Saeqa Vrtilek
High Energy Astrophysics
Research Focus
About Saeqa
My areas of interest include the physics of accretion disks and jets, multi-channel studies of X-ray binaries and planetary nebulae. In particular I am working on an efficient means for determining the nature (whether black hole, pulsing or non-pulsing neutron star) of the compact object in X-ray binaries, and on generating images of the binary systems using indirect techniques such as optical and UV tomography.
Honors
Bunting Fellow, Radclife Institute for Advanced Study
Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science
Marie Curie Fellow, American Association of University Woemn
Education
Postdoc
Bunting Fellow, Bunting Institute, Radcliffe College, 1988 - 1989
HEAD, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, 1986 - 1988
Ph.D.
Astrophysics, Columbia University, 10/1975
Master's
Physics, Brandeis University, 09/1978
Bachelor's
Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 01/1975
