Marat Gilfanov#
| Membership Number: | 6109 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2022 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http:// |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2010 - present W2 research group leader (tenured), Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics
- 2014 - 2019 Professor on a special chair "High energy emission from galaxies", Amsterdam University, Faculty of Science.
- 2000 - 2010 staff scientist (tenured), Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics
- 1996 - 2000 research fellow, Max-Planck-Institute for Astrophysics
- 1997 - present leading scientist, Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences.
- 1990 - 1997 senior scientist, Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences.
- 1988 - 1990 junior scientist, Space Research Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences.
Fields of Scholarship
- X-ray and extragalactic astronomy
- Space astrophysics
- Theoretical astrophysics and cosmology
Honours and Awards
- 2017 Belopolsky Prize in astrophysics, Russian Academy of Sciences
- 2016 corresponding member of Russian Academy of Sciences
- 2010 Professor of astrophysics (the title awarded by the High Commission of the Ministry of Science and Education of Russian Federation)
- 1997 Tsyolkovsky medal, The Russian Federation of Cosmonautics
- 1992 COSPAR Zeldovich Medal for Young Scientists
