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Dr Darshan Kakkad

Dr Darshan Kakkad

PhD, Dr.

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

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20242026

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Darshan Kakkad is a Senior Lecturer specialising in observational studies of nearby and distant galaxies hosting supermassive black holes. He joined University of Hertfordshire in August 2024 as a CAR fellow. 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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  • JWST MIRI/MRS observations of hot molecular gas in an AGN host galaxy at Cosmic Noon

    Kakkad, D., Mainieri, V., Tanaka, T. S., Silverman, J. D., Law, D., Riffel, R. A., Circosta, C., Bertola, E., Bianchin, M., Bischetti, M., Rivera, G. C., Carniani, S., Cicone, C., Cresci, G., Costa, T., Harrison, C. M., Lamperti, I., Kalita, B., Koekemoer, A. M. & Marconi, A. & 10 others, Perna, M., Piconcelli, E., Puglisi, A., Ilha, G. S., Tozzi, G., Vietri, G., Vignali, C., Ward, S., Zamorani, G. & Zappacosta, L., 31 Aug 2025, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). 541, 4, 15 p.

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  • Goals-jwst: Resolved multi-phase molecular gas in IRAS 20551-4250 using JWST and ALMA

    Kakkad, D., Song, Y., Lai, T. S.-Y., Armus, L., Malkan, M., Larson, K. L., Evans, A. S., Appleton, P. N., Barcos-Muñoz, L., Bianchin, M., Böker, T., Bohn, T., Buiten, V., Charmandaris, V., Santos, T. D., Inami, H., Kader, J., Lenkic, L., Linden, S. T. & Lofaro, C. M. & 7 others, Privon, G. C., Ricci, C., Sanchez-Garcia, M., Sanders, D., Torres-Alba, N., V., U. & van der Werf, P., 30 Jun 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). 549, 1, 20 p.

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  • Global trends in morphology from massive to dwarf galaxies

    Lazar, I., Kaviraj, S., Conselice, C., Westcott, L., Watkins, A., Koudmani, S., Martin, G., Sedgwick, T. M., Kakkad, D. D. & Bichang'a, B., 22 Jun 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS). 550, 3, 18 p.

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  • The Multi-phase Biconical Outflow in the local IR-Luminous Merger IRASF01364-1042

    Song, Y., V., U., Kader, J., Bianchin, M., Agostino, J., Barcos-Muñoz, L., Torres-Albà, N., Medling, A., Ricci, C., Armus, L., Lai, T., Ghodsi, L., Evans, A., Inami, H., Stierwalt, S., Bohn, T., Emig, K. L., Buiten, V., Donnelly, G. & Treister, E. & 20 others, Jimenez-Gallardo, A., Böker, T., Kakkad, D., Linden, S., van der Werf, P., Charmandaris, V., Remigio, R., Lenkic, L., Finlez, C., Sanchez-García, M., Lofaro, C., Saravia, A., Yoon, I., Privon, G. C., Gao, T., Aziz, H., McGurk, R., Díaz-Santos, T., Kunneriath, D. & Sanders, D. B., 4 Jun 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Astronomy & Astrophysics.

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  • Resolved UV–Optical HST Imaging and Spectral Energy Distribution Modeling of Nearby BAT Active Galactic Nuclei

    Auge, C., Koss, M., Gupta, K. K., Ricci, C., Trakhtenbrot, B., Bauer, F. E., Treister, E., Peca, A., Cenko, B., Ichikawa, K., Jana, A., Kakkad, D., Mushotzky, R., Oh, K., Rojas Lilayú, A., Sanders, D., Serafinelli, R., Signorini, M., Tortosa, A. & Urry, C. M., 1 May 2026, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 1002, 1, 14 p.

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