Wojciech Dziembowski
{{Short description|Polish astronomer (1940–2025)}}
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|birth_place = Warsaw, Poland
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|fields = Astronomy
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|alma_mater = Jagiellonian University,
Columbia University,
University of Warsaw (Ph.D. 1967),
Polish Academy of Sciences
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|awards = Award of the 3rd Department of Mathematic, Physics and Chemistry PAN (1978),
Medaille de l’Adion of the Nice Observatory (2000),
Golden Medal of the University of Wrocław (2005),
Bohdan Paczyński Medal (2019)
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Wojciech Andrzej Dziembowski (14 January 1940 – 10 February 2025) was a Polish astronomer who was a member of Polish Academy of Sciences and Polish Academy of Learning.
Life and career
Dziembowski studied at the Jagiellonian University and in 1967 he defended his PhD thesis at the University of Warsaw. He received his professor's degree in 1983. Since 1989 he has been a corresponding member of Polish Academy of Sciences (PAN) and since 2007 he has been a full member of the organization.
Between 1967 and 1969 he was a fellow at the Columbia University in New York. In 1969 he began working for the CAMK of PAN in Warsaw, Poland, where from 1987 to 1992 he served as director.{{Cite web|url = https://www.camk.edu.pl/pl/people/staff/wd/|title = Wojciech Dziembowski at CAMK|date = |access-date = |website = |publisher = |last = |first = }} In 1997 he also became a professor of the Astronomical Observatory at the University of Warsaw.{{Cite web|title = Prof. Wojciech Dziembowski doktorem honoris causa UZ {{!}} Uniwersytet Warszawski|url = http://www.uw.edu.pl/prof-wojciech-dziembowski-doktorem-hc-uz/|website = www.uw.edu.pl|access-date = 2016-02-01}}{{Cite web|title = Dziembowski Wojciech - Encyklopedia PWN - źródło wiarygodnej i rzetelnej wiedzy|url = http://encyklopedia.pwn.pl/haslo/Dziembowski-Wojciech;3895769.html|website = encyklopedia.pwn.pl|access-date = 2016-02-01}}
Dziembowski died on 10 February 2025, at the age of 85.[https://www.astrouw.edu.pl/zmarl-prof-wojciech-dziembowski/ Zmarł prof. Wojciech Dziembowski] {{in lang|pl}}
Publications
Dziembowski authored 138 publications in academic magazines that have been reviewed and quoted 7449 times (as of January 2016).{{Cite web|title = SAO/NASA ADS Abstract Service|url = http://adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-abs_connect?db_key=AST&db_key=PRE&qform=AST&arxiv_sel=astro-ph&arxiv_sel=cond-mat&arxiv_sel=cs&arxiv_sel=gr-qc&arxiv_sel=hep-ex&arxiv_sel=hep-lat&arxiv_sel=hep-ph&arxiv_sel=hep-th&arxiv_sel=math&arxiv_sel=math-ph&arxiv_sel=nlin&arxiv_sel=nucl-ex&arxiv_sel=nucl-th&arxiv_sel=physics&arxiv_sel=quant-ph&arxiv_sel=q-bio&sim_query=YES&ned_query=YES&adsobj_query=YES&aut_logic=OR&obj_logic=OR&author=Dziembowski%252C+W&object=&start_mon=&start_year=&end_mon=&end_year=&ttl_logic=OR&title=&txt_logic=OR&text=&nr_to_return=200&start_nr=1&jou_pick=NO&ref_stems=&data_and=ALL&group_and=ALL&start_entry_day=&start_entry_mon=&start_entry_year=&end_entry_day=&end_entry_mon=&end_entry_year=&min_score=&sort=CITATIONS&data_type=SHORT&aut_syn=YES&ttl_syn=YES&txt_syn=YES&aut_wt=1.0&obj_wt=1.0&ttl_wt=0.3&txt_wt=3.0&aut_wgt=YES&obj_wgt=YES&ttl_wgt=YES&txt_wgt=YES&ttl_sco=YES&txt_sco=YES&version=1|website = adsabs.harvard.edu|access-date = 2016-02-01}}
- [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1977AcA....27...95D Oscillations of giants and supergiants], 1977
- [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1982AcA....32..147D Nonlinear mode coupling in oscillating stars], 1982
- [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1989ApJ...337L..53D The radial gradient in the Sun's rotation], 1989
- [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1990MNRAS.244..542D Solar model from helioseismology and the neutrino flux problem], 1990
- [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1993MNRAS.262..204D The opacity mechanism in B-type stars], 1993
- [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2001MNRAS.328..601D Oscillations of α UMa and other red giants], 2001
- [http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2004MNRAS.350.1022P Asteroseismology of the β Cephei star ν Eridani], 2004
Awards
- Award of the 3rd Department of Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry PAN (1978)
- Medaille de l’Adion of the Nice Observatory (2000)
- Golden Medal of the University of Wrocław (2005)
- Bohdan Paczyński Medal of the Polish Astronomical Society (2019){{cite web| url = https://www.pta.edu.pl/prasa/pta1913 |language = pl |title=Laureaci nagród Polskiego Towarzystwa Astronomicznego | access-date = 9 January 2022}}
References
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External links
- [http://who.is.who.physics.pl/index.php?id=00511 Who Is Who Physics Poland]
- [http://www.instytucja.pan.pl/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1098:dziembowski-wojciech-andrzej&catid=50:wydzia-iii&Itemid=30 Wojciech Andrzej Dziembowski at PAN]
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