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Yaël Nazé (born 1976) is a Belgian astrophysicist who works at the
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. She specializes in
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and their interactions with their surroundings.


Biography

She came from what she described as a poor part of
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where people enjoyed stargazing. At ten she considered
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, but by twelve became interested in astronomy. She received her PhD in March, 2004 and qualified as a permanent
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(FNRS) researcher since 2009. She devotes part of her leisure to the popularization of sciences through conferences, animations, exhibitions, and articles. She has written several books that have earned her several awards. Her scientific work has been just as rewarded and repeatedly so.


Bibliography

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Popular works

* In 2018, Nazé analyzed the controversy over a
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thesis proposed by a student at the
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, which defended a flat earth as well as a
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of the solar system and
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. The dissertation theme had been approved by the committee overseeing environmental studies theses (but not the final, full dissertation) and its summary had been made public and denounced in 2017 by professor Hafedh Ateb, a founder of the Tunisian Astronomical Society on his
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page.


Awards

* (2009) * (2009) * (2014) * (2017)


References


External links


Professional page of Yaël Nazé
in the place of the university of Liège
Expert publications of Yaël Nazé
in the database
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The feminine side of astronomy
nbsp;conference of Yaël Nazé (5 January 2010) video CERIMES / IAP.

(Brest, 17 October 2012) {{DEFAULTSORT:Naze, Yael 21st-century Belgian astronomers Academic staff of the University of Liège Living people 21st-century women scientists Women astronomers 1976 births