Vida Saeedzadeh

Vida Saeedzadeh is an Assistant Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University and the Space Telescope Science Institute. Her research focuses on computational astrophysics, particularly cosmological hydrodynamical simulations exploring galaxy formation and evolution, the dynamics of the circumgalactic medium (CGM), and supermassive black hole mergers. She holds a Ph.D. in Astrophysics from the University of Victoria (2024), where her doctoral work investigated the origins of the CGM's multiphase structure and dual AGN systems. Her current projects include enhancing CGM resolution in simulations and predicting observables for nano-hertz gravitational waves using the Romulus and FOGGIE simulations.

Key research areas include analyzing CGM multiphase dynamics via perturbations from substructures, dual AGN demographics, and host galaxy properties of gravitational wave sources. She collaborates extensively, including with Dr. Suvodip Mukherjee on linking GW signals to galaxy surveys. Her computational methods leverage high-performance computing and modified GIZMO codes to improve simulation efficiency and realism.

Her work has been presented at institutions like the Max Planck Institute for Astronomy and the Flatiron Institute. She emphasizes bridging computational models with observational predictions, such as JWST detectability of dual AGNs and SKA-era GW studies.