Since March 2013
Scientist, DESY
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron, Zeuthen, Germany · CTAO and MAGIC.
About
Following the most energetic light in the universe.
Markus Garczarczyk is an astroparticle physicist whose work centres on very-high-energy gamma-ray astronomy. His path has taken him from engineering studies in Ravensburg and Munich to doctoral research with the MAGIC experiment, and to leading telescope development at DESY.
He has been part of the MAGIC collaboration since its design phase. The two imaging atmospheric Cherenkov telescopes on La Palma investigate cosmic gamma rays at the highest energies.
Current work
Building the next generation of gamma-ray observatories.
At DESY in Zeuthen, Markus leads the team designing and constructing Medium-Sized Telescopes for the Cherenkov Telescope Array Observatory — a global facility for exploring the high-energy universe.
Education & experience
A career in instrumentation and discovery.
May 2007 – March 2013
Scientist, IFAE / CALP
Institut de Física d'Altes Energies, Barcelona, Spain; seconded to Centro Astrofísico La Palma, Spain · MAGIC experiment.
February 2003 – April 2007
Ph.D. student, MPI for Physics & University of Rostock
Munich and Rostock, Germany · MAGIC experiment. Doctoral research on gamma-ray burst prompt and early-afterglow emission at 100 GeV.
1996 – 2001
Engineering studies, Ravensburg & Munich
University of Applied Sciences · Diploma thesis on active-mirror control for the MAGIC telescope.
Contact
Get in touch.
Postal address
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY)
Platanenallee 6
15738 Zeuthen, Germany
Telephone
Tel. +49 33 7627 7266
Mobile +49 179 1718770