Prof Marcin Antoni Kubiak, PhD - an Polish astrophysicist, obtained his professorship title in 25 April 1994. Member of Committee of Astronomy of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Polish Academy of Sciences

The Polish Academy of Sciences, headquartered in Warsaw, is one of two Polish institutions having the nature of an academy of sciences.-History:...

, a member of the Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment

Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment

The Optical Gravitational Lensing Experiment or OGLE is a Polish astronomical project based at the University of Warsaw that is chiefly concerned with discovering dark matter using the microlensing technique. Since the project began in 1992, it has discovered several extrasolar planets as a side...

 (OGLE), co-discoverer (together with OGLE team) of many extrasolar planetary systems (for eg. OGLE-2006-BLG-109L

OGLE-2006-BLG-109L

OGLE-2006-BLG-109L is a dim magnitude 17 unclassified galactic bulge star approximately 4,920 light-years away in the constellation of Sagittarius.- Planetary system :...

). Author of widely used academic book for astronomy students "Stars and interstellar matter" (:pl:Gwiazdy i materia międzygwiazdowa). Head of the Astronomical Observatory, University of Warsaw

University of Warsaw

The University of Warsaw is the largest university in Poland and one of the most prestigious, ranked as best Polish university in 2010 and 2011...

 in years 1986-2008. Editor of quarterly scientific journal

Scientific journal

In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...

 Acta Astronomica

Acta Astronomica

Acta Astronomica is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering astronomy and astrophysics. It was founded in 1925 by the Polish astronomer Tadeusz Banachiewicz. Initially, the journal published articles in Latin, later English, French, and German were added as allowed journal languages. Today, all...

 and a chairman of Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy

Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy

The Copernicus Foundation for Polish Astronomy is a polish scientific foundation which aim is to support polish astronomy by: financing research, founding stipends, propagation of an astronomical knowledge in the society and activation and stimulation of the astronomical community.The Copernicus...

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External links

• List of publications in Astrophysics Data System
  Astrophysics Data System
  The Astrophysics Data System , developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration , is an online database of over eight million astronomy and physics papers from both peer reviewed and non-peer reviewed sources...