Agata Różańska
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Agata Różańska | |
|---|---|
 Agata Różańska (2016) | |
| Born | 3 October 1968 |
| Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomer |
| Institutions | Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center |
Agata Różańska [aˈɡata ruˈʐaɲska] (born 3 October 1968 in Bydgoszcz, Poland) is a Polish astronomer and astrophysicist. Research Professor at the field of X-ray astronomy. She works on numerical computations of emission processes in astrophysical X-ray sources and their observations.
Her areas of research include simulations of radiative transfer through the warm ionized media, through the hot atmospheres of neutron stars and atmospheres of accretion disks around black holes in active galactic nuclei and in X-ray binaries. She started the study of multi-phase regions around supermassive black holes in the centres of galaxies.[1] She is a leader of Polish team[2] of scientist and engineers working on the development of subsystems for the ATHENA (Advanced Telescope for High Energy Astrophysics) - new generation space mission, with a launch foreseen in 2032. She is a member of Polish Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union and European Astronomical Society. Since 2013, she is the Treasurer of the Polish Astronomical Society. In 2019 she was appointed a member of Space and Satellite Research Committee of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the 2019–2022 term.[3] She was elected a Council member of the European Astronomical Society for the 2020–2024 term.[4] She is an author of public outreach articles, lectures and popular science movies.
