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Madej, Jerzy was born on August 15, 1950 in Warsaw, Poland. Son of Stanislaw and Marianna Madej.
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Jerzy Madej
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Jerzy Madej, Polish astronomer, educator. Achievements include development of model stellar atmosphere computations and spectrum synthesis for magnetic Ap stars, white dwarf stars, and neutron stars (x-ray burst sources); interpretation of satellite x-ray observations of x-ray bursters; construction of electromagnetic model of spectral and photometric variability of magnetic Ap stars.
Education
Master of Science, Warsaw University, 1973. Doctor of Philosophy, Warsaw University, 1981. Habilitation, Warsaw University, 1991.
Career
Assistant, Warsaw U., 1973-1977; assistant lecturer astronomy, Warsaw U., 1977-1981; lecturer, Warsaw U., since 1981; postdoctoral fellow, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, 1983-1984; postdoctoral fellow Canada Institute Theoretical Astrophysics, U. Toronto, 1984-1985.
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Membership
Member American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union, European Astronomical Society, Polish Astronomical Society.
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Married Joanna Krystyna Pistl, December 20, 1979.
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1973
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1981
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1991