Contact Information
georgano@umbc.edu
410-455-8149
Physics, Rm 409
Title
Associate Professor
Education
Ph.D. Astronomy – Boston University 1999
M.S. Astronomy – Boston University 1991
B.A. Physics – Aristotle University of Thessaloniki 1989
Previous Experience
Dr. Georganopoulos was previously a National Research Council Fellow at NASA/Goddard (2002-2004) and a postdoctoral researcher at the Max Planck Institut für Kernpysik in Heidelberg (1999-2002).
Professional Interests
My research interests focus on understanding the physics and the broader role of relativistic outflows or jets, mainly in active galaxies. Relativistic jets are invariably connected to accretion onto black holes. The kinetic power can reach levels comparable to that of the accretion luminosity, and their relativistically beamed synchrotron and inverse Compton (IC) emission can extend up to TeV energies, indicating extremely efficient particle acceleration.
My most recent interest, and one of the main interests of the group, is the nature of the X-ray emission of the large-scale quasar jets detected by Chandra, NASA’s X-ray orbiting observatory. My work and that of my PhD students is being supported by NASA and NSF grants. More information about our group work can be found at Meyer/Georganopoulos Research Group at UMBC.
Selected Publications
Markos Georganopoulos’ publications and citations (Google Scholar).