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Feryal 脰zel
Chair and Professor
School of Physics
As an expert in astrophysics, Feryal 脰zel is equipped to offer thoughts on everything from black holes in the Milky Way to the exploration of the moon.
Born and raised in Istanbul, Turkey, Feryal 脰zel received her B.S. in physics and applied mathematics at Columbia University and her Ph.D. at Harvard University. 脰zel is a founding member of the , where she has led the Modeling and Analysis Group. When 脰zel was working on her dissertation as a graduate student at Harvard, she 鈥渇ell in love鈥 with black holes and she often wondered if we could actually glimpse a black hole directly 鈥 and decided to take on the challenge. In May 2022, fueled by her passion and curiosity, she led EHT鈥檚 of the supermassive black hole located at the center of our Milky Way galaxy 鈥 Sagittarius A* 鈥 Sgr A*.
News and Recent Appearances
Black Hole Astrophysics w/ Feryal 脰zel
In this episode of the Talk Nerdy podcast, host Cara Santa Maria is joined by professor and chair of the They talk about her incredible career as a theoretical astrophysicist, her important work on the recent imaging of a black hole with the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration, and the critical need for representation in science.
To the Moon, Back, and Beyond
Feryal 脰zel Named School of Physics Chair
Black hole at center of Milky Way pictured for first time
NBC News
Sagittarius A* is completely dark, but the photo captured a glowing ring around a cloaked center 鈥 what astronomers identified as the black hole's telltale shadow, said Feryal 脰zel.
The Milky Way鈥檚 Black Hole Comes to Light
The New York Times
Dr. 脰zel is part of the Event Horizon Telescope project, a collaboration of more than 300 scientists from 13 institutions that operates an ever-growing global network of telescopes that compose one large telescope as big as Earth. The team鈥檚 results were .
Image of Sagittarius A * [Milky Way Black Hole] | Event Horizon Telescope
YouTube
Feryal ledthe Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration's of the supermassive black hole located at the center of our Milky Way galaxy 鈥 Sagittarius A* 鈥 Sgr A*.