Hamid Hassani

Grad Teaching Assistantship, Faculty of Science - Physics

PhD student, Faculty of Science - Physics

Vice President External - Graduate Students' Association (2023-2024)

Pronouns: He/Him

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Grad Teaching Assistantship, Faculty of Science - Physics

Email: hhassani@ualberta.ca

PhD student, Faculty of Science - Physics

Vice President External - Graduate Students' Association (2023-2024)

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Address: 1-49 Triffo Hall
11312 89 Ave NW

Edmonton AB

T6G 2H5

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Astronomy Astrophysics

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Research - Neloura

A central component of my research is the development of Neloura, an open-source platform for visualization, cataloging, and analysis of astronomical data. The motivation behind Neloura arose from the growing complexity of modern multi-wavelength datasets. With the advent of large, high-resolution mosaics from observatories such as JWST, ALMA, HST, and MUSE, researchers increasingly face challenges in efficiently visualizing, cross-matching, and analyzing heterogeneous data products across multiple spectral bands and instruments. Existing tools often specialize in a single task—such as image inspection (DS9), catalog manipulation (TOPCAT), or cube visualization (CARTA)—but lack integration, scalability, or a unified workflow suitable for today’s data-intensive astronomy.

Neloura was designed to address these limitations by combining the strengths of these systems into a single, modular platform that enables both expert analysis and intuitive exploration. Users can seamlessly load multi-band FITS mosaics, and overlay large source catalogs interactively. Built-in modules allow for the generation of spectral energy distributions (SEDs), cross-matching, and interactive creation of RGB composites to visualize emission from different physical components such as dust, gas, and stars. The platform runs both as a standalone Python package and as a browser-based web application, making it accessible to researchers without high-end computing resources.

Beyond being a visualization tool, Neloura embodies the principles of open science and reproducibility. By releasing it freely and providing documentation, the platform empowers the astronomical community to explore, share, and interpret complex datasets collaboratively. In this way, Neloura serves not only as an integral part of my research infrastructure but also as a broader contribution to how astronomers interact with the increasingly data-rich universe revealed by next-generation observatories.

Github: https://github.com/hamidnpc/Neloura

Website: Neloura.com