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Dr. Randa Asad

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College / Department

College of Arts and Sciences
Department of Physics

Teaching areas

Physics and Astronomy

Research areas

Astrophysics: Tracing the chemical enrichment history of galaxies by studying the spectra of their star clusters.

Education

PhD, Physics, University of Cincinnati, United States, 2012
MS, Physics, University of Cincinnati, United States, 2008
BS, Physics, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Jordan, 2005

Professional experience

Associate Professor, American University of Sharjah, 2021 - Present

Memberships

International Astronomical Union, January 2016

Contact

[email protected]
+971 6 515 4708

Dr. Randa Asad

Associate Professor
PhD, University of Cincinnati, United States

Dr. Randa Asa’d obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati (USA). Her research interest focuses on fitting the observed spectra of distant star clusters to trace the chemical enrichment history of their host galaxies. She has been an invited visiting researcher at several renowned astrophysics research centers like Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) and ESO headquarters, among others. Dr Asa'd has been awarded time to observe distant star cluster at some of the largest telescopes in the world, including the VLT, Blanco, SOAR and Gemini. Her research is presented at international conferences and published in leading peer-reviewed astrophysics journals like ApJ, AJ and MNRAS.

Publications

Randa Asad, Paula Coelho, Johina John, Igor Chilingarian, Gustavo Bruzual And Stephane Charlot. Semi-empirical versus Theoretical Stellar Population Models: a comparison with Star Clusters
Randa Asad, S. Hernandez, J. John, M. Alfaro-cuello, Z. Wang, A. Asa'd, A. Vasini And F. Matteucci. NGC 1856: Using Machine Learning Techniques to Uncover Detailed Stellar Abundances from MUSE Data, May 2024
Randa Asad, Valentin Ivanov, Ignacio Negueruela, Johina John, Anais Gonneau And Marina Rejkuba. To Be or Not to Be: ALICANTE 8, A Cluster or Not?, Astronomical Journal, March 2023
Randa Asad, S. Hernandez, A. As'ad, M. Molero, F. Matteucci, S. Larsen And Igor V. Chilingarian. Detailed Chemical Abundances of Star Clusters in the Large Magellanic Cloud, The Astrophysical Journal, March 2022
Randa Asad, Paul Goudfrooij And A.m. As'ad. On the precision of full-spectrum fitting of simple stellar populations - IV. A systematic comparison with results from colour-magnitude diagrams, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, March 2022
Randa Asad, Paul Goudfrooij, A. Mustafa, H. Almir, L. Begum, A. Aljasmi And O. Almatroushi. On the Precision of Full-spectrum Fitting of Stellar Populations. III. Identifying Age Spreads., May 2021
Paul Goudfrooij And Randa Asad. On the precision of full-spectrum fitting of simple stellar populations - II. The dependence on star cluster mass in the wavelength range 0.3-5.0 µm, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, February 2021
Randa Asad, Mikhail Kovalev, Ben Davies, Valentin Ivanov, Marina Rejkuba, Anais Gonneau, Svea Hernandez, Carmela Lardo And Maria Bergemann. Analysis of Red-Supergiants in VdBH-222, Astrophysical Journal, 2020
A. Milone, A. Marino, Da Costa, G. S., E. Lagioia, F. D'antona, P. Goudfrooij, H. Jerjen, D. Massari, A. Renzini, D. Yong, H. Baumgardt, G. Cordoni, E. Dondoglio, C. Li, M. Tailo, Randa Asad And E. Ventura. Multiple populations in globular clusters and their parent galaxies, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 2020
Randa Asad And Paul Goudfrooij. On the Accuracy of Full-spectrum Fitting of Simple Stellar Populations. I. Well-sampled Populations., Mnras, 2020
Nate Bastian, Christopher Usher, Sebastian Kamann, Carmela Lardo, Soren Larsen, Ivan Cabrera-ziri, William Chantereau, Silvia Martocchia, Maurizio Salaris, Ricardo Schiavon, Randa Asad And Michael Hilker. Searching for multiple populations in the integrated light of the young and extremely massive clusters in the merger remnant NGC 7252, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 2020
Nate Bastian, Christopher Usher, Sebastian Kamann, Carmela Lardo, Soren Larsen, Ivan Cabrera-ziri, William Chantereau, Silvia Martocchia, Maurizio Salaris, Ricardo Schiavon, Randa Asad And Michael Hilker. Multiple populations in integrated light spectroscopy of intermediate-age clusters, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 2019
Randa Asa'd And Cindy Gunn. Improving problem solving skills in introductory physics using Kahoot!, Physics Education, 1 September 2018
Igor Chilingarian And Randa Asa'd. Using Star Clusters as Tracers of Star Formation and Chemical Evolution: The Chemical Enrichment History of the Large Magellanic Cloud, Astrophysical Journal, 1 May 2018
Randa Asad, Alexandre Vazdekis, Miguel Cerviño, Noelia Noël, Michael Beasley And Mahmoud Kassab. Young LMC clusters: The role of red supergiants and multiple stellar populations in their integrated light and CMDs, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 2017
Randa Asad, Alexandre Vazdekis And Sami Zeinelabdin. Ages of LMC star clusters using ASAD_2, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 2016
Randa Asad. Analyzer of spectra for Age Determination (ASAD) - algorithm and applications, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 2014
Randa Asad, M. Hanson And Andrea Ahumada. An investigation of the use of synthetic spectra to find the ages of stellar clusters, Publications Of The Astronomical Society Of The Pacific, 1 November 2013
Randa Asad And M. Hanson. Investigating ageing methods of Large Magellanic Cloud star clusters using integrated colours, Monthly Notices Of The Royal Astronomical Society, 2012

Awards and Honors

CAS Excellence in Research Award, AUS, April 2022

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