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] Her research group produced an important breakthrough in how cosmic gas falls into black holes and produces quasars.[4] 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[5] to conduct research on Quasars at the Institute for Advanced Study. From 2008 to 2010 she was a John Bahcall Fellow[6] also at the Institute for Advanced Study.

Publications
  • Zakamska, Nadia L.; Hamann, Fred; Pâris, Isabelle; Brandt, W. N.; Greene, Jenny E.; Strauss, Michael A.; Villforth, Carolin; Wylezalek, Dominika; Alexandroff, Rachael M.; Ross, Nicholas P. (2016-07-01). "Discovery of extreme [O III] λ5007 Å outflows in high-redshift red quasars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. 459 (3): 3144–3160. arXiv:1512.02642. Bibcode:2016MNRAS.459.3144Z. doi:10.1093/mnras/stw718. ISSN 0035-8711.
  • Zakamska, Nadia L.; Lampayan, Kelly; Petric, Andreea; Dicken, Daniel; Greene, Jenny E.; Heckman, Timothy M.; Hickox, Ryan C.; Ho, Luis C.; Krolik, Julian H. (2016-02-01). "Star formation in quasar hosts and the origin of radio emission in radio-quiet quasars". Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society 455 (4): 4191–4211. doi:10.1093/mnras/stv2571. ISSN 0035-8711.

References
  1. "Nadia Zakamska | Physics & Astronomy". physics-astronomy.jhu.edu. 8 February 2013. 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. "Q&A with Nadia Zakamska". IAS Ideas. Institute for Advanced Study. 16 September 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2022.
  5. "NASA Spitzer Fellowship". Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  6. "John Bahcall Fellowship". Retrieved 27 October 2019.
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