Ewine van Dishoeck

Ewine van Dishoeck (2015)

Ewine van Dishoeck (born 13 June 1955 in Leiden) is a Dutch astronomer and chemist.[1] She is Professor of Molecular Astrophysics at Leiden Observatory.[1][2]

She is a member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Sciences since 2001[3] and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences.[4] She received the Albert Einstein World Award of Science in 2015, [5][6][7] the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award in 2014,[8][9] the Spinoza Prize in 2000,[10] the Bourke Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2001[11] and the Gold Medal of the Royal Dutch Chemical Society in 1994. She works on interstellar molecules; physical and chemical evolution during star formation and planet formation; submillimeter and mid-infrared astronomy; basic molecular processes; and the radiative transfer of line and continuum radiation.[1]

She was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows.[2]

Van Dishoeck is married to Tim de Zeeuw,[2] also a professor of astronomy at Leiden University and, as of September 2007, Director General of the European Southern Observatory.[12]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Curriculum Vitae". Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  2. 1 2 3 Zagorski, N. (2006). "Profile of Ewine F. Van Dishoeck". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 (33): 12229–12231. doi:10.1073/pnas.0604740103. PMC 1567862. PMID 16894155.
  3. ↑ "Ewine van Dishoeck". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  4. ↑ "National Academy of Sciences - Members Directory". Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  5. ↑ "2015 World Cultural Council Awards". EurekAlert!. June 10, 2015. Retrieved June 10, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Einstein World Award of Science voor Ewine van Dishoeck" (in Dutch). Leiden University. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  7. ↑ Hämmerle, Hannelore (22 June 2015). "Two international awards for Ewine van Dishoeck". Innovations Report. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  8. ↑ "Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award 2014, Ewine van Dishoeck". Gothenburg Physics Centre. Retrieved 2014-09-17.
  9. ↑ "Astrochemist Ewine van Dishoeck receives Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award 2014". Astronomie.nl. 2014-09-19. Retrieved 2014-09-19.
  10. ↑ "NWO/Spinoza Prizes". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  11. ↑ "RSC Bourke Award Previous Winners". Retrieved 2010-01-27.
  12. ↑ "ESO - Director General". Retrieved 2010-01-27.

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