Mergers in Galaxy Groups. I. Structure and Properties of Elliptical Remnants
Taranu D.S., Dubinski J.J., Yee H.K.C., 2013, ApJ, 778, 61.
CV
Research Interests
Galaxy dynamics, galaxy formation and evolution, galaxy groups and clusters, simulations, modelling, astrostatistics.
Employment
- 2021 Apr.- present: Associate Research Scholar, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, USA
- Software Scientist for Rubin Observatory Data Management/Data Release Processing and Data Production
- 2018 Apr.- 2021 Apr.: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, USA
- Software Scientist for Rubin Observatory Data Management/Data Release Processing and Data Production
- 2015 Jan.- 2018 Mar.: CAASTRO Research Associate, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research
- Postdoctoral fellow, ARC Centre of Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics (CAASTRO)
- Advisors: Profs. Danail Obreschkow and Chris Power
- 2014 Oct. - 2014 Dec.: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Canada
- Advisor: Prof. John Dubinski
Education
- PhD, Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Canada
- Advisors: Profs. John Dubinski and Howard K.C. Yee
- Thesis: On the Formation of Elliptical Galaxies via Mergers in Galaxy Groups
- BSc, Honours Co-op Computational Science - Physics Specialization, University of Waterloo, Canada
Skills
- Python, C++, R, Perl, MATLAB, PHP.
- Linux, bash, awk/sed, make, Meson.
- Atlassian tools: github, JIRA, Confluence.
- Data analysis, modelling, simulations.
Selected Publications
Quenching star formation in cluster galaxies
Taranu D.S., Hudson M.J., Balogh M.L., et al., 2014, MNRAS, 440, 1934.
Mergers in Galaxy Groups. II. The Fundamental Plane of Elliptical Galaxies
Taranu D.S., Dubinski J.J., Yee H.K.C., 2015, MNRAS, 803, 78
ProFit: Bayesian profile fitting of galaxy images
Robotham A.S.G., Taranu D.S., Tobar R., et al., 2017, MNRAS, 466, 1513.
Self-consistent Bulge/Disk/Halo Galaxy Dynamical Modeling Using Integral Field Kinematics
Taranu D.S., Obreschkow D., Dubinski J.J., et al., 2017, ApJ, 850, 70.
The SAMI Galaxy Survey: the role of disc fading and progenitor bias in kinematic transitions
Croom, S. M.; Taranu, D. S.; van de Sande, J.; et al., 2021, MNRAS, 505, 2247.
Third Data Release of the Hyper Suprime-Cam Subaru Strategic Program
Aihara, H., AlSayyad, Y., Ando, M., et al., 2021, arXiv:2108.13045.
Talks
Galaxy modelling in the era of all-sky multiwavelength surveys
Talk at The Physics of Galaxy Scaling Relations and the Nature of Dark Matter, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Galaxy modelling in the era of all-sky multiwavelength surveys
Talk at IAU Symposium 341: PanModel2018: Challenges in Panchromatic Galaxy Modelling with Next Generation Facilities, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan
Project plans for galaxy photometry and model fitting
Talk at Rubin Observatory Algorithms Workshop, Virtual (planned: Department of Astrophysical Sciences, Princeton University, NJ, USA)
Teaching
Service and leadership
- Referee for ApJ, MNRAS and RMxAA
- Rubin Observatory Data Management Liaison to the Galaxies Science Collaboration
- Rubin Observatory Builder
- 2015-2018: CAASTRO Evolving Theme Scientist
- SAMI Galaxy Survey Team Full Member
Work experience
- 2007 May-Aug.: Imaging Research Centre for Cardiac Intervention, Sunnybrook Hospital, Toronto, Canada
- Developed of MATLAB algorithms for segmentation of cardiac MRI images to detect boundaries of the heart volume.
- 2006 Sep.-Dec.: Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics, Toronto, Canada
- Developed Webtest-based automated testing system for Java/web application using Groovy.
- 2006 Jan.-Apr.: Grand River Regional Hospital, Waterloo, Canada
- Performed routine testing of medical accelerators for cancer treatment.
- Researched appropriate CT scan voltage for juvenile patients.
- 2005 Sep.-Dec.: Arius Software, Waterloo, Canada
- Development and testing of application for investment accounts using Java-based framework.