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Feryal Özel

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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 2022, Özel is the department chair and a professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology School of Physics in Atlanta. She was previously a professor at the University of Arizona in Tucson, in the Astronomy Department and Steward Observatory. Özel graduated summa cum 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Feryal Özel is the 636th most popular astronomer, the 1,499th most popular biography from Türkiye and the 9th most popular Turkish Astronomer.

Feryal Özel is a Turkish-American astronomer renowned for her research on black holes and neutron stars, particularly in the context of gravitational waves and high-energy astrophysics. She is also known for her contributions to the study of the properties of matter under extreme conditions.

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Among ASTRONOMERS

Among astronomers, Feryal Özel ranks 636 out of 644. Before her are Heidi Hammel, Tetsuo Kagawa, James Gall, Lisa Kaltenegger, Konstantin Batygin, and Amy Mainzer. After her are Anna Frebel, Robert S. McMillan, Mario Jurić, Jun Chen, Maria A. Barucci, and Violeta G. Ivanova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1975, Feryal Özel ranks 1,153. Before her are Makoto Okubo, Kristian Vigenin, Jang Dae-il, Noel Clarke, Ta-Nehisi Coates, and Nicole Herschmann. After her are Aleksey Alipov, Bastian Reinhardt, Omi Sato, Jason Turner, Denys Hotfrid, and Lotte Kiærskou.

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In Türkiye

Among people born in Türkiye, Feryal Özel ranks 1,499 out of 1,347. Before her are Furkan Korkmaz (1997), Tunahan Kuzu (1981), İbrahim Toraman (1981), Hamide Bıkçın (1978), İsmail Köybaşı (1989), and Hande Kader (1993). After her are Yakup Kılıç (1986), Zeynep Sever (1989), Süreyya Ayhan (1978), Sinan Güler (1983), Necip Uysal (1991), and Ömer Onan (1978).

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Among ASTRONOMERS In Türkiye

Among astronomers born in Türkiye, Feryal Özel ranks 9. Before her are E. M. Antoniadi (1870), Cleomedes (110), Cleostratus (-520), Paris Pişmiş (1911), Janet Akyüz Mattei (1943), and Dilhan Eryurt (1926).

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