People > John Moustakas

Post-Doc Ph.D 2006, University of Arizona M. S. 2003, University of Arizona B. A., 2000, University of California, Berkeley

Contact Information: Phone: (212) 998-8903 Email: john.moustakas AT nyu.edu Home page: http://cosmo.nyu.edu/ioannis Address: Office 527 4 Washington Place New York, NY 10003

Research: I use large multi-wavelength surveys to measure the physical properties (luminosities, stellar masses, star formation rates, chemical abundances, and nuclear activity level) of low- and high-redshift galaxies, as a means of constraining theoretical models of galaxy formation. As part of my thesis I carried out an integrated optical spectrophotometric survey of nearby star-forming galaxies to establish a benchmark for studies of spatially unresolved, distant galaxies, and to develop robust methods for measuring the star formation rates and nebular abundances of galaxies from their optical emission lines. Currently I am using data from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS) and the AGN and Galaxy Evolution Survey (AGES) to measure the build-up of heavy elements in star-forming galaxies over the last 7 billion years of cosmic time. I am also currently involved in the Spitzer Infrared Nearby Galaxy Survey (SINGS), which is studying the spatial resolved mid- and far-infrared properties of nearby galaxies.

Selected Publications: 1. "Optical Star Formation Rate Indicators", Moustakas, J., Kennicutt, Robert C., & Tremonti, C., ApJ, 642, 775, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2006ApJ...642..775M&db_key=AST&data_type=HTML&format=&high=452a3b59ab21525 2. "An Integrated Spectrophotometric Survey of Nearby Star-forming Galaxies", Moustakas, J. & Kennicutt, Robert C., ApJS, 164, 81, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2006ApJS..164...81M&db_key=AST&data_type=HTML&format=&high=452a3b59ab21525 3. "Integrated Nebular Abundances of Disk Galaxies", Moustakas, J. & Kennicutt, Robert C., ApJ, 651, 155, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2006ApJ...651..155M&db_key=AST&data_type=HTML&format=&high=452a3b59ab21525 4. "The Mid-Infrared Spectrum of Star-forming Galaxies: Global Properties of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbon Emission", Smith, J. D., Draine, B. T., Dale, D. A., Moustakas, J., et al., 2007, ApJ, 656, 770, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2007ApJ...656..770S&db_key=AST&data_type=HTML&format=&high=452a3b59ab21525 5. "Mid-Infrared Spectral Diagnostics of Nuclear and Extranuclear Regions in Nearby Galaxies", Dale, D., Smith, J. D., Armus, L., Buckalew, B. A., Helou G., Kennicutt, R. C., Moustakas, J. et al., 2006, ApJ, 646, 161, http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-bib_query?bibcode=2006ApJ...646..161D&db_key=AST&data_type=HTML&format=&high=452a3b59ab21525