
CURRICULUM VITAE
Sylvain G. Korzennik
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Solar, Stellar, and, Planetary Sciences Division
60 Garden Street, M/S 15 Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 496-7916 (ph) (617) 495-7049 (fax)
skorzennik@cfa.harvard.edu
Education
1990 Ph.D. in Astronomy, Department of Astronomy, U.C.L.A. “Seismic Analysis of the
Sun from Intermediate and High Degree p-Modes”. Advisor: R.K. Ulrich.
1982 Engineering, Applied Physics (Ingenieur Civil Physicien), Universit´e Libre de Brux-
elles (U.L.B.), Ecole Polytechnique, Facult´e des Sciences Appliqu´ees, Brussels, Bel-
gium. Master thesis at the Plasma Physics Laboratory (U.L.B.): “Study of a mag-
netic configuration realizing a theta-pinch.”
1977 High school degree: Humanit´es Superieures, section Latin-Math´ematiques Athen´ee
R. Catteau, Brussels, Belgium.
Positions Held
2011–26 SAO’s HPC Analyst (part-time).
1990– Physicist, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory (SAO).
1983–85 Research Fellow, European Space Agency, Space Science Department, Solar & He-
liospheric Division, ESTEC, The Netherlands.
Research Experience
12/90–present Physicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics in the Solar, Stellar, and
Planetary Sciences Physics division.
Study of the Sun’s internal structure, dynamics and magnetic fields from a helioseis-
mic approach. Observational stellar seismology and exo-planet detection.
8/85–9/90 Graduate Research Assistant at U.C.L.A. for Ph.D. thesis advisor, R. K. Ulrich.
1/83–7/85 Research Fellow with the European Space Agency at the Space Science Department,
Solar & Heliospheric Division, ESTEC, The Netherlands.