Shahin Jafarzadeh

Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany

0000-0002-7711-5397

I am currently a research scientist at Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, MPS (Göttingen, Germany) and an affiliated researcher at Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics, RoCS (Oslo, Norway) — based in Copenhagen, Denmark. My studies concern the Sun's lower atmosphere, regarding how magnetic fields structure dynamics of those layers — towards understanding the mysterious heating of the solar atmosphere, particularly from wave activity. I am a founding member of the WaLSA team and a member of a number of international committees. I am also an experienced observer, have supervised several MSc and PhD students, and passionately engage in public outreach activities.

Curriculum Vitae

Academic Interests

  • Solar Physics, predominantly linked to magnetic-field dynamics and wave activity in the lower solar atmosphere
  • High-resolution observations of the solar atmosphere from various ground-based and space/balloon-borne observing facilities
  • Data analysis and image processing, as well as applications of artificial intelligence and machine learning — linked to observations of the solar atmosphere
  • Interdisciplinary research (within, e.g., astrophysics, plasma physics, mathematics, computer science, and engineering/instrumentation design).

Employment History

  • Research Scientist, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany, 09/2021–01/2022 & 06/2022–present
  • Affiliated Researcher, Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics (RoCS), Norway, 09/2021–present
  • Research Scientist, Leibniz Institute for Solar Physics (KIS), Germany, 02/2022–05/2022
  • Researcher, Rosseland Centre for Solar Physics (RoCS), University of Oslo, Norway, 12/2016–08/2021
  • Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Norway, 2013–2016
  • PhD/Postdoctoral Fellow, Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Germany, 2010–2013
  • USO-SP Marie Curie Fellow, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Norway, 2009

Higher Education

  • Dr.rer.nat. (PhD) in Astronomy with Solar Physics (summa cum laude), Institute for Astrophysics, Georg August University of Göttingen, Germany, 2013
  • MSc in Astrophysics, Lund Observatory, Lund University, Sweden, 2009

Peer-Reviewed Publications