Feryal Özel Explained

Birth Date:27 May 1975
Birth Place:Istanbul, Turkey
Fields:Astrophysics
Education:Columbia University (BS)
Harvard University (PhD)
Thesis Title:"The Effects of Strong Magnetic and Gravitational Fields on Neutron Star Atmospheres"
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Doctoral Advisor:Ramesh Narayan (astrophysicist)
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Website:http://xtreme.as.arizona.edu/~fozel/

Feryal Özel (born May 27, 1975) is a Turkish-American astrophysicist born in Istanbul, Turkey, specializing in the physics of compact objects and high energy astrophysical phenomena. As of 2022, Özel is the Department Chair and a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Physics in Atlanta. She was previously a professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson, in the Astronomy Department and Steward Observatory.

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 Maria Goeppert Mayer award from the American Physical Society in 2013[5] for her outstanding contributions to neutron star astrophysics. Özel has appeared on numerous TV documentaries including Big Ideas on PBS and the Universe series in the History Channel.

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Feryal Özel, Natural Sciences Member 9/2002–6/2005. School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study.
  2. Web site: 2012-05-07. Feryal Özel. 2020-09-02. Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. en.
  3. News: Wednesday . Korey Haynes. Event Horizon Telescope releases first ever black hole image . 14 April 2019 . Astronomy.com . Astronomy . 10 April 2019.
  4. Web site: Event Horizon Telescope Feryal Özel. 2020-08-20. en-US. 2020-07-23. https://web.archive.org/web/20200723194540/http://xtreme.as.arizona.edu/~fozel/index.php/project/eht/. dead.
  5. Web site: Maria Goeppert Mayer Award. www.aps.org. en. 2018-04-15.
  6. Web site: Lynx X-ray Observatory. 2020-09-06. Lynx X-ray Observatory. en-US.
  7. Web site: About Me Feryal Özel. 2020-09-02. en-US. 2019-12-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20191212093306/http://xtreme.as.arizona.edu/~fozel/index.php/bio/. dead.
  8. Web site: Breakthrough Prize – Winners of the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics Announced.
  9. Web site: Astrophysics Advisory Committee Science Mission Directorate . science.nasa.gov . 14 April 2019.
  10. News: Stolte . Daniel . Communications . University Relations- . UA Astrophysicist Wins Guggenheim Fellowship . 14 April 2019 . UANews . en.
  11. Web site: John Simon Guggenheim Foundation Feryal Ӧzel. 2020-09-02. en-US.
  12. Web site: Feryal Özel . Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University . 14 April 2019 . en . 7 May 2012.
  13. Web site: Bok Prize. 2020-09-02. astronomy.fas.harvard.edu. en.

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