Dr. Esra Bulbul

scientist
high-energy astrophysics
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    Dr. Esra Bulbul serves as the lead scientist for cluster science and cosmology scientist within the SRG/eROSITA collaboration. She holds a tenured group leader (W2) position at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics in the High Energy Astrophysics Group and is a university lecturer in the Department of Physics at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, currently pursuing habilitation. Dr. Bulbul earned her Ph.D. in physics from the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. Prior to joining MPE, she held a staff scientist position at the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) and completed postdoctoral fellowships at CfA, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She chairs the SRG/eROSITA consortium's clusters and cosmology team and co-chairs the Physics Beyond Standard Model Topical Panel for Athena (ESA's Space Telescope).


    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 has authored more than 130 peer-reviewed publications, with her being the first or second author on 32 of them. She has given more than 60 invited talks at international meetings and colloquia in the leading universities and institutes, as well as public outreach talks. Her work received comprehensive media coverage from Nature News, Scientific American, MIT News, Science News, Phys.org, Astronomy Magazine, and other media sources. Dr. Bulbul's work on dark matter searches was selected among the top ten research highlights of the decade by the American Physical Society.


    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.


    Publications:

    https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/public-libraries/SyZPvexPSE2oOhxYds1TsA

    Research Interests:

    • Cosmology
    • Dark Matter Searches
    • Large Scale Structure
    • Physics of Galaxy Groups and Clusters
    • Large Area Multi-wavelength Surveys


    Awards and Grants:
    • 2020, European Research Council Consolidator Award, 2M Euros Research Funding
    • 2013-2020, PI of NASA ADAP, Chandra, XMM-Newton Awards, >1M Dollars  Research Funding
    • 2018, American Physical Society, Top Ten Research Highlights of the Decade, Research Highlight of 2014
    • 2014, American Physical Society, One of the Top Ten Research Highlights of 2014
    • 2010, Univ. Alabama in Huntsville, Outstanding Research Award

    Press:

    Dr. Bulbul's research has been covered in major media outlets


    Open Positions:


    Administrative Appointments:

    • Chair, eROSITA 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:

    SRG/eROSITA, Euclid, Arcus, Athena, Hitomi X-ray Observatories, Rubin Observatory, SDSS-V, 4MOST Spectroscopic Telescope, South Pole Telescope, BabyIAXO

    Teaching:

    Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Faculty of Physics, Physics of Cosmic Plasmas (2024)


    Current Group Members:

    Dr. Emmanuel Artis, postdoc (2022 - present)

    Dr. Matthias Kluge, postdoc (2022- present)

    Dr. Ang Liu, postdoc (2020 - present)

    Dr. Nicola Malavasi,  Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellow (2023-present)

    Dr. Xiaoyuan Zhang, postdoc (2022 - present)

    Emre Bahar, Ph.D. Student (2020 - present)

    Fabian Balzer, Ph.D. Student (2022 - present)

    Ziyu Ding, Ph.D. Student, CSC Fellow (2025 - present)

    Silas Zelmer, Ph.D. Student (2023 - present)

    Fillippo Guestella, Masters Student

    Jan Strunk, Masters Student

    Gioacomo Tonelli, Masters Student



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