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Harm Habing
Harm Jan Habing (born 31 October 1937 in Tubbergen, Overijssel, Netherlands) is a Dutch astronomer and emeritus professor of astrophysics at Leiden University. Career Habing studied at the University of Groningen, first chemistry and physics, after which he switched to astronomy. He obtained his doctorate in Groningen in 1968 with a thesis entitled ''Studies of physical conditions in HI regions'' supervised by Stuart Robert Pottasch and Hendrik Christoffel van de Hulst. In 1971 Habing was appointed lecturer in astrophysics at Leiden University and in 1979 he was promoted to full professor. He has been emeritus professor since 2003. Ewine van Dishoeck and Xander Tielens were among Harm Habing's PhD students. Harm Habing was Editor-in-Chief of ''Astronomy & Astrophysics'' from 1996 to 2002. After his retirement, Habing wrote several books, including about the history of astronomy. Research Habing is known for his 1968 research into the far-ultraviolet (between 91 and 24 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tubbergen
Tubbergen (; Tweants: ) is a municipality and a town in the eastern Netherlands. Geography The following population centres can be found in Tubbergen: Politics As of the 2018 municipal election, the 19-seat municipal council of Tubbergen is composed as follows. Society The municipality has a high birth rate and the lowest divorce rate in the Netherlands. Politically, Tubbergen has the largest share of Christian Democratic Appeal voters at 66.59%. According to the 2009 survey by the Algemeen Dagblad, Tubbergen has the lowest crime rate of all municipalities in the Netherlands. According to the mayor, this is primarily because there exists a strong sense of community in Tubbergen. Notable people * Clemens Maria Franz von Bönninghausen (1785 near Fleringen – 1864) a lawyer, Dutch and Prussian civil servant, agriculturalist, botanist, physician and pioneer in the field of homeopathy * Herman Schaepman (1844 in Tubbergen – 1903) a Dutch priest, politician and poet [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ewine Van Dishoeck
Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck (born 13 June 1955, in Leiden) is a Dutch astronomer and chemist. She is Professor of Molecular Astrophysics at Leiden Observatory, and served as the President of the International Astronomical Union (2018–2021) and a co-editor of the '' Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics'' (2012–present). 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. Early life Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck was born on June 13, 1955, in Leiden, Netherlands. With her father being a professor of ear, nose, and throat medicine, her love of science was inspired at the young age of 12. During this time, her father was invited to spend six months in San Diego, CA. Her first science class ever was through the San Diego Public School system. She fondly remembers that her science teacher, a female and African-American in the 1960s, was forced to overcome many obstacles to reach t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xander Tielens
Alexander Godfried Gerardus Maria (Xander) Tielens (born 1953) is an astronomer at Leiden Observatory, Leiden University, in the Netherlands. In 2012 he received the highest distinction in Dutch science, the Spinoza Prize. Biography Tielens has contributed significantly to several fields of astronomy, including interstellar physics and astrochemistry. He is mostly known for his work on large aromatic molecules (PAHs) in space and on photodissociation regions. He is also the author of a reference textbook on the interstellar medium. Tielens is the project scientist of the HIFI instrument on board of the Herschel Space Observatory. He used to be the NASA Project Scientist of the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy. Since 2012 Tielens has been a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences The Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences ( nl, Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen, abbreviated: KNAW) is an organization dedicated to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
