European Astronomical Society

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European Astronomical Society
AbbreviationEAS
Formation1990;35 years ago (1990)
Type NGO, learned society
PurposeTo contribute to and promote the advancement of astronomy, in its broadest sense, in Europe by all suitable means.
HeadquartersDepartment of Astronomy, University of Geneva
Location
President
 Flag of Italy.svg Sara Lucatello
Vice-President
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Lex Kaper
Vice-President
 Flag of France.svg Nabila Aghanim
Website eas.unige.ch

The European Astronomical Society (EAS) is a learned society, founded under the Swiss Civil Code in 1990, as an association to contribute and promote the advancement of astronomy in Europe, and to deal with astronomical matters at a European level. It is a society of individual professional astronomers, and all European astronomers can be members independently of their field of work or country of work or origin. The society offers a forum for discussion on all aspects of astronomical development in Europe, and is the organisation that represents the interests of astronomers in discussions of European-wide developments.

Contents

Agata Różańska (Poland) serves as the EAS Newsletter editor.

Presidents

The President of the European Astronomical Society chairs the governing Council of the EAS and liaises with similar societies in countries around the world, and with the International Astronomical Union on behalf of the European astronomy community. The first person to hold the title of President of the European Astronomical Society was Lodewijk Woltjer, a post he held from the founding of the EAS until 1994. The post has a term of office of four years, the same as the other offices on the governing Council of the Society, and the office transfers from the incumbent at the conclusion of the final EAS Annual Meeting of their term. Thierry Courvoisier  [ fr ] and Roger Davies are the only holders to have been re-elected for a second term.

The current president is Sara Lucatello (Padua, Italy), who took up the role in 2024.

#ImageNameStart yearEnd yearNotesReference
01 Lodewijk Woltjer at the ESO 50th Anniversary Gala Event - 01.jpg Lodewijk Woltjer 199021 August 1993 [1]
02 Paul Murdin.jpg Paul Murdin 21 August 19935 July 1997 [1] [2] [3]
03 Jean-Paul Zahn.jpg Jean-Paul Zahn  [ fr ]5 July 19972001 [2] [3]
04 Harvey Raymond Butcher 20012006[ citation needed ]
05Joachim Krautter20062010[ citation needed ]
06 Thierry Courvoisier  [ fr ]20102017[ citation needed ]
07 Roger Davies.jpg Roger Davies 20172024 [4] [5]
08Sara Lucatello2024 [6]

Prizes

The European Astronomical Society awards several prizes on an annual or biannual basis.

Year establishedPrizePurpose of awardNotes
2008 Tycho Brahe Prize Awarded in recognition of the development or exploitation of European instruments, or for major discoveries based largely on such instruments.Named in honour of the influential sixteenth-century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe.
2010Lodewijk Woltjer LectureTo honour astronomers of outstanding scientific distinction.Named in honour of the first President of the European Astronomical Society, Lodewijk Woltjer.
2013MERAC Prizes inTheoretical AstrophysicsAwarded to best Early Career Researcher (on odd years) and for best Doctoral Thesis (on even years).
Observational Astrophysics
New Technologies (Instrumental/Computational)
2020 Fritz Zwicky Prize for Astrophysics and Cosmology Awarded to those who have obtained fundamental and outstanding results related to astrophysics and/or cosmology.Awarded biennially on behalf of the Fritz Zwicky Foundation.

See also

References

  1. 1 2 EAS Newsletter (PDF) (Report). September 1993. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 Bochkarev, N. G. (December 1999). "Preface" . Astronomical & Astrophysical Transactions. 18 (3): 411. Bibcode:1999A&AT...18..411B. doi:10.1080/10556799908202996. ISSN   1055-6796 . Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 EAS Newsletter (PDF) (Report). October 1997. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 September 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "EAS e-News". 8 July 2016. Archived from the original on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "Professor Roger Davies Elected as President of the European Astronomical Society". www.chch.ox.ac.uk. Archived from the original on 17 July 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "EAS Contact".
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