Academic Positions
Researcher, Attraccion de Talento Senior Fellowship, Centro de Astrobiología (CAB/CSIC)
Assistant Research Professor, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
NASA Hubble fellow, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona ​
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona 

Education
Physics Ph.D., University of California at Riverside, USA
Physics M.S., University of California at Riverside, USA
​Physics B.S., University of Tehran, Iran

Research Experience
  • James Webb Space Telescope MIRI and NIRCam science and instrument teams
  • Graduate Student Researcher, UC Riverside 
    Supervisor: Prof. Naveen Reddy
    Thesis: A Multi-Wavelength Spectroscopic and Photometric Study of Star Formation and Dust in Galaxies in the Early Universe
  • The MOSFIRE Deep Evolution Field (MOSDEF) Survey 
  • Undergraduate Student Researcher, Dept. of Physics, University of Tehran Supervisor: Prof. Mohammad Taghi Tavassoly 
    Project: Measurement of Angular Diameters of Extended Light Sources by Moire Technique    ​

Successful Observing Proposals as PI
PI: Keck, 3 nights, NASA and NOIRLab time allocation (2022-2023)
PI: ALMA (38 hours, NRAO/NAASC time), Cycle 7 (2019–20)
PI: Large Binocular Telescope/MODS, 2017b and 2018a (4 nights, Arizona and NOAO time) 

​Observing Experience
17.5 nights observing experience with MOSFIRE on Keck I telescope
1 night observing experience with DEIMOS on Keck II telescope 
​4 night observing experience with MODS on LBT telescope 
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Honors & Awards 
  • ​The University of Arizona Outstanding Postdoctoral Scholar Award: link
  • NASA Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship: link
  • Biruni Award, Iranian-American Physicists Network Group
  • ALMA Ambassador, NRAO
  • Robert T. Poe Memorial Scholarship Award, UC Riverside, Physics Dept - presented for outstanding Ph.D. graduate
  • ​Dissertation Year Program Award, UC Riverside
  • ​NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
  • Robert L. Wild Family Scholarship Award, UC Riverside, Physics Dept - presented for outstanding graduate research by 4th year graduate student​
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July 2023 - present
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​2021 - 2023
​2018 - 2021
2017 - 2018
September 2017
September 2012
January 2011
​2017 - Present
2011 - 2017


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2013 - Present
2010 - 2011
  • 2021
  • ​2018-2021
  • ​2018
  • ​2018
  • 2017
  • ​​Fall 2016
  • ​2013 - 2016 
  • 2015
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First-author and major contribution publications
* Complete list of publications:  https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/public-libraries/JJuulBVqSwy8BBa9iXfDow​
  1. Carbonaceous dust grains seen in the first billion years of cosmic time PDF
    Witstok, J., Shivaei, I., Smit, R. et al. Nature (2023)
  2. The UV 2175Å Attenuation Bump and its Correlation with PAH Emission at z~2 PDF
    Shivaei, I., Boogaard, L., Diaz-Santos, T., et al. 2022, MNRAS 514, 1886
  3. IR SED and Dust Masses of Sub-solar Metallicity Galaxies at z~2.3 PDF
    Shivaei, I., Popping, G., Rieke, G., et al. 2022, ApJ 928, 68
  4. Dependence of the IRX-β dust attenuation relation on metallicity and environment PDF
    Shivaei, I., Darvish, B., Sattari, Z., et al. 2020, ApJL, 903, L28
  5. The MOSDEF Survey: Calibrating the relationship between Hα star-formation rate and radio continuum luminosity at 1.4 < z < 2.6 PDF 
    Duncan, K., Shivaei, I., Shapley, A., et al. 2020, MNRAS, 498, 3648
  6. The MOSDEF Survey: the Variation of the Dust Attenuation Curve with Metallicity PDF
    Shivaei, I., Reddy, N., Rieke, G., et al. 2020, ApJ, 899, 117 
  7. JWST/MIRI Surveys in GOODS-S PDF
    Rieke, G., Alberts, S., Shivaei, I., et al., Astro2020: Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics, science white papers,  Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 51, Issue 3, id. 11
  8. Near-IR Spectroscopic Studies of Galaxies at z~1-3 PDF
    Shivaei, I., 2019, Proceedings of IAU Symposium 352, arXiv: 1910.06237 
  9. The Far-infrared Emission of the First Massive Galaxies​ PDF
    De Rossi, M. E., Rieke, G., Shivaei, I., et al. 2018, ApJ, 869, 4
  10. The MOSDEF Survey: Direct Observational Constraints on the Ionizing Photon Production Efficiency at z ∼ 2 PDF
    Shivaei, I., Reddy, N., Siana, B., et al., 2018, ApJ, 855, 42
  11. The MOSDEF Survey: Metallicity Dependence of the PAH Emission at High Redshift and Implications for 24μm-inferred IR Luminosities and Star Formation Rates at z ∼ 2 PDF
    Shivaei, I., Reddy, N., Shapley, A., et al., 2017, ApJ, 837, 157
    Also featured in: UCR Today, Phys.org, Science Daily, EurekAlert, Space Daily
  12. The MOSDEF Survey: The Strong Agreement Between Hα and UV-to-FIR Star Formation Rates for z ∼ 2 Star-Forming Galaxies PDF
    Shivaei, I., Kriek, M., Reddy, N., et al., 2016, ApJL, 820, L23
    Also featured in: Astronomy UCR, UCR Today, Keck Observatory, Phys.org, Science Daily, EurekAlert, Space Daily, Astronomy Now
  13. The MOSDEF Survey: Dissecting the Star-Formation Rate vs. Stellar Mass Relation Using Hα and Hβ Emission Lines at z ∼ 2 ​PDF
    Shivaei, I., Reddy, N. A., Shapley, A. E., et al., 2015b, ApJ, 815, 98
  14. Investigating Hα, UV, and IR Star-formation Rate Diagnostics for a Large Sample of z ∼ 2 Galaxies ​PDF
    ​Shivaei, I., Reddy, N. A., Steidel, C. C., & Shapley, A. E., 2015a, ApJ, 804, 10


Invited Talks and Colloquia 
  1. [invited talk] International Astronomical Union Symposium 377: Early Disk-Galaxy Formation from JWST to the Milky Way, Malaysia, Febru- ary 2023
  2. [seminar] ESO Lunch Talk Series, Germany, February 2022
  3. [colloquium] INAF-OAS Bologna, Bologna, Italy, April 2021
  4. [colloquium] SOFIA Science Center, USA, March 2021
  5. [seminar] Institute of Astrophysics at FORTH, University of Crete, Greece, February 2021
  6. [colloquium] Dept. of Astronomy at UMass Amherst, Massachusetts, USA, November 2020
  7. [colloquium] Dept. of Astronomy & Astrophysics at Penn State University, Pennsylvania, USA, September 2020
  8. [colloquium] Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing at Swinburne University, Melbourne, Australia, July 2020
  9. [seminar] Maunakea Observatories Science Seminar, W. M. Keck Observatory, Hawaii, June 2020
  10. ALMA/ASPECS team meeting, Ringberg Castle, Germany, November 2019 
  11. [colloquium] Astronomy Dept. at Univ. of Washington, Seattle, Washington, November 2019
  12. Revolutionary Spectroscopy of Today as a Springboard to Webb, Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands, November 2019
  13. [colloquium] BashFest, Univ. of Texas Austin, Austin, TX, October 2019
  14. IAU Symposium 352, Uncovering early galaxy evolution in the ALMA and JWST era, Viana do Castelo, Portugal, June 2019
  15. IR Science Interest Group at AAS Annual Meeting, Seattle, Washington, January 2019
  16. Texas A&M Astronomy Seminar Texas A&M, December 2018
  17. [colloquium] NOAO/Steward Observatory joint colloquium, University of Arizona, November 2018
  18. Harvard-CfA Galaxies and Cosmology Seminar Harvard, October 2018
  19. Characterizing Galaxies with Spectroscopy with a view for JWST, Lorentz Center, Leiden, Netherlands, October 2017
  20. Advances in Galaxy Evolution through a new Generation of Spectroscopic Surveys, MPIA, Ringberg Castle, Germany, June 2017
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Leadership, Service & Outreach
Sep 2022 - Jun 2023
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Feb 2022 - present

​March 2023
2021
​2018, 2019, 2020
Summer and Fall 2020
​March 16, 2020
​March 4-8, 2019
​April 10, 2018
​Winter 2017 - Present
​2014 - Present
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Fall 2015 - Spring 2017
2015 - 2017
​2015 - 2017
​2012 - 2015