Rongmon Bordoloi

Bio

Dr Rongmon Bordoloi is an observational astrophysicist studying galaxy evolution. He is particularly interested in understanding how galaxies form and evolve, by studying the cycling of baryons into and out of galaxies. He is an expert observer, who routinely uses  multi-wavelength spectroscopy and imaging (both from the ground and space) to study the galaxy baryon cycle. The baryon cycle is vital in regulating  star-formation in galaxies and dictate the evolution of a galaxy. These diffuse reservoirs of gas outside galaxies contain most of the missing baryons in the Universe.  Dr. Bordoloi works closely with theorists who use numerical simulations to study galaxy formation. This close interaction with theorists help in interpreting his own observational results and in constraining different theories of galaxy evolution. He also works on topics related to the formation of the first galaxies, observational cosmology, and the Fermi Bubbles.

Dr Bordoloi joins the Physics Department as an Assistant Professor in 2019. Dr Bordoloi received his PhD from ETH Zurich in 2013. After that he moved to US as a postdoctoral fellow at Space Telescope Science Institute till 2015.  He then moved to Boston to join Massachusetts Institute of Technology as a NASA Hubble Fellow.

 

 

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Publications

• EIGER IV. The Cool 10⁴ K Circumgalactic Environment of High-redshift Galaxies Reveals Remarkably Efficient Intergalactic Medium Enrichment , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2024)
• Little Red Dots: An Abundant Population of Faint Active Galactic Nuclei at z ∼ 5 Revealed by the EIGER and FRESCO JWST Surveys , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2024)
• CGM(2) + CASBaH: The Mass Dependence of H I Ly alpha-Galaxy Clustering and the Extent of the CGM , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2023)
• Caught in the Act: A Metal-rich High-velocity Cloud in the Inner Galaxy , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2023)
• Compact [CII] emitters around a C iv absorption complex at redshift 5.7 , NATURE (2023)
• Dissecting a 30 kpc galactic outflow at z ∼ 1.7 , MONTHLY NOTICES OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY (2023)
• EIGER. I. A Large Sample of [O III]-emitting Galaxies at 5.3 < z < 6.9 and Direct Evidence for Local Reionization by Galaxies , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2023)
• EIGER. II. First Spectroscopic Characterization of the Young Stars and Ionized Gas Associated with Strong H beta and [O iii] Line Emission in Galaxies at z=5-7 with JWST , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2023)
• EIGER. III. JWST/NIRCam Observations of the Ultraluminous High-redshift Quasar J0100+2802 , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2023)
• The Bimodal Absorption System Imaging Campaign (BASIC). I. A Dual Population of Low-metallicity Absorbers at z < 1 , ASTROPHYSICAL JOURNAL (2023)

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