Dr Darshan Kakkad

Dr Darshan Kakkad

PhD, Dr.

 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2603-2639
20242025

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Darshan Kakkad is a CAR fellow specialising in observational studies of nearby and distant galaxies hosting supermassive black holes. He joined University of Hertfordshire in August 2024. Prior to this, he was a Prize fellow at Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore, US (2022-2024) and an ESO-fellow in Chile and University of Oxford (2017-2021). He obtained his PhD from Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Germany in 2017 on the topic of "Ionized and molecular gas studies to unveil AGN feedback" and his B.Sc. (Hons) Physics and M.Sc. Physics from University of Delhi and Indian Institute of Technology-Madras, respectively. 

Education/Academic qualification

Astrophysics, PhD, HEI: Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität

Award Date: 12 Jul 2017

Physics, M.Sc., Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM)

Award Date: 1 Jul 2014

Physics, B.Sc. (Hons), University of Delhi

Award Date: 1 Jul 2012

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  • Jet-mode Feedback in NGC 5972: Insights from Resolved MUSE, GMRT, and VLA Observations

    Ali, A., Sebastian, B., Kakkad, D., Silpa, S., Kharb, P., O’Dea, C. P., Singha, M., Rubinur, K., Baum, S. A., Bait, O., Vaddi, S. & Kurapati, S., 2 May 2025, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 984, 2, p. 1-21 21 p., 110.

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  • A Spectroscopically Calibrated Prescription for Extracting Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Flux from JWST MIRI Imaging

    Donnelly, G. P., Lai, T.S.-Y., Armus, L., Díaz-Santos, T., Larson, K. L., Barcos-Muñoz, L., Bianchin, M., Bohn, T., Böker, T., Buiten, V. A., Charmandaris, V., Evans, A. S., Howell, J., Inami, H., Kakkad, D., Lenkić, L., Linden, S. T., Lofaro, C. M., Malkan, M. A. & Medling, A. M. & 7 others, Privon, G. C., Ricci, C., Smith, J. D. T., Song, Y., Stierwalt, S., van der Werf, P. P. & U, V., 10 Apr 2025, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 983, 1, p. 1-10 10 p., 79.

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  • Multiwavelength Observations of a Jet Launch in Real Time from the Post-changing-look Active Galaxy 1ES 1927+654

    Laha, S., Meyer, E. T., Sadaula, D. R., Ghosh, R., Sengupta, D., Masterson, M., Shuvo, O. I., Guainazzi, M., Ricci, C., Begelman, M. C., Philippov, A., Mbarek, R., Hankla, A. M., Kara, E., Panessa, F., Behar, E., Zhang, H., Pacucci, F., Pal, M. & Ricci, F. & 17 others, Villani, I., Bisogni, S., La Franca, F., Bianchi, S., Bruni, G., Oates, S., Hahn, C., Nicholl, M., Cenko, S. B., Chattopadhyay, S., Becerra González, J., Acosta–Pulido, J. A., Rakshit, S., Svoboda, J., Gallo, L., Ingram, A. & Kakkad, D., 10 Mar 2025, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 981, 2, p. 1-20 20 p., 125.

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  • A Multiwavelength Investigation of Spiral Structures in z > 1 Galaxies with JWST

    Kalita, B. S., Yu, S.-Y., Silverman, J. D., Daddi, E., Ho, L. C., Faisst, A. L., Dessauges-Zavadsky, M., Puglisi, A., Birrer, S., Kashino, D., Ding, X., Kartaltepe, J. S., Liu, Z., Kakkad, D., Valentino, F., Ilbert, O., Magdis, G., Long, A. S., Jin, S. & Koekemoer, A. M. & 1 others, Massey, R., 1 Feb 2025, In: Astrophysical Journal Letters. 979, 2, p. 1-10 10 p., L44.

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  • Clumps as multiscale structures in cosmic noon galaxies

    Kalita, B. S., Suzuki, T. L., Kashino, D., Silverman, J. D., Daddi, E., Ho, L. C., Ding, X., Mercier, W., Faisst, A. L., Sheth, K., Valentino, F., Puglisi, A., Saito, T., Kakkad, D., Ilbert, O., Khostovan, A. A., Liu, Z., Tanaka, T., Magdis, G. & Zavala, J. A. & 14 others, Tan, Q., Kartaltepe, J. S., Yang, L., Koekemoer, A. M., McKinney, J., Robertson, B. E., Jin, S., Hayward, C. C., Hirschmann, M., Franco, M., Shuntov, M., Gozaliasl, G., Kaminsky, A. & Rich, R. M., 30 Jan 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). 536, 3, p. 3090-3111 22 p., stae2781.

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