Nadia Zakamska

Nadia Zakamska is a Russian-American astronomer who is a professor at Johns Hopkins University.[1]

Nadia Zakamska
EducationPrinceton University, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
AwardsSloan Fellow, NASA Spitzer Fellow, John N. Bahcall Fellowship
Scientific career
FieldsAstronomy, Astrophysics
InstitutionsJohns Hopkins University
Websitehttps://physics-astronomy.jhu.edu/directory/nadia-zakamska/

Early life and education

Zakamska graduated from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology with a master's degree in theoretical physics in 2001. Zakamska then attended Princeton University for her PhD, which she received in 2005.[1][2]

Career and research

Zakamska's research involves multi-wavelength work on Type II quasars.[3] She also studies supermassive black holes and their role in galaxy formation.[2] In addition, she studies extrasolar planets and extragalactic astronomy.[2]

Awards and honors

Zakamska is a Sloan Fellow.[1] In 2014, she received the American Astronomical Society's Newton Lacy Pierce Prize, which is awarded to recognize at least five years of outstanding achievement in observational astronomical research.[3] Early in her career she was awarded a Spitzer Fellowship in 2005[4] to conduct research on Quasars at the Institute for Advanced Studies. From 2008 to 2010 she was a John Bahcall Fellow[5] also at the Institute for Advanced Studies.

Publications

References
  1. "Nadia Zakamska | Physics & Astronomy". physics-astronomy.jhu.edu. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  2. "Nadia Zakamska". Institute for Advanced Study. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  3. "Newton Lacy Pierce Prize in Astronomy | American Astronomical Society". aas.org. Retrieved 2016-06-21.
  4. "NASA Spitzer Fellowship". Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  5. "John Bahcall Fellowship". Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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