Name: Felix Aharonian
Title(s): Professor
Email: Felix.Aharonian@dias.ie
Phone: +353 1 662 1333 ext 317
Address: Astronomy & Astrophysics Section, 31 Fitzwilliam Place Dublin 2, Ireland
Research Interests
High Energy Phenomena in the Universe.
Biographical Sketch
Felix Aharonian graduated from Moscow Engineering-Physics Institute in Nuclear and Particle Physics in 1975. He obtained his PhD degree in the same Institute in 1979. He then worked in the Yerevan Physics Institute (Armenia/USSR) from 1979 to 1991, in the Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago (USA) from 1991 to 1992, in the Max Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik (MPIK) in Heidelberg (Germany) from 1992 to 2006. In 2006 he was appointed as Professor of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Section of the School of Cosmic Physics. In parallel, he leads the High Energy Astrophysics Theory Group of MPIK/Heidelberg with a status of External Member of the Institute.
Selected Publications
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Professor Felix Aharonian
Name: Felix Aharonian
Title(s): Professor
Email: Felix.Aharonian@dias.ie
Phone: +353 1 662 1333 ext 317
Address: Astronomy & Astrophysics Section, 31 Fitzwilliam Place Dublin 2, Ireland
Research Interests
High Energy Phenomena in the Universe.
Biographical Sketch
Felix Aharonian graduated from Moscow Engineering-Physics Institute in Nuclear and Particle Physics in 1975. He obtained his PhD degree in the same Institute in 1979. He then worked in the Yerevan Physics Institute (Armenia/USSR) from 1979 to 1991, in the Enrico Fermi Institute of the University of Chicago (USA) from 1991 to 1992, in the Max Planck Institut fuer Kernphysik (MPIK) in Heidelberg (Germany) from 1992 to 2006. In 2006 he was appointed as Professor of the Astronomy and Astrophysics Section of the School of Cosmic Physics. In parallel, he leads the High Energy Astrophysics Theory Group of MPIK/Heidelberg with a status of External Member of the Institute.
Selected Publications
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#DIASDublin welcomed Mr. Yukiya Amano, DG of the International Atomic Energy Agency @iaeaorg today where, as a guest of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, he gave a keynote address on "IAEA: Atoms for Peace and Development". Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
SAVE THE DATE: #CultureNight returns Fri 21 Sep 2018 with a full programme of free late-night cultural entertainment SÁBHÁIL AN DÁTA: Beidh #OícheChultúir ar siúl Dé hAoine 21ú Meán Fómhair 2018 in ionaid éagsúla fud fad na tíre facebook.com/events/1966224… Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Prof Tom Ray of #DIASDublin is Co-Principal Investigator on the ARIEL Exoplanet Mission @ArielTelescope which has been selected by the European Space Agency @esa as its next medium-class science mission, due for launch in 2026. bit.ly/2Gb8mSx Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
#DIASDublin welcomed the Austrian Ambassador, His Excellency Dr. Helmut Freudenschuss yesterday to review the legacy of former DIAS Professor, Erwin Schroedinger. He also met some of our current researchers. Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Deadline for registration extended to April 16! twitter.com/DIAS_Dublin/st…
My interview this morning rte.ie/radio1/morning… Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
One of the great communicators of Science has passed - Such sad news... DIAS is extremely proud that Professor Stephen Hawking gave a lecture here @stpdias in October 1983 on Schrodinger's ideas about quantum mechanics & modern developments in general relativity and supergravity Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
To celebrate International Women’s Day we spoke to some of our female researchers here at DIAS about their careers. See what they had to say below! #IWD2018 #internationalwomensday2018 youtu.be/J3dsZtIC8q0 Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
@DIAS_Dublin @dias_astronomy Updated Programme with confirmed invited lecturers for the #DIASDublin Summer School in High-Energy Astrophysics dias.ie/cappa/SummerSc… @dias_astronomy @DIAS_Dublin Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
We're very proud here at #DIASDublin that Schrodinger was the first ever Director of the School of Theoretical Physics. Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Mon 26/2/18 to Fri 2/3/18 : Transition Year Science Week at Dunsink Observatory @DunsinkObs @dias_astronomy TY Week will use @nemetodemeteor project funded by @scienceirel dunsink.dias.ie/ty-week/ Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Registration now open for #DIASDublin Summer School in High-Energy Astrophysics. Organised by the Centre for Astroparticle Physics & Astrophysics (CAPPA), part of #DIASDublin @dias_astronomy Full details here : bit.ly/2nnQfOG Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Applications now open for an @EPSRC funded PhD in "Astronomically #BigData": #MachineLearning for SKA-scale data, to start Oct 2018 @jodrellbank jointly supervised by me and Blair Edwards @IBMResearch - please circulate! @SKA_telescope @OfficialUoM physics.manchester.ac.uk/study/postgrad… Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Congratulations to all students who received certificates for attending the DIAS Calculus Course 2017 #Calculus #LeavingCertMaths Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Finished the @TheFarthestFilm Q&A interview and discussion with Emer Reynolds @DunsinkObs Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Science Gallery are seeking proposals for up to twenty works for their LIFE AT THE EDGES exhibition. bit.ly/2Ajvufp
Congratulations to Anton Feeney-Johansson on being awarded the Earnshaw medal for best undergraduate physics thesis in Ireland for 2017. Anton recently started his PhD in radio astrophysics @dias_astronomy at #DIASDublin dias.ie/2017/08/23/dia… twitter.com/IOP_Ireland/st… Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Surprise!!! Thanks to @stbrigidsns school children, teachers and parents. Delightful open nigh @DunsinkObs with all of you. Hope to see you as soon as possible, with a clean sky @DIAS_Dublin @dias_astronomy Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Next Fri 15th Dec #DIASDublin @StpDias lecture "The Physics & Astrophysics of Merging Neutron-Star Binaries" by Luciano Rezzolla @goetheuni Book in advance here bit.ly/2xiMz3y Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics
Cosmic Celts scope out the final frontier thetimes.co.uk/article/cosmic… Retweeted by DIAS Astrophysics