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Soltan, Andrzej M. was born on April 17, 1949 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Andrzej M. and Marta E. Soltan.
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Andrzej M. Soltan
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Andrzej M. Soltan, Polish astrophysicist. Achievements include research in assessment of the quasar black hole masses; detection of the diffuse extragalactic X-ray emission. Recipient Young Astronomer's award, Polish Astronomical Society, 1977, 1979, Science award, Polish Academy of Sciences, 1980. Member of International Astronomical Union.
Education
Master of Science, Warsaw University,, 1971. Doctor of Philosophy, Warsaw University, 1977.
Career
Associate Harvard College Observatory Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1978—1979. Assistant professor Copernicus Astronomical Center, Warsaw, 1986—2004, professor, since 2004. Research fellow Harvard/Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1989, Max-Planck Institut Extraterrestrische Physik, Garching, Germany, 1992—1994.
Assistant director Copernicus Astronomical Center, 1996—1999.
Achievements
Membership
Member of International Astronomical Union.
Connections
Married Malgorzata E. Krolikowska-Soltan, December 11, 1988. Children: Klara M., Stanislaw M., Andrzej M.
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Education
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1971
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1977
Career
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1978 - 1979
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1986 - 2004
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1989
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1992 - 1994