Boris S. Kalita
Postdoc
Peking University
Email: kalita.boris.sindhu@gmail.com
I aim to understand why the most massive galaxies in our Universe look the way they do by studying how star formation occurs from small (~tens of parsecs) to large (~kpc) scales. I use high-resolution imaging data from the James Webb Space Telescope to perform detailed structural analyses of various characteristic features in galaxies, such as star-forming clumps, spiral arms, and bars. My work focuses on the era known as Cosmic Noon (z ≈ 1–3), which marks the peak of star formation activity in the Universe and is therefore crucial for shaping galaxies into their present-day forms.
Interests
- Star-formation across various scales
- Quantifying the structural characteristics of massive galaxies
Positions
2025-Present: Kavli Astrophysics Fellow and Boya Fellow (postdoc), KIAA-Peking University, Beijing, China
2023-2025: Kavli Astrophysics Fellow (postdoc), Kavli-IPMU, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
2018-2019: Research Scholar (Sheila Watumull grant), University of Hawaii-Manoa, USA (supervisor: Dr. Harald Ebeling)
Education
- PhD in Astronomy, 2019-2022
- University of Paris
- Advisor: Dr. Emanuele Daddi
- Masters in Physics, 2017-2018
- Indian Institute of Technology
- Bachelors in Physics, 2013-2017
- University of Delhi
Publications
[first/lead authorship] https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/public-libraries/CzPNsC7oQL2pv84lCODcgA
[all publications] https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9215-7053