Ewine van Dishoeck

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In this Dutch name, the surname is van Dishoeck, not Dishoeck.
Ewine van Dishoeck
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Ewine van Dishoeck (2014)
Born (1955-06-13) 13 June 1955 (age 66)
Leiden, Netherlands
Spouse(s)Tim de Zeeuw
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsAstrochemistry, Astronomy, Chemistry
Doctoral advisors
Websitehome.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] and served as the President of the International Astronomical Union (2018-2021). She is one of the pioneers of astrochemistry, and her research is aimed at determination of the structure of cosmic objects using their molecular spectra.

Research[]

Van Dishoeck 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] In 2021 she was awarded an ERC Advanced Grant to study chemistry and physics in the planet-forming disks around stars other than our Sun.[3]

She is the most cited molecular astrophysicist in the world.[4][5]

Awards[]

Van Dishoeck was a Junior Fellow of the Harvard Society of Fellows in 1984, where she worked with Alex Dalgarno.[2] She was awarded the Gold Medal of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society in 1994, the Spinoza Prize (Netherlands) in 2000,[6] and the Bourke Award of the Royal Society of Chemistry (UK) in 2001.[7] Since 2001, she is a Member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences[8] as well of the United States National Academy of Sciences.[9] In 2013, she became a member of the Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[10] She received the Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award (Sweden) in 2014,[11][12] and the Albert Einstein World Award of Science (Mexico) in 2015.[13][14][15] In 2018, Van Dishoeck was awarded the James Craig Watson Medal (US)[16] and the Kavli Prize (Norway) for astrophysics.[17] In the same year, she also has been elected an Honorary Member of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society.[18] She was elected to the American Philosophical Society[19] and was awarded the Prix Jules Janssen, both in 2020.[20] In 2021 Pope Francis appointed her to the Pontifical Academy of Sciences.[21]

Personal life[]

Van Dishoeck is married to Tim de Zeeuw,[2] a professor of astronomy at Leiden University who was Director General of the European Southern Observatory from September 2007 to 2017.[22]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Curriculum Vitae". Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b c 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 1567862. PMID 16894155.
  3. ^ "Ewine van Dishoeck receives ERC Advanced Grant for research into the chemistry of new worlds". Leiden University. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  4. ^ "Building stars, planets and the ingredients for life in space". 30 October 2018. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
  5. ^ "Ewine van Dishoeck". scholar.google.com. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  6. ^ "NWO/Spinoza Prizes". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. Archived from the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  7. ^ "RSC Bourke Award Previous Winners". Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  8. ^ "Ewine van Dishoeck". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  9. ^ "National Academy of Sciences – Members Directory: Ewine F. van Dishoeck". Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  10. ^ Ewine van Dishoeck, Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, retrieved 5 January 2019
  11. ^ "Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award 2014, Ewine van Dishoeck". Gothenburg Physics Centre. Retrieved 17 September 2014.
  12. ^ "Astrochemist Ewine van Dishoeck receives Gothenburg Lise Meitner Award 2014". Astronomie.nl. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 19 September 2014.
  13. ^ "2015 World Cultural Council Awards". EurekAlert!. 10 June 2015. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  14. ^ "Einstein World Award of Science voor Ewine van Dishoeck" (in Dutch). Leiden University. 10 June 2015. Archived from the original on 12 June 2015. Retrieved 11 June 2015.
  15. ^ Hämmerle, Hannelore (22 June 2015). "Two international awards for Ewine van Dishoeck". Innovations Report. Retrieved 22 June 2015.
  16. ^ "News from the National Academy of Sciences". National Academy of Sciences. 17 January 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
  17. ^ "Kavli Prize for astrophysics". 22 May 2018.
  18. ^ Honorary members – website of the Royal Netherlands Chemical Society
  19. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  20. ^ "IAU President Ewine van Dishoeck Awarded the 2020 Jules Janssen Prize". International Astronomical Union. 8 January 2021.
  21. ^ "Ewine van Dishoeck after pontifical appointment: 'Science and religion can coexist'". Leiden University. Retrieved 1 September 2021.
  22. ^ "ESO – Director General". Retrieved 27 January 2010.

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