Turkish-American astronomer Image of the superm*ive 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 2020, Özel is a professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson, in the Astronomy Department and Steward Observatory.

Özel graduated summa * 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 Ins*ute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. She was a Fellow at the Harvard-Radcliffe Ins*ute and a Visiting Professor at the Miller Ins*ute at UC Berkeley.

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

Özel received the Maria Goeppert Mayer award from the American Physical Society in 2013 for her outstanding contributions to neutron star astrophysics. Özel has appeared on numerous TV do*entaries 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.

Contents

• 1 Education
• 2 Honors and awards
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Education

The following list summarizes Prof. Özel's education path:

• 1992 - Üsküdar American Academy, İstanbul, Turkey
• 1996 - BSc in Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York City
• 1997 - MSc in Physics, Niels Bohr Ins*ute, Copenhagen
• 2002 - PhD in Astrophysics, Harvard University, Cambridge, USA

Honors and awards

• Breakthrough Prize, 2020
• Chair, Astrophysics Advisory Committee (APAC), NASA, 2019
• Fellowship, John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation, 2016
• Visiting Miller Professorship, University of California Berkeley, 2014
• Maria Goeppert Mayer Award, American Physical Society, 2013
• Fellowship, Radcliffe Ins*ute for Advanced Studies, 2012-2013
• Bart J. Bok Prize, Harvard University, 2010
• Lucas Award, San Diego Astronomy *ociation, 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, Ins*ute for Advanced Study, 2002
• Van Vleck Fellowship, Harvard University, 1999
• Kostrup Prize, Niels Bohr Ins*ute, 1997
• Niels Bohr Ins*ute 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

External links

• "Big Ideas" Website (Resume)
• Personal webpage at the University of Arizona
• Nature Magazine online service
• University of Arizona News
• List of published articles according to IOP Publishing
• List of published articles according to NASA/ADS