Department of Astronomy

Dr. Salim's research is focused on galaxy evolution. He is interested in understanding the complex interplay between: (a) in situ star formation, (b) gas accretion from intergalactic medium and/or mergers, and (c) the different mechanisms of star formation and AGN feedback. Dr Salim's primary approach in studying these questions is to harness the statistical power of low-redshift large-scale surveys (SDSS, GALEX, WISE) in combination with higher-redshift multiwavelength surveys and the follow-up observations with the HST, Gemini and WIYN. He is one of the early adopters of data-intensive astrophysics and is currently focusing on next-generation efforts such as LSST. The topics he is interested in include: regulation of star formation on and of the galaxy main sequence, chemical enrichment, dust attenuation, quenching of star formation, physical properties of galaxies and the SED fitting techniques.

Samir Salim joined IU Astronomy faculty as a Research Scientist in 2009 and as an Assistant Professor in 2019. He received his B.Sc. in Astrophysics from University of Belgrade, in Serbia, in 1996. The following year he started graduate studies at the Ohio State University, where he obtained his Ph.D. in 2002 (adviser Prof. A. Gould). Next he worked as a NASA’s GALEX postdoctoral researcher at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA, 2002-06) and a research associate at the NOIRLab in Tucson (2006-09).

Comprehensive comparison of models for spectral energy distributions from 0.1 μm to 1 mm of nearby star-forming galaxies, Hunt, L. K., De Looze, I. et al. 2019, A&A, 621, A51.

Dust Attenuation Curves in the Local Universe: Demographics and New Laws for Star-forming Galaxies and High-redshift Analogs, Salim, S., Boquien, M., Lee, J. C. 2018, ApJ, 859, 11.

GALEX-SDSS-WISE Legacy Catalog (GSWLC): Star Formation Rates, Stellar Masses, and Dust Attenuations of 700,000 Low-redshift Galaxies, Salim, S., Lee, J.C., Janowiecki, S. et al. 2016, ApJS, 227, 2.

IROCKS: Spatially Resolved Kinematics of z ~ 1 Star-forming Galaxies, Mieda, E., Wright, S. A., Larkin, J. E., Armus, L., Juneau, S., Salim, S., Murray, N. 2016, ApJ, 831, 78.

Suppression of Star Formation in the Hosts of Low-excitation Radio Galaxies, Pace, C., Salim, S., 2016, ApJ, 818, 65.

Measuring Distance and Properties of the Milky Way's Central Supermassive Black Hole with Stellar Orbits, Ghez, A. M. et al. 2008, ApJ, 689, 1044.

UV Star Formation Rates in the Local Universe, Salim, S et al. 2007, ApJS, 173, 267.

Stellar Orbits around the Galactic Center Black Hole, Ghez, A. M. et al. 2005, ApJ, 620, 744.

New Constraints on the Star Formation Histories and Dust Attenuation of Galaxies in the Local Universe from GALEX, Salim, S. et al. 2005, ApJ, 619, L39.

View a complete list from the Astrophysics Data System

• A105: Stars and Galaxies
• A405: Computational Astrophysics
• A580: Physical and Observational Cosmology
• A780: Astro2010 Decadal Survey (graduate seminar)