Project team


Source: Athena

Polish astronomers and astrophysicists involved in the project

Agata Różańska, CAMK PAN, Warsaw - National Co-I, member of X-IFU Consortium Board, member of WFI Science Team, SWG (science working group) 2.4 - The close environments of supermassive black holes, MWG (mission working group) 5.4 End-to-End simulations

Monika Zuchniak, CAMK PAN, Warsaw - Project Manager of the Polish part of the ATHENA project

Agnieszka Janiuk, CFT PAN, Warsaw - member of X-IFU Science Team, SWG 2.5 - Physics of accretion, SWG 3.5 - Multiwavelength synergies

Piotr Życki, CAMK PAN, Warsaw - member of WFI Consortium Board, SWG 2.5 - Physics of accretion

Bożena Czerny, CFT PAN, Warsaw - SWG 2.1 Formation and growth of the earliest SMBH

Agnieszka Majczyna, NCBJ, Warsaw - SWG 3.3 - The End points of stellar evolution

Barbara de Marco, CAMK PAN, Warsaw - SWG 2.4 - The close environments of supermassive black holes, MWG 5.5 - Advanced analysis tools

Andrzej Zdziarski, CAMK PAN, Warsaw - SWG 2.5 - Physics of Accretion

Michał Bejger, CAMK PAN, Warsaw - SWG 3.3 - The End points of stellar evolution

Morgane Fortin, CAMK PAN, Warsaw - 2.5 - Physics of accretion, SWG 3.3 - End points of stellar evolution

Piotr Lubiński, Institute of Physics University of Zielona Góra - SWG 2.4 - The close environments of supermassive black holes

Agnieszka Pollo, NCBJ, Warsaw - SWG 1.2 - The astrophysics of galaxy groups and clusters, SWG 2.2 - Understanding the build-up of SMBH and galaxies

Łukasz Stawarz, Jagiellonian University Astronomical Observatory - SWG 2.3 - Feedback in local AGN and star forming galaxies, SWG - 2.4 The close environments of supermassive black holes

Andrzej Sołtan, CAMK PAN, Warsaw

Ela Zocłońska, CAMK PAN, Warsaw - Website Specialist


Polish engineers involved in the project

Tomasz Barciński, CBK PAN, Warsaw - Project Manager of FWA (Filter Wheel Assembly) for WFI

Mirosław Rataj, CBK PAN, Warsaw - Mechanical Design FWA/WFI

Adam Sikorski, CBK PAN, Warsaw - Mechanical Design FWA/WFI

Szymon Polak, CBK PAN, Warsaw - Mechanical Design FWA/WFI

Jacek Musiał, CBK PAN, Warsaw - Mechanical Design FWA/WFI

Konrad Skup, CBK PAN, Warsaw - Manager and System Engineer PDU for WFI and X-IFU

Adam Dacko, CBK PAN, Warsaw - Lead Mechanical Analyst FWA/WFI

Robert Pietrzak, CBK PAN, Warsaw - System Engineer FWA/WFI

Tomasz Kowalski, CBK PAN, Warsaw - Mechanical Design FWA/WFI

Maria Ciarka, CBK PAN, Warsaw - Assistant Manager FWA/WFI

Bartosz Kędziora, ASTRONIKA Sp. z o.o. - Project Manager of DD (Dewar Door) for X-IFU

Michał Łyszczak, ASTRONIKA Sp. z o.o - Mechanical Design DD/X-IFU

Agata Paź, ASTRONIKA Sp. z o.o - Project Officer DD/X-IFU

Grzegorz Woźniak, CAMK PAN, Warsaw - PA/PQ for WFI and X-IFU


Polish astronomers, astrophysicists and engineers supporting the project

Włodzimierz Godłowski, Opole University Institute of Physics

Marek Jamrozy, Jagiellonian University

Marcin Kolonko, IMWM-NRI Cracow

Janusz Krywult, Jan Kochanowski University

Marek Nikolajuk, University of Bialystok, Faculty of Physics

Piotr Orleański, CBK PAN, Warsaw

Michał Ostrowski, Astronomical Observatory, Jagiellonian University

Małgorzata Sobolewska, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

Janusz Sylwester, CBK PAN, Warsaw

Piotr Wawer, CBK PAN, Warsaw