Team  /  Michał Drahus

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Michal Drahus

Principal Investigator

OA UJ

e-mail: michal.drahus@uj.edu.pl
phone: +48-12-623-8627

I’m an astronomer at the Jagiellonian University (Faculty of Physics, Astronomy and Applied Computer Science) in Krakow, Poland. My research is focused on comets and other small objects in the Solar System, investigated with modern tools of observational astronomy across all wavelengths.

Education & appointments

2023 – now

Assistant Professor

Permanent position at the Astronomical ObservatoryJagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

2023 – now

Research Assistant Professor (ERC Consolidator Grant Leader)

Host institution: Astronomical ObservatoryJagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Funding institution: European Research Council, Brussels, EU

2017 – 2022

Research Assistant Professor (SONATA BIS Group Leader)

Host institution: Astronomical ObservatoryJagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Funding institution: National Science Centre, Krakow, Poland

2014 – 2017

Postdoctoral Scholar (FUGA Fellow)

Host institution: Astronomical ObservatoryJagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Funding institution: National Science Centre, Krakow, Poland

2012 – 2014

Postdoctoral Scholar (Jansky Fellow)

Host institution: Division of Physics, Mathematics & AstronomyCalifornia Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, USA
Funding institution: National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, VA, USA

2009 – 2012

Postdoctoral Scholar

Department of Earth & Space Sci.University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Advisor: Prof. David Jewitt

2006 – 2009

Ph.D. in Astronomy and Astrophysics (magna cum laude)

Host institution: Max Planck Institute for Solar System Research, Katlenburg-Lindau, Germany
Awarding institution: Institute for AstrophysicsGeorg August University, Goettingen, Germany
Advisors: Dr. Christopher Jarchow, Dr. Paul Hartogh, Prof. Ulrich ChristensenProf. Stefan Dreizler
Thesis: Microwave observations and modeling of the molecular coma in comets

2000 – 2005

M.S. in Astronomy (with honors)

Astronomical ObservatoryJagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
Advisor: Dr. Waclaw Waniak
Thesis: Non-constant rotation period of comet C/2001 K5 (LINEAR)

1996 – 2000

High School Diploma (with honors)

August Witkowski High School, Krakow, Poland