Background
Sunyaev, Rashid Alievich was born on March 1, 1943 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
Sunyaev, Rashid Alievich was born on March 1, 1943 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics.
Student, Moscow Institute Physics and Technology, 1960—1966. Doctor of Philosophy student, Moscow Institute Physics and Technology, 1966—1968. Doctor of Philosophy in Astrophysics, Moscow University, 1968.
Doctor of Science in Astrophysics, Moscow University, 1973.
Junior scientific researcher Institute Applied Mathematics Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 1968-1971, senior scientific researcher Institute Applied Mathematics, 1971-1974, head Laboratory Theoretical Astrophysics, Space Research Institute, 1974-1982. Head, high energy astrophysics department, Space Research Institute Russian Academy of Sciences, 1982—2002, chief scientist, Space Research Institute, member space council, since 1992. Professor Moscow Institute Physics and Technology, 1975—2001.
Managing director Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching, Germany, 1995—1996, director Germany, since 1996, scientific member, Kollegium, director Germany, since 1995. Adjunct professor Columbia University, 1990-1994. Regent professor University California, Berkeley, 1992.
Bearden distinguished professional Johns Hopkins University, 1993, 94, 95. Visiting professor University Virginia, 1992. Visiting scientist Harvard-Smithsonian Center Astrophysics, 1992.
Fairchild Distinguished Scholar, California Institute of Technology, 1993, Gordon Moore Distinguished Scholar, 2001, 2003. Bearden Distinguished professor, John Hopkins University, 1993, 1994, 1995. Honorary professor, Ludwig-Maximillian University, Munich, since 1999, Kazan State University, Russia, since 2000.
Scott Lecturer, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University, 2002. Bruno Rossi Lecturer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002. Oort Professor, Leiden University, 2004.
Sackler Lecturer on Astrophysics, Harvard University, 2005. Visiting scientist, Institute Advanced Study, Princeton, 2005. Bishop Lecturer on Astrophysics, Columbia University, 2005, Karl Jansky Lecturer, National Radioastronomy Observatory, 2005.
Sackler Lecturer on Astrophysics, University Toronto, 2006.
Fellow Royal Astronom. Society (foreign, Gold medal, 1995, Sir Massey Gold Medal and award 1998). Member American Physical Society, American Astronomical Society (honorary, High Energy Astrophysics Division, Bruno Rossi prize, 1989, Dannie Heinemann prize for Astrophysics, 2003, Henry Norris Russell Lectureship, 2008), American Association for the Advancement of Science (honorary foreign associate), NAS(foreign associate), International Academy Astronautics (Basic Sciences award 1991), International Astronom.
Union (Grueber Cosmology prize and Gold medal, (awarded along with) Peter Gruber Foundation, 2003), European Astronom. Society (vice president 1991-1993), Tatarstan Academy of Sciences (honorary), Bashkortostan Academy of Sciences (honorary), Max-Planck Society (scientific member), Commonwealth of Independent States Astronom. Society (First prize 1995), CSU Committee on Space Research (vice president 1986-1994), Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Sciences (correspondent member), Russian Academy of Sciences, Academia Europaea, German Academy Natural Scientists Leopoldina, Royal Netherlands Academy Arts and Sciences.
Married Gyusal Sunyaeva. 4 children.