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Krzysztof Stanek

Summary

Krzysztof Stanek (born 1968) is a Polish[1] observational astrophysicist and Professor and University Distinguished Scholar at Ohio State University. He was named a University Distinguished Scholar in 2018. His research focus is on the explosive deaths of massive stars.[2]

Krzysztof Stanek
Born
Sandomierz, Poland
EducationPhD (1996)
Alma materPrinceton University
AwardsBeatrice M. Tinsley Prize (2020)
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsOhio State University

In 2022, Stanek was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.[3] He won the Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize along with Christopher Kochanek in 2020 for their work on the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN)[4] project.[5][6] He is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. He has also been the recipient of a Harvard-Smithsonian CfA Postdoctoral Fellowship, the Polish Astronomical Society Young Astronomer Award and a Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship.[7][8]

Selected articles edit

  • Stanek, K. Z.; Gnedin, O. Y.; Beacom, J. F.; Gould, A. P.; Johnson, J. A.; Kollmeier, J. A.; Modjaz, M.; Pinsonneault, M. H.; Pogge, R.; Weinberg, D. H. (2006). "Protecting Life in the Milky Way: Metals Keep the GRBs Away". Acta Astronomica. 56: 333. arXiv:astro-ph/0604113. Bibcode:2006AcA....56..333S.
  • Stanek, K. Z.; Matheson, T.; Garnavich, P. M.; Martini, P.; Berlind, P.; Caldwell, N.; Challis, P.; Brown, W. R.; Schild, R.; Krisciunas, K.; Calkins, M. L.; Lee, J. C.; Hathi, N.; Jansen, R. A.; Windhorst, R.; Echevarria, L.; Eisenstein, D. J.; Pindor, B.; Olszewski, E. W.; Harding, P.; Holland, S. T.; Bersier, D. (June 6, 2003). "Spectroscopic Discovery of the Supernova 2003dh Associated with GRB 030329". The Astrophysical Journal. 591 (1): L17–L20. arXiv:astro-ph/0304173. Bibcode:2003ApJ...591L..17S. doi:10.1086/376976. ISSN 0004-637X. S2CID 2561943.
  • Stanek, K. Z.; Garnavich, P. M.; Kaluzny, J.; Pych, W.; Thompson, I. (September 1, 1999). "BVRI Observations of the Optical Afterglow of GRB 990510". The Astrophysical Journal. 522 (1): L39–L42. arXiv:astro-ph/9905304. Bibcode:1999ApJ...522L..39S. doi:10.1086/312219. ISSN 0004-637X. S2CID 118267135.
  • Stanek, K. Z.; Garnavich, P. M. (August 20, 1998). "Distance to M31 with the Hubble Space Telescope and Hipparcos Red Clump Stars". The Astrophysical Journal. 503 (2): L131–L134. arXiv:astro-ph/9802121. Bibcode:1998ApJ...503L.131S. doi:10.1086/311539. ISSN 0004-637X. S2CID 6383832.

Books edit

  • Humphreys, Roberta M.; Stanek, Krzysztof Z. (2005). The fate of the most massive stars : proceedings of a meeting held at Jackson Lake Lodge, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, USA 23–28 May 2004. San Francisco: Astronomical Society of the Pacific. ISBN 1-58381-195-8. OCLC 61853460.
  • Paczyński, Bohdan; Stanek, Krzysztof Z. (2009). The variable universe : a celebration of Bohdan Paczyński : proceedings of a symposium held at Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, USA, 29–30 September 2007. San Francisco, Calif.: Astronomical Society of the Pacific. ISBN 978-1-58381-682-0. OCLC 317524941.

References edit

  1. ^ "STANEK KRZYSZTOF (ur. 1968) – USA". polskaswiatu.pl (in Polish). October 25, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2023.
  2. ^ "Tom Holoien – ASAS-SN". users.obs.carnegiescience.edu. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  3. ^ "Meet Our 2022 Fellows". John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  4. ^ Kochanek, C. S.; Shappee, B. J.; Stanek, K. Z.; Holoien, T. W.-S.; Thompson, Todd A.; Prieto, J.-L.; Dong, Subo; Shields, J. V.; Will, D.; Britt, C.; Perzanowski, D. (October 1, 2017). "The All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN) Light Curve Server v1.0". Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific. 129 (980): 104502. arXiv:1706.07060. Bibcode:2017PASP..129j4502K. doi:10.1088/1538-3873/aa80d9. ISSN 0004-6280.
  5. ^ "Krzysztof Stanek". astronomy.osu.edu. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  6. ^ "ASAS-SN's Homepage". www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu. Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  7. ^ "Krzysztof Stanek, Astronomy | Office of Research". Retrieved November 1, 2020.
  8. ^ "Krzysztof Stanek". Harvard Gazette. April 5, 2005. Retrieved November 1, 2020.