Feryal Özel

Feryal Özel

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. She is widely recognized for her contributions to the field of neutron stars, black holes, and magnetars. She is currently a professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson, in the Astronomy Department and Steward Observatory. She received the Maria Goeppert Mayer award from the American Physical Society for her outstanding contributions to neutron star astrophysics.

She received her PhD at Harvard University and has been a member and Hubble Fellow 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. She has appeared on numerous TV documentaries including Big Ideas on PBS and the Universe series in the History Channel.

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References

  1. School of Natural Sciences, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, website

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