Feryal Özel By maide33 May 27, 1975 Date of birth 1992 She graduated from Üsküdar Amerikan High School Period: 1992 to 1994 She got scholarship from Turkish Healthcare ve Education Foundation Period: 1994 to 1996 Fu Foundation scholarship, Kolombian Universtiy 1995 CERN research scholarship 1996 University of Physics and Applied Sciences Graduated from Faculty of Science 1996 Won an Award from the Faculty of Applied Mathematics Period: 1996 to 1997 She won the Niels Bohr Institute Graduate Scholarship 1997 Science Specialization at the Niels Bohr Institute 1997 Wins Kostrup Award from Niels Bohr Institute 1999 Won Van Vleck Scholarship from Harvard University 2001 Married to astrophysicist Demetrios Psaltis 2002 She holds a PhD in Astrophysics from Harvard University. 2002 Keck Scholarship from the Institute for Advanced Studies 2002 Completed her PhD in Astrophysics Period: 2002 to 2005 Hubble Postdoctoral Fellowship Period: 2002 to 2005 She served at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies. 2003 Distinguished Scientist Award from Atatürk's Daughters Foundation 2003 Listed in the "Big Ideas" list of the Most Prominent Scientists 2003 Became Assistant Professor 2004 Became Associate Professor 2005 Became Professor 2007 Won TÜBİTAK Academic Scholarship 2010 Received the Bart J. Bok Award from Harvard University 2010 Wins the San Diego Astronomical Society Lucas Award 2012 Elected Fellow of the Harvard Radcliffe Institute 2014 Elected a Fellow of the Berkeley Miller Institute 2016 Guggenheim Research Award from the Guggenheim Foundation 2019 Won ODTU Outstanding Service Award 2019 With the NASA team, she imaged the black hole called Powehi 2020 Won "Breakthrough" Award with Event Horizon Team
Graduated from Faculty of Science
