Saeed Salimpour
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About
Saeed Salimpour is an astronomy education researcher whose work sits at the intersection of technology-enhanced learning, inquiry-based pedagogy, and science curriculum development. His research focuses primarily on the use of robotic telescopes as transformative educational tools, exploring how remote observing technologies can bring authentic scientific inquiry into secondary and tertiary classrooms worldwide. Among his most significant contributions is his leadership of *Our Solar Siblings* (OSS), a non-profit, institution-independent project that partners with the Las Cumbres Observatory (LCO) to deliver robotic telescope-based learning experiences to high school students — work that has garnered 12 citations since 2018. Salimpour has also conducted broad literature reviews of robotic telescope education research and examined its integration across OECD school curricula, helping establish an evidence base for the field. His 2019 work on astrophotography in middle school further demonstrates his commitment to engaging younger learners through the aesthetic power of the cosmos. More recently, his psychometric research validating self-efficacy scales for introductory astronomy students — drawing on data from over 15,000 students across 22 North American institutions — signals a growing contribution to rigorous education measurement. Collectively, his work is shaping how the next generation encounters and engages with the universe.
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