Theodorus "Theo" Henricus Maria Rasing (born 26 May 1953) is a Dutch professor of experimental physics at

Radboud University Nijmegen Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century D ...

. His expertise lies in the field of magneto-optics. He was a winner of the 2008

Spinoza Prize The Spinoza Prize ( nl, Spinozapremie) is an annual award of 2.5 million euro, to be spent on new research given by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). The award is the highest scientific award in the Netherlands. It is named after the philosopher ...

Career

Rasing was born on 26 May 1953 in

Didam Didam (locally, Diem) is a town in the Netherlands in the eastern part of Netherlands in the region of "De Achterhoek", province of Gelderland. It is located in the municipality of Montferland about 18 km east of Arnhem, which is the capital ...

. In 1976 he obtained a cum laude degree in physics from

. He obtained his doctorate from the same university in 1982. In 1997 he became professor at Radboud University Nijmegen. In 2008 he was one of four winners of the Dutch

and received a 1,5 million euro grant. In 2013 Rasing won a 2,5 million euro Advanced Grant by the

European Research Council The European Research Council (ERC) is a public body for funding of scientific and technological research conducted within the European Union (EU). Established by the European Commission in 2007, the ERC is composed of an independent Scientific ...

for a research proposal titled 'magnetisation at its fastest'. Rasing was elected 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 the advancement of science and literature in the Netherlands. The academy is housed ...

in 2010. In the same year he was made a Knight of the

Order of the Netherlands Lion The Order of the Netherlands Lion, also known as the Order of the Lion of the Netherlands ( nl, De Orde van de Nederlandse Leeuw, french: L'Ordre du Lion Néerlandais) is a Dutch order of chivalry founded by King William I of the Netherlands on ...

. Rasing was elected a member of the

Academia Europaea The Academia Europaea is a pan-European Academy of Humanities, Letters, Law, and Sciences. The Academia was founded in 1988 as a functioning Europe-wide Academy that encompasses all fields of scholarly inquiry. It acts as co-ordinator of Europea ...

in 2013. In February 2015 the Dutch newspaper ''

de Volkskrant ''de Volkskrant'' (; ''The People's Paper'') is a Dutch daily morning newspaper. Founded in 1919, it has a nationwide circulation of about 250,000. Formerly a leading centre-left Catholic broadsheet, ''de Volkskrant'' today is a medium-sized c ...

'' listed Rasing second on a list of funds obtained by researchers.

References

External links

Profile on Radboud University Nijmegen
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rasing, Theo 1953 births Living people 20th-century Dutch physicists European Research Council grantees Experimental physicists Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion Magneticians Members of Academia Europaea Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences Optical physicists People from Montferland Radboud University Nijmegen alumni Radboud University Nijmegen faculty Spinoza Prize winners