Tim de Zeeuw

Tim de Zeeuw

Pieter Timotheus "Tim" de Zeeuw (* 1956 in Sleen , Netherlands ) is a Dutch astronomer specializing in the formation, structure and dynamics of galaxies .

education

His higher education began at the University of Leiden , where he in the year 1976 degrees in Mathematics and in 1977 in Astronomy attained. He graduated cum laude from Leiden with a PhD in astronomy in 1984 .

Career

After stays in the USA at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton and at Caltech , he returned to the Netherlands in 1990 , where he was appointed professor of theoretical astronomy by the University of Leiden.

In 2003 he was named Scientific Director of the Leiden Observatory and from 2007 to 2017 he was Director General of the European Southern Observatory .

Some awards Prof. de Zeeuw has received during this time:

• Descartes Huygens Prize, 2001
• Honorary doctorate from the University of Lyon , 2003
• An asteroid was named after him on February 19, 2006: (10970) de Zeeuw
• Honorary Doctorate from the University of Chicago , June 2007
• Order of the Dutch Lion , Class: Knight , May 2018

Then in 2010 he received the Brouwer Award from the Division on Dynamical Astronomy of the American Astronomical Society .

Private life

He is married to the astronomer Ewine van Dishoeck .

gallery

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  Annette Schavan and General Director Tim de Zeeuw on the platform of the Very Large Telescope during an official visit on 29-30. September 2012.

• Play media file

  Speech on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of ESO by Tim de Zeeuw.

Web links

Commons : Tim de Zeeuw  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Director General Prof. Tim de Zeeuw
• Search results for Prof. Tim de Zeeuw at ESO

Individual evidence

1. ^ Prof. Pieter Timotheus (Tim) de Zeeuw . ESO . Retrieved January 28, 2010.
2. ^ Virginia Gewin: Tim de Zeeuw, director-general, European Southern Observatory, Garching, Germany , Nature. February 28, 2007. 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Profile of Prof. Tim de Zeeuw . Retrieved January 28, 2010.
4. ↑ DESCARTES-HUYGENS PRIZE of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ^ List of Brouwer Award Winners . Retrieved January 29, 2010.
6. ^ German Federal Minister for Education and Research visits ESO's Paranal Observatory . In: ESO Press Release . Retrieved February 13, 2013.