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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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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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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, , 7 Jul 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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AGN in massive galaxies identified via optical broadband variability: lessons from VST-COSMOS for future LSST science
Bichang'a, B., Cicco, D. D., Kaviraj, S., Lazar, I., Watkins, A., Martin, G. & Kakkad, D., 16 Feb 2026, In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Multi-wavelength morphology and dust emission in low-redshift dwarf galaxies in COSMOS-Web with HST and JWST
Kakkad, D., Lazar, I., Harish, S., Bichang'a, B., Cochrane, R. K., Kaviraj, S., Watkins, A. E., Martin, G., Koudmani, S., Battisti, A. J., Casey, C., Franco, M., Gozaliasl, G., Hirschmann, M., Kartaltepe, J., Khostovan, A. A., Koekemoer, A., Liu, D., McCracken, H. J. & Rhodes, J. & 1 others, , 6 Feb 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society (MNRAS).Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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BASS.L. Near-infrared Data Release 3: A Spectral Atlas and Characterization of AGN
Gillette, J., Koss, M. J., Kakkad, D., Ricci, F., Lamperti, I., Oh, K., Rojas, A., Diaz, Y., Caglar, T., Ichikawa, K., Moral-Castro, I. D., Ricci, C., Treister, E., Bauer, F. E., Mushotzky, R., Baloković, M., den Brok, J. S., Trakhtenbrot, B., Urry, C. M. & Harrison, F. & 1 others, , 5 Feb 2026, In: The Astrophysical Journal. 22 p., 68.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The imprint of AGN-driven outflows on the CGM: the case of Lyα nebulae around high-z quasars
Rueda-Vargas, S. C., Mainieri, V., Tozzi, G., Kakkad, D., Arrigoni-Battaia, F., Costa, T., Farina, E. P. & Harrison, C. M., 5 Feb 2026, (Accepted/In press) In: Astronomy & Astrophysics.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review