Liverpool John Moores University, UK (summer 2018)
Invited Visiting Scientist:
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA), USA (summer 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018)
Invited Visiting Researcher:
Department of Physics, University of Cincinnati, USA (summer 2013, 2014 and 2015).
INTERNATIONAL LARGE TELESCOPE OBSERVATION EXPERIENCE:
(Co.I) Gemini - Chile:
Cycle 2019A and Cycle 2019B
(P.I) VLT - Chile:
Service mode – from April to October 2019
(P.I) SOAR telescope – La Serena, Chile:
3 nights (remotely) – January 2018
Magellan telescope – Chile:
2 nights (remotely) – November 2016
(P.I) SOAR telescope – La Serena, Chile:
4 nights – December 2011
(P.I) Blanco 4-m telescope – La Serena, Chile:
6 nights – February 2011
(P.I) Siding Springs 2.3 Telescope – Siding Spring Observatory, Australia:
4 nights – November 2010
SOAR telescope – La Serena, Chile:
6 nights – June 2010
Publications:
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, 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, 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