Dr. Irina Zhuravleva

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Biography

Irina Zhuravleva is an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago in the Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics. She earned her PhD from Ludwig-Maximilian University in collaboration with the Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Germany, in 2011. Her research focuses on high-energy X-ray astrophysics, specifically studying galaxy clusters and massive galaxies. Zhuravleva's work involves observational plasma physics, analyzing turbulence and transport properties within the intracluster medium (ICM). She is involved with projects like the X-ray Imaging Spectroscopy Mission (XRISM) and the Line Emission Mapper (LEM), which aim to advance the understanding of cosmic phenomena through innovative observational techniques. Additionally, she supervises graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in her research area.

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