Ed van den Heuvel | |
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 Van den Heuvel in 2007 | |
| Born | (1940-11-02)2 November 1940 (age 85) |
| Alma mater | Utrecht University |
| Known for | Compact objects,gamma ray bursts |
| Awards | Spinoza Prize (1995),Descartes Prize (2002),Viktor Ambartsumian International Science Prize (2018) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astronomy |
| Institutions | University of Amsterdam |
| Website | www |
Edward Peter Jacobus (Ed) van den Heuvel (born 2 November 1940) is a Dutchastronomer andemeritus professor at theAstronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek of theUniversity of Amsterdam.[1]
Van den Heuvel is well known for his work on the formation and evolution of compact astrophysical objects such asneutron stars,black holes, andwhite dwarfs inbinary systems, and for his investigation ofgamma ray bursts.
Van den Heuvel studiedmathematics,physics andastronomy at theUtrecht University. There, he obtained hisPhD degree in 1968 for his research on the rotation of stars. During his career he held positions at (amongst others) theUniversity of California,Utrecht University,Institute for Advanced Study, and theVrije Universiteit Brussel.
For his work Van den Heuvel has been awarded with anHonorary Doctorate from theKatholieke Universiteit Leuven, theSpinozapremie (1995),[2] theEuropean UnionDescartes Prize (2002) and theViktor Ambartsumian International Science Prize ofArmenia (2018). He has also beenknighted in theOrder of the Netherlands Lion. He is a member of theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1982),[3] honorary fellow of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Associate of theRoyal Astronomical Society and honorary fellow of the Inter University Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics (IUCAA), Pune, India.
