
Lukas
Zalesky
, Ph.D.
- Patent Engineer
- English
Lukas is an astrophysicist. He recently completed his Ph.D. in Astronomy at the University of Hawaii's Institute for Astronomy. In his work as a patent engineer, Lukas assists with patent preparation and prosecution for domestic and international clients. His insight and deep understanding in these fields enable him to expertly navigate complex issues and provide solutions to patent-related matters.
Prior to joining OBWB, Lukas held a number of research positions at the University of Hawaii and at the College of Charleston. As a researcher, Lukas has led numerous observational programs as the principal investigator using some of the largest telescopes in the world at the Maunakea Observatory. His expertise spans multiwavelength analysis, image processing, spectroscopy, detectors and signal processing, thermodynamical systems, and scientific programming including training and deploying machine learning models.
In addition to leading educational activies and serving in an advisory capacity, Lukas has also authored a number of publications on these topics.
Select Publications & Presentations
- Euclid preparation: TBD. Cosmic Dawn Survey: 'Pre-launch' evolution of the galaxy stellar mass function across 0.2 < z < 6.5 measured over 10 square degrees. Euclid Collaboration, Zalesky L., Weaver J. R., McPartland C. J. R. et al., 2025, A&A, submitted.
- Euclid preparation: LXI. Cosmic Dawn Survey: 'Pre-launch' multiwavelength catalogues for Euclid Deep Field North and Euclid Deep Field Fornax. Euclid Collaboration, Zalesky L., McPartland C. J. R., Weaver J. R. et al., 2025, A&A, 695, A229.
- Euclid preparation: LXIV. The Cosmic Dawn Survey (DAWN) of the Euclid Deep and Auxiliary Fields. Euclid Collaboration, McPartland C. J. R., Zalesky L., Weaver J. R. et al., 2025, A&A, 695, A259.
- The Farmer: A Reproducible Profile-fitting Photometry Package for Deep Galaxy Surveys. Weaver J. R., Zalesky L., Kokorev V., McPartland C. J. R. et al., 2023, ApJS, 269, 20.
- A Machine-learning Approach to Predict Missing Flux Densities in Multiband Galaxy Surveys Chartab, N., Mobasher, B., ... Zalesky, L. et al. 2023 ApJ 942, 91
- Euclid preparation. XVII. Cosmic Dawn Survey: Spitzer Space Telescope observations of the Euclid deep fields and calibration fields. Euclid collaboration, ... Zalesky, L. et al. 2022 A&A 658, A126.
- COSMOS2020: A panchromatic view of the Universe to z ~ 10 from two complementary catalogs Weaver J. R., Kauffmann O. B., … Zalesky, L. et al., 2022, ApJS, 258, 11.
- An Extreme Case of Galaxy and Cluster Co-Evolution at z = 0:7 Ebeling, H., Richard, J., Smail, I., Koekemoer, A., Zalesky, L. 2021 MNRAS 508, 3363.
- AStroLens: Automatic Strong Lens-Modeling of X-ray Selected Galaxy Clusters Zalesky, L. and Ebeling, H. 2020 MNRAS 498, 1121.
- Measuring the Innermost Stable Circular Orbit of Supermassive Black Holes Chartas, G., Krawczynski, H., Zalesky, L. 2017 ApJ, 837, 26.
- Ph.D., Astronomy, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2024
- M.S., Astronomy, Institute for Astronomy, University of Hawaii at Manoa, 2020
- B.S., Astrophysics with minor in Mathematics, College of Charleston, Honors College, South Carolina, Suma Cum Laude, 2018