Feryal Özel
Born (1975-05-27) May 27, 1975
Istanbul, Turkey
EducationColumbia University (BS)
Harvard University (PhD)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
Thesis"The Effects of Strong Magnetic and Gravitational Fields on Neutron Star Atmospheres"
Doctoral advisorRamesh Narayan (astrophysicist)
Websitehttp://xtreme.as.arizona.edu/~fozel/
M87
Image of the supermassive black hole at the center of the galaxy M87, obtained by the Event Horizon Telescope Collaboration. Prof. Özel is part of the EHT team as of 2020.

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]

Honors and awards

References

  1. ↑ "Feryal Özel, Natural Sciences Member 9/2002–6/2005". School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study.
  2. ↑ "Feryal Özel". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. 2012-05-07. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  3. ↑ Wednesday, Korey Haynes (10 April 2019). "Event Horizon Telescope releases first ever black hole image". Astronomy.com. Astronomy. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  4. ↑ "Event Horizon Telescope | Feryal Özel". Archived from the original on 2020-07-23. Retrieved 2020-08-20.
  5. 1 2 "Maria Goeppert Mayer Award". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  6. ↑ "Lynx X-ray Observatory". Lynx X-ray Observatory. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
  7. ↑ "About Me | Feryal Özel". Archived from the original on 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  8. ↑ "Breakthrough Prize – Winners of the 2020 Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences, Fundamental Physics and Mathematics Announced".
  9. ↑ "Astrophysics Advisory Committee | Science Mission Directorate". science.nasa.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  10. ↑ Stolte, Daniel; Communications, University Relations-. "UA Astrophysicist Wins Guggenheim Fellowship". UANews. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  11. ↑ "John Simon Guggenheim Foundation | Feryal Ӧzel". Retrieved 2020-09-02.
  12. ↑ "Feryal Özel". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  13. ↑ "Bok Prize". astronomy.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-02.
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