Main Focus

Stellar Astrophysics, Binary stars (eclipsing and spectroscopic), Observational Astrophysics, asteroseismology, photometric time series analysis, A-F-type Hybrid pulsators (γ Doradus, δ Scuti, roAP stars), Astrometry


Space missions:

PLATO mission (2026): Fine Guidance Catalogue (fgPIC)


Curriculum Vitae


Jan. 2021 - present 

Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Göttingen (Germany)

Postdoctoral Scientist

Nov.-Dec. 2020

LATAM Airlines, Santiago de Chile

Senior Data Scientist

Dec. 2018 – Oct. 2020

Núcleo de Astronomía, UDP, Santiago de Chile

Postdoctoral Fellow (ALMA-Conicyt)


March 2018 – March 2019

Research Institute for Applied Physics  and Astronomy (RIAPA), University of Tabriz, Tabriz (Iran)

Postdoctoral Researcher


Teaching Experience


North-West university, Potchefstroom, South Africa

(Voluntary )

Computational Physics

March- April 2022

March -April 2023

Payam Noor University

(Permanent)



Mechanics, Electricity, Introduction to Astronomy, Earth in the space, Waves, English for Physics students, Mechanics & Heat Lab, Electricity Lab, General Physics for engineers


Sep. 2009 - Jun 2012

University of Tabriz

Mechanics & Heat Lab, Electricity Lab

Electromagnetics, Mathematical Physics (TA)

Sep.2011 - Jun. 2012


Education

PhD. Physics & Astronomy, University of Tabriz, Tabriz (Iran), Sep. 2011 - Feb. 2018

MS.C. Physics & Astronomy, University of Zanjan, Zanjan (Iran), Sep. 2005 - Oct. 2008

BS.C. Physics (Solid states) University of Zanjan, Zanjan (Iran), Feb. 2000 -Feb. 2004


Observation Experience

SMARTS Telescopes (0.9 m), CTIO, La Serena, Chile Jan. 2020

Mercator Telescopes (1.2 m), La Palma, Canary Islands Aug. 2015


Highlighted and most recent publications

- KIC 6048106: An Algol-type Eclipsing System with Long-term Magnetic Activity and Hybrid Pulsations. I. Binary modeling
Samadi-Ghadim, A., Lampens, P., M. Jassur, D.; MNRAS, (2018), 474 (4), 5549

- Hybrid Pulsations and Tidal Splitting detected in the Kepler Eclipsing and Spotted Binary System KIC 6048106
Samadi-Ghadim, A., Lampens, P., M. Jassur, D.; ActaAstron., (2018), 68 (4), 425–447

- KIC 8975515: a fast-rotating (γ Dor - δ Sct) hybrid star with Rossby modes and a slower δ Sct companion in a long-period orbit
Samadi-Ghadim, A., Lampens, P., M. Jassur, D., P. Jofré; A&A, (2020), 638, A57

- KIC 6951642: a Kepler δ Scuti star with a highly regular frequency spectrum affected by rotation and stellar activity in a (possible) single-lined binary system
Samadi-Ghadim, A., Lampens, P., Gizon, L. (2022) Astronomy and Astrophysics, 667, p.A60



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