About
At Shanghai Astronomical observatory, he is a member in the Galaxy Evolution in Spectroscopy group. He was a Kavli IPMU-KIAA postdoctoral fellow from 2018-2023. He earned his PhD in Astrophysics with emphasis in Statistics from University of California Santa Cruz in 2016 and worked in UC Santa Cruz until 2018. He received his Bachelor degree in Astrophysical Sciences from Princeton University in 2010.
Research Areas
His research focuses on statistical analyses of large galaxy survey datasets. In particular, his research aims to quantify and understand the multiscale and multidimensional connections of gas, star formation, black hole activity, environment, and other observable galaxy properties in order to distinguish the main drivers galaxy evolution and test competing cosmological simulations. In the near future, he will analyze existing data of nearby galaxies with deep imaging and resolved (IFU) spectroscopy and simulated galaxies. He looks forward to working on Chinese Space Station Telescope (CSST) data.
Selected Publication
(1) Yesuf, Hassen M. ; Quenching in the Right Place at the Right Time: Tracing the Shared History of Starbursts, Active Galactic Nuclei, and Poststarburst Galaxies Using Their Structures and Multiscale Environments, The Astrophysical Journal, 2022, 936(2): 124-124
(2) Yesuf, Hassen M.; Ho, Luis C.; Faber, S. M. ; What is Important? Morphological Asymmetries are Useful Predictors of Star Formation Rates of Star-forming Galaxies in SDSS Stripe 82, The Astrophysical Journal, 2021, 923(2): 205-206
(3) Yesuf, Hassen M.; Ho, Luis C. ; Gas Content Regulates the Life Cycle of Star Formation and Black Hole Accretion in Galaxies, The Astrophysical Journal, 2020, 901(1): 42-56
(4) Yesuf, Hassen M.; Faber, S. M.; Koo, David C.; Woo, Joanna; Primack, Joel R.; Luo, Yifei; The Activation of Galactic Nuclei and Their Accretion Rates Are Linked to the Star Formation Rates and Bulge-types of Their Host Galaxies, The Astrophysical Journal, 2020, 889(1): 14-32
(5) Yesuf, Hassen M.; Ho, Luis C. ; Dirt-cheap Gas Scaling Relations: Using Dust Absorption, Metallicity, and Galaxy Size to Predict Gas Masses for Large Samples of Galaxies, The Astrophysical Journal, 2019, 884(177): 177-196
For more publications, see: https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/public-libraries/15weqaFGSfmqtt4QMP0WGg
