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Biography
Selim O. SELAM was born in
Kassel/Germany, in 1962. He completed his BSc degree at Ankara University,
Faculty of Science, Department of Astronomy and Space Sciences in 1985. He
started to work as a research assistant at the same department in 1986. He received
his MSc degree in 1990 and PhD degree in 1998 from Astronomy and Space Sciences
Department of the Graduate School of Natural and Applied Sciences at Ankara
University. In 2001, he has studied as a postdoctoral fellow at School of
Physics and Astronomy in Nottingham University. He became an assistant
professor in 2001, associated professor in 2005 and a full professor in 2011 at
Ankara University. He actively joined to the site testing and establishment
works of the TÜBİTAK Turkish National Observatory (TUG) for a long time and
served as a technical consultant. He gave important contributions to the
re-establishment works of the Ankara University Kreiken Observatory. He
received the “Research and Encouragement Award” of METU Mustafa Parlar
Education and Research Foundation in 1991, the “Best PhD Thesis Award in
Science and Engineering” of Fulbright Association in 1999, and “Astronomy
Science Award” of Istanbul University (in the name of Prof. Nüzhet Gökdoğan) in
2008 with his works on Stellar Astrophysics, especially in the field of Close
Binary Stars. He has performed several administrational duties in various times at the
university (department head, observatory director, faculty board member, senate
member and Dean of the Science Faculty). He made the Turkey’s first exoplanet discovery together with his
research team in 2017. He continued his research works on “Light and Period
Changes of Close Binary Stars” and “Exoplanets”. He is an active member of the
International Astronomical Union (IAU).
Contact
- Web Page
- https://avesis.ankara.edu.tr/selam
- Office Phone
- +90 312 216 8663
- Fax Phone
- +90 312 223 2395
- Address
- Ankara Üniversitesi Fen Fakültesi, Astronomi ve Uzay Bilimleri Bölümü, Degol Caddesi, E-Blok, 2. Kat, oda no:208, Beşevler - Ankara