Quirinus Henricus Franciscus "Quirin" Vrehen (born 25 February 1932) is a Dutch physicist. He served as head physicist of the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium. Vrehen was born in

's-Hertogenbosch s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a city and municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 157,486. It is the capital of the province of North Brabant and its fourth largest by population. The city is south of th ...

. He obtained a PhD in physics from Utrecht University in 1963 with a thesis on electron spin resonance and optical studies of solids. From 1963 to 1966 he worked in the United States at the MIT National Magnetic Laboratory. At the institute he worked on magneto-optical experiments on semiconductors. Vrehen then returned to the Netherlands and started working at the Philips Natuurkundig Laboratorium. Vrehen was elected 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 the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed ...

in 1988.

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1932 births Living people 20th-century Dutch physicists Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences People from 's-Hertogenbosch Utrecht University alumni {{Netherlands-scientist-stub