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CURRICULUM VITAE
Prof. Rashid A. Sunyaev
| Birth date: |
March 1, 1943 |
| Place of birth: |
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, USSR |
| Family status: |
married to Gyusal Sunyaev born in Tashkent, USSR; has three sons and one daughter;
all born in Moscow (1971, 1978, 1981 and 1988) |
Work addresses:
Max-Planck-Institut für Astrophysik
Karl-Schwarzschild-Str. 1
85748 Garching
Germany
Phone: 089 / 30000-2244
Fax: 089 / 30000-2899
 E-Mail: sunyaev  mpa-garching.mpg.de
Education and scientific degrees:
| 1960 - 1966 |
student of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
| 1966 - 1968 |
Ph.D. student at Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
| 1968 |
Candidate of Sciences - (equivalent of Ph.D. degree) from Moscow State University (astrophysics) |
| 1973 |
Doctor of Sciences (astrophysics), degree from Moscow University.
This degree is required in Russia to become full professor.
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Positions:
| 1968 - 1971 |
Junior Scientific Researcher, Institute of Applied Mathematics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
| 1971 - 1974 |
Senior ScientificResearcher, Institute of Applied Mathematics, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
| 1974 - 1982 |
Head of the Laboratory of Theoretical Astrophysics, Space Research Institute, USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow |
| 1975 - 2001 |
Full Professor of Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology |
| 1982 - 2002 |
Head of the High Energy Astrophysics Department, Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| 1992 -- |
Chief Scientist, Space Research Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| 1995 -- |
Scientific Member of Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics |
| 1996 -- |
Director of Max-Planck Institute for Astrophysics |
| 2010 -- |
Maureen and John Hendricks Visiting Professor, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton |
Editorial Boards:
| 1985 -- |
Editor-in-Chief, Astronomy Letters |
| 1979 - 2005 |
Editor-in-Chief, Astrophysics and Space Physics Reviews |
| 1988 -- 2007 |
Member of Editorial Board, Space Science Reviews |
| 1995 -- |
Member of Advisory Board on Astrophysics and Space Physics,
Springer (previously Kluwer) Scientific Publishers |
Specialization:
| main field |
Theoretical astrophysics, cosmology, high energy astrophysics, X-ray astronomy, space research |
| other fields |
Interaction of matter and radiation under astrophysical conditions |
Professional Honors, Awards:
| 1989 |
Bruno Rossi Prize, American Astronomical Society |
| 1991 |
Basic Sciences Award of International Academy of Astronautics |
| 1991 |
John Lindsay Memorial Award for Science from NASA Goddard Space Flight Center |
| 1995 |
Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| 1995 |
Robinson Prize in Cosmology from Newcastle University |
| 1998 |
Sir Massey Gold Medal and Award from the Royal Society and COSPAR |
| 2000 |
Catherine Bruce Gold Medal from the Astronomical Society of Pacific |
| 2000 |
State Prize of Russia for scientific results of the GRANAT Orbital Observatory |
| 2002 |
Alexandr Friedmann Prize in Gravitation and Cosmology from Russian Academy of Sciences |
| 2003 |
Heineman Prize in Astrophysics from American Astronomical Society and American Institute of Physics |
| 2003 |
Gruber Cosmology Prize and Gold Medal from Peter Gruber Foundation and International Astronomical Union |
| 2008 |
Crafoord Prize in Astronomy and Gold Medal from the
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences |
| 2008 |
Henry Norris Russell Award, American Astronomical Society |
| 2008 |
Karl Schwarzschild Medal, German Astronomical Society |
| 2009 |
King Faisal International Prize for Science (Physics) and Gold Medal |
| 2009 |
Antoinette de Vaucouleurs Medal, University of Texas, Austin |
| 2010 |
Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany |
| 2011 |
Kyoto Prize and Gold Medal, Inamori Foundation |
| 2012 |
Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics, Franklin Institute, Philadelphia |
Membership in Academies:
| 1984 - 1992 |
Corresponding member of USSR Academy of Sciences |
| 1992 -- |
Full member of Russian Academy of Sciences |
| 1991 -- |
Foreign Associate of USA National Academy of Sciences |
| 1991 -- |
Member of Academia Europaea |
| 1988 -- |
Member of International Academy of Astronautics |
| 1992 -- |
Foreign Associate of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Boston |
| 1995 -- |
Scientific Member of Max-Planck Society |
| 2003 -- |
Member of German Academy of Natural Scientists Leopoldina |
| 2004 -- |
Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| 2009 -- |
Foreign Member of the Royal Society |
Membership in Professional Societies:
| 1968 -- |
Member of International Astronomical Union |
| 1986 - 1994 |
COSPAR (ICSU Committee on Space Research) vice-president |
| 1991 -- |
Member of European Astronomical Society |
| 1991 - 1993 |
Vice-president of European Astronomical Society |
| 1992 -- |
Honorary member of American Astronomical Society |
| 1993 -- |
Member of the American Physical Society |
| 1993 -- |
Foreign Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society |
| 2007 -- |
International Member of the American Philosophical Society |
Visiting and Honorary positions; Lecturerships:
| 1990 - 1994 |
Adjunct Professor of Columbia University |
| June 1992 |
Visiting Professor of University of Virginia |
| July 1992 |
Visiting Scientist of Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics |
| Dec. 1992 |
Regent Professor of the University of California, Berkeley |
| 1990 -- |
Honorary member of Bashkortostan Academy of Sciences |
| 1992 -- |
Honorary member of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences |
| July - Aug. 1993 |
Fairchild Distinguished Scholar of California Institute of Technology |
June, Dec. 1993,
May 1994, Apr. 1995 |
Bearden Distinguished Professor of the Johns Hopkins University |
| 1999 -- |
Honorary Professor of Ludwig-Maximillian University, Munich |
| 2000 -- |
Honorary Professor of Kazan State University, Russia |
| Oct. - Dec. 2001, April, Dec., 2003 |
Gordon Moore Distinguished Scholar of California Institute of Technology |
| Feb. 2002 |
Scott Lecturer, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University |
| May 2002 |
Bruno Rossi Lecturer, Massachussets Inst. of Technology |
| April 2004 |
Oort Professor, Leiden University |
| March 2005 |
Sackler Lecturer on Astrophysics, Harvard University |
| March - April 2005 |
Visiting scientist, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton |
| April 2005 |
Bishop Lecturer on Astrophysics, Columbia University |
| Oct. 2005 |
Karl Jansky Lecturer, National Radiastronomy Observatory |
| May 2006 |
Sackler Lecturer on Astrophysics, University of Toronto |
| May 2006 |
Conferenza Lincea Schiaparelli, Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei (Rome) |
| Feb 2007 |
Bose Lecturer, S.N. Bose National Center of Basic Sciences, Calcutta |
| Nov 2008 |
Loeb Lecturer, Physics Department, Harvard University |
| Jan. 2009 |
Stanford University Physics Colloquium |
| March 2009 |
Niels Bohr Lecturer, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen |
| October 2010 |
Tom Gold Lecturer, Cornell University |
| October 2011 |
John Bahcall Lecturership, National Air and Space Museum; Space Telescope Science Institute; Goddard Space Flight Center |
| April 2012 |
Sackler Lecturer on Astrophysics, Princeton University |
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