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Archival as SubjectPublished as SubjectBohdan Paczyński
Dates
February 8, 1940 – April 19, 2007
Authorized Form of Name
Paczyński, Bohdan
Biography
Abstract
Bohdan Paczyński was Lyman Spitzer Jr. Professor of Astrophysics at Princeton University (1989-2007). Other institutional affiliations included the Polish Academy of Sciences. His research interests included gravitational microlensing and gamma ray bursts.
Important Dates
February 8, 1940Birth, Vilnius (Lithuania).
1962Obtained MA, Warsaw University, Warsaw (Poland).
1962 – 1963Astronomical Assistant, Lick Observatory, University of California.
1962 – 1982Assistant, Institute of Astronomy (1962-1964); Research Associate, Institute of Astronomy (1964-1969); Assistant Professor, Institute of Astronomy (1969-1974); Associate Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center (1974-1979); and Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center (1979-1982), Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw (Poland).
1964Obtained PhD in Astronomy, Warsaw University, Warsaw (Poland).
1968 – 1969Visiting Fellow, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics (JILA), University of Colorado, Boulder.
1973Visiting Professor, California Institute of Technology.
1975 – 1976Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, California Institute of Technology.
1979Visiting Professor, University of California, Berkeley.
1981 – 1982Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, California Institute of Technology.
1982 – 2007Professor of Astrophysics (1982-1989) and Lyman Spitzer Jr. Professor of Astrophysics (1989-2007), Princeton University, Princeton (N.J.).
1984Member, National Academy of Sciences.
1989Visiting Professor, Center for Astrophysics, Harvard University.
1994Visiting Scientist, Institute of Astrophysics, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS).
1995Visiting Scientist, National Observatory, Tokyo.
April 19, 2007Death, Princeton (N.J.).
Occupation
Astrophysicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Paczyński, Agnieszka
Daughter.
Paczyński, Hanka
Wife.
Paczyński, Martin
Son.
Colleagues
Condon, Edward Uhler, 1902-1974
Both employed at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Both employed at Princeton University.
Additional
Kolos, Wlodzimierz
Institutions
Major Positions
California Institute of Technology. Division of Physics, Mathematics and Astronomy
Visiting Professor and Sherman Fairchild Distinguished Scholar.
Lick Observatory
Astronomical Assistant.
Polska Akademia Nauk
Assistant, Institute of Astronomy; Research Associate, Institute of Astronomy; Assistant Professor, Institute of Astronomy; Associate Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center; and Professor, Nicolaus Copernicus Astronomical Center.
Princeton University. Department of Astrophysical Sciences
Professor of Astrophysics and Lyman Spitzer Jr. Professor of Astrophysics.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Centre national de la recherche scientifique (France)
Visiting Scientist, Institute of Astrophysics.
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Visiting Professor.
Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics
Visiting Fellow.
Kokuritsu Tenmondai (Japan)
Visiting Scientist.
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Member.
University of California, Berkeley. Department of Astronomy
Visiting Professor.
Uniwersytet Warszawski
Obtained MA (1962) and PhD in Astronomy (1964).
Resources
Archival Resources
Subject
Files of Wlodzimierz Kolos.
Archiwum (Warszawa)
Polska Akademia Nauk
Nowy Świat 72, 00-330 Warsaw, Poland