Ed van den Heuvel

Ed van den Heuvel

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name = Ed van den Heuvel

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caption = Ed van den Heuvel, July 2007
birth_date = birth date and age|1940|11|2
birth_place = Soest, The Netherlands
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nationality = Dutch
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field = Astronomy
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work_institution = University of Amsterdam
alma_mater = Utrecht University
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known_for = compact objects, gamma ray bursts
societies = KNAW, Indian Academy of Sciences, Royal Astronomical Society.
prizes = Spinozapremie (1995), Descartes Prize (2002)
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website = [http://www.astro.uva.nl/cgi-bin/person.cgi?name=Heuvel Website van Ed van den Heuvel]
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Edward Peter Jacobus (Ed) van den Heuvel (born 2 November 1940 in Soest) is a Dutch astronomer and emeritus professor at the University of Amsterdam.

Van den Heuvel is well-known for his work on the formation and evolution of compact astrophysical objects such as neutron stars, blackholes, and white dwarfs in binary systems. And for his investigation of gamma ray bursts.

Van den Heuvel studied mathematics, physics en astronomy at the Utrecht University. There, he obtained his PhD in March 1968 for his research on the rotation of stars. During his career he held postions at (amongst others) the University of California, Utrecht University, Institute for Advanced Study, and the Vrije Universiteit Brussel.

For his work Van den Heuvel has been awarded with an Honorary Doctorate from the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, the Spinozapremie (1995) and the European Union Descartes Prize (2002). He has also been knighted in the Order of the Dutch Lion. He is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (since 1982), honorary member of the Indian Academy of Sciences and of the Royal Astronomical Society.

External links

* [http://www.astro.uva.nl/cgi-bin/person.cgi?name=Heuvel Website van Ed van den Heuvel]

* Program symposium "Wij Zijn Van Sterrenstof Gemaakt", 27 October 2005.


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