Feryal Özel
Feryal Özel | |
|---|---|
| Born | May 27, 1975 |
| Education | Columbia University (BS) Harvard University (PhD) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Thesis | "The Effects of Strong Magnetic and Gravitational Fields on Neutron Star Atmospheres" |
| Doctoral advisor | Ramesh Narayan (astrophysicist) |
| Website | http://xtreme.as.arizona.edu/~fozel/ |
Feryal Özel (born May 27, 1975) is a
Özel graduated summa cum laude from Columbia University's Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science and received her PhD at Harvard University with Ramesh Narayan acting as Thesis advisor. She was a Hubble Fellow and member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.[1] She was a Fellow at the Harvard-Radcliffe Institute and a visiting professor at the Miller Institute at UC Berkeley.[2]
Özel is widely recognized for her contributions to the field of neutron stars, black holes, and magnetars. She is the Modeling lead and member of the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) that released the first image of a black hole.[3][4]
Özel received the
Along with Alexey Vikhlinin, Özel is the Science and Technology Definition Team Community Co-chair for the Lynx X-ray Observatory NASA Large Mission Concept Study.[6]
Education
The following list summarizes Prof. Özel's education path:[7]
- 1992 - Üsküdar American Academy, İstanbul, Turkey
- 1996 - BSc in Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York City
- 1997 - MSc in Physics, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen
- 2002 - PhD in Astrophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA
Honors and awards
- Breakthrough Prize, 2020 [8]
- Chair, Astrophysics Advisory Committee (APAC), NASA, 2019[9]
- Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2016[10][11]
- Visiting Miller Professorship, University of California Berkeley, 2014
- Maria Goeppert Mayer Award, American Physical Society, 2013[5]
- Fellowship, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, 2012-2013[12]
- Bart J. Bok Prize, Harvard University, 2010[13]
- Lucas Award, San Diego Astronomy Association, 2010
- Visiting Scholar Fellowship, Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Foundation, 2007
- Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship, 2002-2005
- Distinguished Scholar Award, Daughters of Atatürk Foundation, 2003
- Keck Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Study, 2002
- Van Vleck Fellowship, Harvard University, 1999
- Kostrup Prize, Niels Bohr Institute, 1997
- Niels Bohr Institute Graduate Fellowship, 1996-1997
- Applied Mathematics Faculty Award, Columbia University, 1996
- Fu Foundation Scholarship, Columbia University, 1994-1996
- Research Fellowship, CERN, 1995
- Turkish Health and Education Foundation Scholarship, 1992-1994
References
- ^ "Feryal Özel, Natural Sciences Member 9/2002–6/2005". School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study.
- ^ "Feryal Özel". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ Wednesday, Korey Haynes (10 April 2019). "Event Horizon Telescope releases first ever black hole image". Astronomy.com. Astronomy. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "Event Horizon Telescope | Feryal Özel". Archived from the original on 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
- ^ a b "Maria Goeppert Mayer Award". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- ^ "Lynx X-ray Observatory". Lynx X-ray Observatory. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- ^ "About Me | Feryal Özel". Archived from the original on 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ "Breakthrough Prize – Winners of the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics Announced".
- ^ "Astrophysics Advisory Committee | Science Mission Directorate". science.nasa.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ Stolte, Daniel; Communications, University Relations-. "UA Astrophysicist Wins Guggenheim Fellowship". UANews. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Feryal Ӧzel". Retrieved 2020-09-02.
- ^ "Feryal Özel". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
- ^ "Bok Prize". astronomy.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
