Ewine van Dishoeck

Ewine van Dishoeck

Ewine van Dishoeck (2015)
Born (1955-06-13) June 13, 1955
Leiden, Netherlands
Residence Leiden, Netherlands
Fields Astrochemistry, Astronomy, Chemistry
Notable awards
Spouse Tim de Zeeuw
Website
http://home.strw.leidenuniv.nl/~ewine/

Ewine Fleur 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. Bibcode:2006PNAS..10312229Z. doi:10.1073/pnas.0604740103. PMC 1567862Freely accessible. 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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