Visiting Scholars

Visiting Scholars

Visitor Period of stay Research interests

Marek Abramowicz

12 May 2024 to 19 May 2024 Prof. Marek Abramowicz earned his Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Warsaw University. After that he worked for several years at Stanford University and University of Texas at Austin. Later, for more than a decade, he collaborated closely with Dennis Sciama, first at Oxford University and then at the International School for Advanced Studies in Trieste. For twenty years he was a member of the Academic Board at the Salam's International Centre of Theoretical Physics in Trieste. In 1990-1994 he was professor of astrophysics at Nordita, the Nordic Institute for Theoretical Physics in Copenhagen. He was the Chair professor of Astrophysics at Göteborg University and Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden for many year. Now he is a professor at the Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center of the Polish Academy of Science, and a member of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts. His main field of research is theory of black hole accretion disks. Together with collaborators he discovered and/or developed models of Polish Doughnuts, Slim disks, ADAFs, magnetically arrested disks (MAD). The well-known model of slim accretion disk has been considered as one of the foundations of understanding the formation and growth of supermassive black holes.

Minjin KIM

24 February 2024 to 25 February 2024 I am an associate professor in Department of Astronomy and Atmospheric Sciences at Kyungpook National University. My main research interests are the physical properties of Active Galactic Nuclei (AGN) and their host galaxies,  and the evolution of nearby galaxies. I am also involved in SPHEREx space mission.

Past Visiting Scholars

Visitor Period of stay Research interests
Adam Showman
Lunar and Planetary Lab, University of Arizona
2 Jul 2012 to 6 Aug 2012 Dynamics and evolution of planetary atmospheres and interiors
Prof. Ji Li
Hebei Normal University
20 Feb 2012 to 20 Jul 2012 Stellar chemistry, age and kinematics; Chemical evolution of the Galaxy.
Prof. Bing Zhang
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
19 Feb 2012 to 26 Feb 2012 High energy astrophysics; GRBs; Plusars.
Dr. Jonathan Davies
Cardiff University
8 Jan 2012 to 14 Jan 2012 Star formation histories and chemical evolution of nearby galaxies; Far infrared/sub-mm observations. Properties and origin of dwarf galaxies
Dr. Hao Yang
Central China Normal University
8 Jan 2012 to 12 Feb 2012 Star formation; Magnetic fields of young stars; Disks and accretion; Exoplanetary atmospheres.
Dr. NicK Kaiser
University of Hawaii
18 Dec 2011 to 21 Dec 2011 Large structure of the Universe
Dr. Yasunori Hori
National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, Tokyo
17 Dec 2011 to 22 Dec 2011 Planet formation.
Dr. Jacques Laskar
Institute d'Astrophysique, Paris
16 Dec 2011 to 30 Dec 2011 Planetary Dynamics
Dr. Manhoi Lee
Hong Kong University
15 Dec 2011 to 21 Dec 2011 Planetary Dynamics
Dr. H. Hubertus Klahr
Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy
29 Nov 2011 to 4 Dec 2011 Star and planet formation, Turbulence, Computational astrophysics, Super computing, Magneto-, Hydrodynamics, Radiation transport, Accretion disks.