Dr. Esra Bulbul
high-energy astrophysics
Main Focus
Personal Webpage: https://www.ercdarkquest.com/
Brief Bio: Dr. Esra Bulbul is the lead scientist for eROSITA cluster science and cosmology. She holds a group leader position at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. She received her Ph.D. in physics from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. She has held a staff scientist position at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) and postdoctoral fellowships at CfA, MIT, and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center prior to her arrival at MPE.
Dr. Bulbul's research interests are focused on understanding the
growth of structure and the fundamental
physics of the universe, including the nature of dark matter and dark
energy, by utilizing observations of clusters of galaxies detected in large area multi-wavelength surveys. Dr. Bulbul was recently awarded the European Research Council's
Consolidator
Grant in 2020 for the project "DarkQuest: Shedding Light on the Nature
of Dark Matter and Dark Energy with Multi-wavelength All-Sky Surveys".
The ERC Consolidator Grants are awarded to outstanding researchers in
Europe with a significant track record and have a succes
rate of ~10%
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Open Positions:
Administrative Appointments:
- Chair, eROSITA Clusters and Cosmology Group, 2019 - Present
- Head, MPE Clusters and Cosmology Group, 2019 - Present
- Co-chair, Athena Physics Beyond the Standard Model Topical Panel, 2020 - Present
- Co-chair, NASA Athena Science Study Team, 2019
- NASA Representative, Athena XIFU Science Advisory Team, 2016 - 2019
Collaboration Memberships:
eROSITA, BabyIAXO, Arcus X-ray Mission, Athena X-ray Observatory, AXIS X-ray Satellite, Hitomi X-ray Observatory, Rubin Observatory, SDSS-V, 4MOST Spectroscopic Telescope, South Pole Telescope
Publications:
https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/public-libraries/SyZPvexPSE2oOhxYds1TsAResearch Interests:
- Large Area Multi-wavelength Surveys
- Cosmology
- Large Scale Structure
- Galaxy Groups and Clusters
- Indirect Searches for Dark Matter
Group Members:
Dr. Vittorio Ghirardini, postdoc (2019 - present)
Dr. Ang Liu, postdoc (2020 - present)
Dr. Christian Garrel, postdoc (2022 - present)
Dr. Xiaoyuan Zhang, postdoc (2022 - present)
Dr. Emmanuel Artis, postdoc (2022 - present)
Dr. Matthias Kluge, postdoc (2022- present)
Dr. Nicola Malavasi, postdoc, Marrie Currie Fellow (2023-)
Emre Bahar, Ph.D. Student (2020 - present)
Silas Zelmer, Ph.D. Student (2023 - present)