Norbert Bartel
{{short description|Canadian physicist and astronomer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
Norbert Bartel is a Canadian physicist and astronomer, currently a Distinguished Research Professor at York University.{{Cite web |url=http://www.yorku.ca/bartel/ |title=Norbert Bartel |publisher=yorku.ca |accessdate=January 29, 2017}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n85015379/ |title=Bartel, Norbert |publisher=worldcat.org |accessdate=January 29, 2017}}
Education
Studying in Germany, Bartel received a Vordiplom in Physics from University of Hamburg in 1972 and a M.Sc. Diplom in Physics from the University of Bonn, in 1975. He received a PhD in Physics and Astronomy from the University of Bonn and the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in 1978.{{Cite web|url=http://www.yorku.ca/bartel/CV.html|title=Curriculum Vitae|last=Bartel|first=Norbert|website=www.yorku.ca|access-date=2018-10-19}}
Career
From 1983 until 1992 Bartel was a research associate at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. In 1992, he joined the faculty of the York University Department of Physics and Astronomy.
His research involves using very-long-baseline interferometry (VLBI) radio astronomy to study the structure and evolution of supernova remnants, pulsar wind nebulae and active galactic nuclei.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nrao.edu/pr/2004/sn1986j/|title=Radio Telescopes Reveal Youngest Stellar Corpse|website=www.nrao.edu|access-date=2018-10-19}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.universetoday.com/9652/youngest-black-hole-found/?162004|title=Youngest Black Hole Found? - Universe Today|date=2004-06-11|work=Universe Today|access-date=2018-10-19|language=en-US}}
Awards and recognition
In 1978, Bartel received the Max Planck Society Otto Hahn Medal. In 2006, he was appointed a Distinguished Research Professor at York University.{{Cite web|url=http://vpap.info.yorku.ca/awards-and-recognition/distinguished-research-professors/|title=Distinguished Research Professors {{!}} Provost & Vice-President Academic|website=vpap.info.yorku.ca|language=en-US|access-date=2018-10-19}}
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Category:Academic staff of York University
Category:21st-century Canadian astronomers
Category:University of Hamburg alumni
Category:University of Bonn alumni
Category:20th-century German astronomers
Category:German emigrants to Canada
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