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Leonidas Moustakas

Education
  • B.S., Astronomy, University of Arizona (1991)
  • B.S., Physics, University of Arizona (1991)
  • M.S., Astronomy, UC Berkeley (1994)
  • PhD., Astrophysics, UC Berkeley (1998)
Research Interests
  • The nature of massive galaxies at high redshift, the emergence of bimodality in galaxies properties, and constraints on galaxy formation and evolution models
  • The multiwavelength (Xray/UV/MIR) properties of galaxies
  • Strong gravitational lensing as a probe of the structure and evolution of dark matter halos
Professional Experience
  • Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Astrophysics & Space Sciences Section
    • Research Scientist (2006 - present)
    • Scientist (2005-2006)
  • Space Telescope Science Institute, Postdoc with the Spitzer/GOODS-Legacy project (2002-2005)
  • University of Oxford, UK, Postdoc with the Observational Cosmology Group (1999-2002)
Selected Publications
  1. P Allen, LA Moustakas, et al, "The Oxford-Dartmouth Thirty Degree Survey - II. Clustering of bright Lyman break galaxies: strong luminosity-dependent bias at z=4," MNRAS, 360, 1244 (2005)
  2. A Bolton, S Burles, L Koopmans, T Treu, LA Moustakas, "SDSS J140228.22+632133.3: A New Spectroscopically Selected Gravitational Lens," ApJ, 24, L21 (2005)
  3. C Fassnacht, LA Moustakas, et al, "Strong Gravitational Lens Candidates in the GOODS ACS Fields," ApJ, 600, L155 (2004)
  4. R Somerville, LA Moustakas, et al, "The Redshift Distribution of Near-Infrared-Selected Galaxies in the Great Observatories Origins Deep Survey as a Test of Galaxy Formation Scenarios," ApJ, 600, L135 (2004)
  5. LA Moustakas, et al, "Morphologies and Spectral Energy Distributions of Extremely Red Galaxies in the GOODS-South Field," ApJ, 600, L131 (2004)
  6. LA Moustakas & RB Metcalf, "Morphologies and Spectral Energy Distributions of Extremely Red Galaxies in the GOODS-South Field," MNRAS, 339, 607 (2003)
  7. LA Moustakas & R Somerville, "The Masses, Ancestors, and Descendants of Extremely Red Objects: Constraints from Spatial Clustering," ApJ, 577, 1 (2002)
  8. A Bunker, LA Moustakas, M Davis, "The Masses, Ancestors, and Descendants of Extremely Red Objects: Constraints from Spatial Clustering," ApJ, 531, 95 (2000)
  9. LA Moustakas, et al, "Colors and K-band Counts of Extremely Faint Field Galaxies," ApJ, 475, 445 (1997)

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