Krzysztof Stanek

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

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]

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]

  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.