Astronomy and Astrophysics
Prof. Dr. Tansel AK obtained undergraduate degree from Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences, Science Faculty, İstanbul University in 1990. In the same year, he started his graduate education at Institute of Graduate Studies in Science, Istanbul University and obtained master degree with his thesis titled "Ultraviolet Spectra of Cataclysmic Variable DQ Her" in 1992. He earned PhD degree with thesis titled “Long-Term Behaviour of Dwarf Novae” in 1999. Prof. Dr. Tansel AK, who was promoted to Associate Professor in 2006 and to Professor in 2012, has been working in the Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences since 1990. His main research subjects are the stellar astrophysics, cataclysmic variables, star populations and open stellar clusters.
Prof. Dr. Tolga GÜVER
Prof.Dr.Tolga GÜVER who finished undergraduate and master degrees in the Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences, Science Faculty, İstanbul University in 2001 and 2003, obtained PhD degree in 2008 from the same department with his thesis on X-ray spectra of magnetars. During and after PhD period, he worked in Arizona University. Prof.Dr.TolgaGüver who is also manager of Istanbul University Observatory and Research Center, got Assoc. Prof. title in 2014 and Prof. title in 2018. He continues his researches on astronomy and astrophysics, instrumentation, techniques and astronomical observation, stellar systems, interstellar medium, galactic and extragalactic objects and systems.
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Asuman GÜLTEKİN ANNAK
Asst. Prof. Asuman GÜLTEKİN ANNAK, after finished undergraduate and master degrees in the Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences at Science Faculty of Istanbul University in 1999 and 2004, respectively, she obtained PhD degree in 2010 from the same department with her thesis titled ‘Two-dimensional spectroscopy of a semi-active region near solar disk center’. Since 2015, she continues to work in the Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences as Asst. Prof. Her main research areas are Sun and solar systems.
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Can GÜNGÖR
Asst. Prof. Can GÜNGÖR, completed undergraduate and master degrees in the Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences in Science Faculty of Ege University. He obtained his PhD degree with his researches on ‘low mass x-ray binaries’ in the Department of Physics Engineering, Istanbul Technical University in 2016. Between 2015-2016, he worked in Astrophysical Institute and University Observatory, Jena University Germany, as visiting researcher supported by TUBITAK 2214/A abroad research scholarship during PhD. Between 2016-2017, he carried out his post doc research first in Sabancı University, Faculty of engineering and Natural Sciences, then, between 2017-2019, he worked in Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences where Chinese first X-ray satellite has been operated and then in 2019, he again worked in Sabancı University as post doc researcher. Since 2020, he has been carrying out his research in the Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences at Science Faculty of Istanbul University on observational and computational x-ray astrophysics.
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Kai Oliver SCHWENZER
Kai Oliver Schwenzer is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences at Istanbul University. He obtained his undergraduate degree, Master and PhD from the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the University of Heidelberg, where he worked in the field of Theoretical Nuclear and Particle Physics. After Postdoc and Faculty appointments at North Carolina State University, the University of Graz, Washington University in St. Louis and the University of Tübingen, he is now working at Istanbul University in the broad area of Theoretical Subatomic Physics, Astrophysics and Gravity to understand the structure of matter and the behavior in extreme environments. His main current interest is to connect multi-messenger signals, involving radio-, X-rays and gravitational waves to the matter in the interior of compact sources.
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Massimilano De PASQUALE
Massimiliano De Pasquale is an Assistant Professor in Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences at Istanbul University. He obtained his Master degree at University of Messina, Italy, and his PhD from University “La Sapienza” and the Institute of Space Astrophysics of Rome, where he worked in the field of observational high energy Astrophysics. After Post Doctoral and Faculty appointments at the Institutes of Space Astrophysics of Rome and Palermo, at the Mullard Space Science Laboratory - University College London, at University of Nevada Las Vegas, he is now working at Istanbul University in the area of multi-wavelength observations of Gamma-ray Bursts (GRBs) and other relativistic explosions, in order to explore the physics of extreme environments. His main current interest is multi-wavelength Astronomy: the connection between radio, optical, X-rays and gamma-ray observations and gravitational wave observations of sources such as short GRBs and mergers of binaries composed of compact objects.
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Sinan ALİŞ
Asst. Prof. Sinan ALİŞ completed his undergraduate and master degrees fromthe Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences at Science Faculty of Istanbul University in 2001 and 2004, respectively. He obtained PhD degree from the same department in 2011 with research on researching extragalactic novae by Hubble Space Telescope observations. Asst. Prof. Sinan ALİŞ whose main research interests are stellar systems, interstellar medium, galactic and extragalactic object and systems, universe, is also co-head of the Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences since 2020 and secretary-general of Turkish Astronomy Association.