Felix Pötzl obtained both his BSc and MSc degree from the University of Bonn, Germany, finishing his studies in 2016. He followed that up with a PhD at the Max-Planck-Institute for Radio Astronomy in Bonn within the International Max-Planck Research School for Astrophysics Bonn/Cologne, which he concluded in 2021.
Career :
After completing his PhD, he worked for one year as lecturer at the University College Cork, teaching undergraduate physics and astrophysics courses, while expanding his research on radio-polarimetric studies of jets in active galactic nuclei. Starting in October 2022, he is currently working as postdoctoral researcher at IA-FORTH on the ERC-grant-awarded project of “SMILE: Search for Milli-lenses to discriminate between dark matter models” with Carolina Casadio.
Interests :
Active galactic nuclei; extragalactic astrophysics; cosmology; radio and mm-VLBI; polarimetry