Marc Rafelski

Marc Alexander Rafelski is an American astrophysicist. Rafelski studied astronomy at the University of California, Los Angeles with Andrea Gehz.[1][2][3] He obtained his PhD in physics from the University of California, San Diego, under supervision of Arthur Wolfe, in 2011.[4]

Marc Alexander Rafelski
Born (1982-02-08) February 8, 1982
Frankfurt, Germany
NationalityAmerican
Alma materUniversity of California, San Diego
SpouseLauren Anne Elmegreen Rafelski
Scientific career
FieldsAstrophysics
InstitutionsSpace Telescope Science Institute
ThesisStar formation in damped Lyman-alpha systems and the outskirts of Lyman break galaxies (2011)
Doctoral advisorArthur M. Wolfe

Career

Between 2011 and 2016 Rafelski held postdoc positions at IPAC, Caltech, and NASA Goddard, moving on to a staff position at the Space Telescope Science Institute in Baltimore in 2016.[5] Starting in 2020, he is the branch manager for the Cosmic Origins Spectrograph (COS), a science instrument that was installed on the Hubble Space Telescope during Servicing Mission 4 (STS-125) in May 2009.[6]

Rafelski studies the formation and evolution of galaxies by looking at the physical characteristics and processes of high redshift galaxies and their associated gas reservoirs, inflows, and outflows. He started publishing already as an undergraduate student, both in astronomy[7] and heavy-ion physics.[8] Since then he has co-authored more than 200 scientific papers.[9]

Personal life

Marc Rafelski is son of Johann and Helga Rafelski, and adoptive son of Victoria Grossack. He  is married to Lauren Anne Elmegreen Rafelski. The couple has two children and lives in Maryland.[10]

References
  1. "Rafelski, Marc". isee.ucsc.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  2. "Galactic Astronomy at UCLA". www.astro.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  3. Rafelski, M.; Ghez, A. M.; Hornstein, S. D.; Lu, J. R.; Morris, M. (2007). "Photometric Stellar Variability in the Galactic Center". The Astrophysical Journal. 659 (2): 1241–1256. arXiv:astro-ph/0701082. Bibcode:2007ApJ...659.1241R. doi:10.1086/512062. ISSN 0004-637X.
  4. Rafelski, Marc Alexander (2011). Star formation in damped Lyman-alpha systems and the outskirts of Lyman break galaxies (Thesis). UC San Diego.
  5. "Marc Rafelski's author profile in INSPIRE". inspirehep.net. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  6. "Marc Rafelski". STScI.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  7. Rafelski, Marc; Zaritsky, Dennis (2005). "The Star Clusters of the Small Magellanic Cloud: Age Distribution". The Astronomical Journal. 129 (6): 2701–2713. arXiv:astro-ph/0408186. Bibcode:2005AJ....129.2701R. doi:10.1086/424938. ISSN 0004-6256. S2CID 4600017.
  8. Back, B. B.; Baker, M. D.; Barton, D. S.; Betts, R. R.; Bindel, R.; Budzanowski, A.; Busza, W.; Carroll, A.; Corbo, J.; Decowski, M. P.; Garcia, E. (2002). "Energy Dependence of Particle Multiplicities in Central A u + A u Collisions". Physical Review Letters. 88 (2): 022302. arXiv:nucl-ex/0108009. Bibcode:2002PhRvL..88b2302B. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.022302. ISSN 0031-9007. PMID 11801006. S2CID 34600571.
  9. "Papers co-authored by Marc Rafelski indexed by NASA/ADS". ui.adsabs.harvard.edu. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 2021-03-26.
  10. "Lauren Elmegreen, Marc Rafelski". The New York Times. 2007-08-05. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-04-01.


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