Curriculum Vitae
Ngo Ngoc Hai
NDDieu Teams · University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US
Education
2016 — 2020
Bachelor of Science
Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City, University of Science (VNUHCM-US)
Faculty of Chemitry
Advisor: PhD. Nhi - Nguyen Thi Y ·
Present
Ph.D. in Astronomy & Astrophysics
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, US
Advisor: Prof. Dieu D. Nguyen ·
Research Interests
Theme 01
ELT / HARMONI
Intermediate-mass black holes in nuclear star clusters
Simulating the ELT observation, using high-resolution imaging and spectroscopy and the proximity of our low-mass early-type galaxy sample, I examine in detail their NSCs morphology, composition, kinematics, and dynamical masses to shed a light on their formation origins either gas in situ or stellar migration.
Theme 02
ELT / HARMONI + ALMA
The formation and co-evolution of central massive black holes and their host galaxies
Studying galaxy and massive black hole's evolution by MBH–σ correlation. Scaling relations between central black hole mass and host galaxy properties, e.g., the bulge mass component and bulge velocity dispersion of stars, hint to a joint evolution of black holes and galaxies. Estimating the dynamical mass of black holes and their host galaxies at different redshifts is fundamental to establish their growth scenarios over the cosmic time.
Theme 03
ELT / HARMONI + ALMA
Ultra-massive black holes at the highest galactic-mass ladder
There are evidences of most massive galaxies showing that the central black hole mass positive outliers from the Mbh-sigma or Mbh-Lk relation. It argues that they assemble their matter, changing from a sequence of bulge growth to dry-merger growth. The expectation that BH will increase their mass through coalescence with other similar size black holes. The most massive galaxies is the key for our understanding about galaxy evolution and in particular how ultramassive black holes can form.
Selected Publications
2025
Revisiting the supermassive black hole mass of NGC 7052 with ALMA
The Astrophysical Journal · arXiv:2509.02956
2025
Supermassive BH mass in NGC 4736 with JWST/NIRSpec stellar kinematics
Astronomy & Astrophysics 698, L9 (2025) · doi