Feryal Özel

Feryal Özel (born May 27, 1975) is a Turkish astrophysicist born in Istanbul, Turkey, specializing in the physics of compact objects and high energy astrophysical phenomena. As of 2019, Özel is a professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson, in the Astronomy Department and Steward Observatory.

Feryal Özel
Born(1975-05-27)May 27, 1975
Istanbul, Turkey
EducationPhD, Harvard University, USA, 2002
Scientific career
Thesis"The Effects of Strong Magnetic and Gravitational Fields on Neutron Star Atmospheres"
Doctoral advisorRamesh Narayan

Özel received her PhD at Harvard University and was a Hubble Fellow and member at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.[1] She has been a Fellow at the Harvard-Radcliffe Institute and a Visiting Professor at the Miller Institute at UC Berkeley.

Özel is widely recognized for her contributions to the field of neutron stars, black holes, and magnetars. She is a collaborator of Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) that released the first image of a black hole.[2]

Özel received the Maria Goeppert Mayer award from the American Physical Society in 2013[3] 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.

Education

Honors and awards
  • Chair, Astrophysics Advisory Committee (APAC), NASA, 2019[4]
  • Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2016[5]
  • Visiting Miller Professorship, University of California Berkeley, 2014
  • Maria Goeppert Mayer Award, American Physical Society, 2013[3]
  • Fellowship, Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, 2012-2013[6]
  • Bart J. Bok Prize, Harvard University, 2010
  • 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
  1. "Feryal Özel, Natural Sciences Member 9/2002–6/2005". School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study.
  2. Wednesday, Korey Haynes (10 April 2019). "Event Horizon Telescope releases first ever black hole image". Astronomy.com. Astronomy. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  3. "Maria Goeppert Mayer Award". www.aps.org. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
  4. "Astrophysics Advisory Committee | Science Mission Directorate". science.nasa.gov. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  5. Stolte, Daniel; Communications, University Relations-. "UA Astrophysicist Wins Guggenheim Fellowship". UANews. Retrieved 14 April 2019.
  6. "Feryal Özel". Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. 7 May 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2019.



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