Serat Saad.
I am a Ph.D. student in Astronomy at The Ohio State University. I study stars and galaxies through understanding their dynamics and chemistry.
Before Ohio State, I was at Vanderbilt University, where I double-majored in Physics and Mathematics.
Research
Wide Binaries & Modified Gravity →
Testing Newtonian gravity at its weakest with the widest pairs of stars in the Galaxy.
Young Stars & Stellar Formation →
Hunting for baby stars hiding in massive spectroscopic surveys.
AGN & Black Hole Binaries →
Asking whether a flickering quasar is really two supermassive black holes about to merge.
Super Metal-Rich Stars (PANTERA) →
Chemical fingerprints of stars that migrated out from the inner Galaxy to the solar neighborhood.
Beyond
Writing →
Explaining new astrophysics research for a broad audience as an author and editor at Astrobites.
AI for Science & Education →
Building AI tools that accelerate research and widen access to learning - from PorAI to autonomous agents for spectroscopy.
Astronomy Olympiad →
Training the next generation of astronomers through competitive problem-solving.
Quantum Computing Education →
Making quantum computing education approachable.