Krzysztof Stanek

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Krzysztof Stanek is an 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.[1]

He won the Beatrice M. Tinsley Prize along with Professor Christopher Kochanek in 2020 for their work on the All-Sky Automated Survey for Supernovae (ASAS-SN)[2] project.[3][4] 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.[5][6]

Selected articles[]

  • 2006: Protecting Life in the Milky Way: Metals Keep the GRBs Away, KZ Stanek, OY Gnedin, JF Beacom et al. 2006, AcA, 56, 333 [140]
  • 2003: Spectroscopic Discovery of the Supernova 2003dh Associated with GRB 030329 ”, KZ Stanek, T. Matheson, PM Garnavich et al. 2003, ApJ, 591, L17 [699]
  • 1999: BVRI Observations of the Optical Afterglow of GRB 990510, KZ Stanek, PM Garnavich, J. Kalużny et al. 1999, ApJ, 522, L39 [200]
  • 1998: Distance to M31 with the HST and Hipparcos Red Clump Stars, KZ Stanek and PM Garnavich, 1998, ApJ, 503, L131 [234]

Books[]

The Fate of the Most Massive Stars, 2005, ASP Conference Series Volume 332, RM Humphreys and KZ Stanek (publishers)

The Variable Universe: A Celebration of Bohdan Paczyński, 2009, ASP Conference Series, Volume 403, KZ Stanek (publisher).

References[]

  1. ^ "Tom Holoien - ASAS-SN". users.obs.carnegiescience.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  2. ^ 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. (2017-10-01). "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. doi:10.1088/1538-3873/aa80d9. ISSN 0004-6280.
  3. ^ "Krzysztof Stanek". astronomy.osu.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  4. ^ "ASAS-SN's Homepage". www.astronomy.ohio-state.edu. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  5. ^ "Krzysztof Stanek, Astronomy | Office of Research". Retrieved 2020-11-01.
  6. ^ "Krzysztof Stanek". Harvard Gazette. Retrieved 2020-11-01.
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