Alexey Vikhlinin

Alexey Vikhlinin (born September 17, 1970) is a Russian-American astrophysicist notable for achievements in the astrophysics of high energy phenomenon, namely galaxy cluster cosmology and the design of space-based X-ray observatories. He is currently a senior astrophysicist at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, part of the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He was recently the Science and Technology Definition Team (STDT) Community Co-chair (along with Feryal Özel) for the ''Lynx X-ray Observatory'', a NASA-funded Large Mission Concept Study under consideration by the [https://sites.nationalacademies.org/DEPS/astro2020/index.htm 2020 Decadal Survey on Astronomy and Astrophysics]. Provided by Wikipedia