Nadia Zakamska

Nadia Zakamska is a Russian-American astronomer who is a professor at Johns Hopkins University.[1]

Nadia Zakamska
Education	Princeton University, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
Awards	Sloan Fellow, NASA Spitzer Fellow, John N. Bahcall Fellowship
Scientific career
Fields	Astronomy, Astrophysics
Institutions	Johns Hopkins University
Website	https://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] 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[4] to conduct research on Quasars at the Institute for Advanced Studies. From 2008 to 2010 she was a John Bahcall Fellow[5] also at the Institute for Advanced Studies.

Publications

• Zakamska, Nadia L.; Hamann, Fred; Pâris, Isabelle; Brandt, W. N.; Greene, Jenny E.; Strauss, Michael A.; Villforth, Carolin; Wylezalek, Dominika; Alexandroff, Rachael M. (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. 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. 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. "NASA Spitzer Fellowship". Retrieved 27 October 2019.
5. "John Bahcall Fellowship". Retrieved 27 October 2019.