies, galaxy formation, epoch of re-ionization, UV astronomy and for this, we utulize the UV telescope onboard AstroSat, the Hubble Space Telescope, JWST and several others. A significant amount of my time is spent in stuyding dynamics of galaxies using N-body simulation as well as IFU observation.

Postdoctoral and Visiting positions:

• Visiting Postdoc (2013), Geneva Observatory, Geneva
• Alexander von Humboldt Fellow (2010), MPE, Munich
• Postdoctoral Fellow (2008), ASIAA, Taipei
• GSRA Fellow (2006), , STScI, Baltimore
• Visiting student (2007), RRI, Bangalore

Education:

• Ph.D. (Astrophysics) 2008, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
• M.Sc.(Physics) 2001, Banaras Hindu University , Varanasi, India
• B.Sc. (Physics) 1998, Scottish Church College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata, India