Evert Meurs

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Evert Johan Alexander Meurs (born in the Netherlands) is a Dutch astronomer at the University of Amsterdam and a former director of Dunsink Observatory in Dublin, Ireland. [1] He spearheaded the efforts by Ireland's astronomers to become a member of the European Southern Observatory (ESO). [2]

Education and career

Meurs got an MSc at The University of Amsterdam in 1976 and a PhD at Leiden University in 1982. [3] His doctoral thesis was "The Seyfert Galaxy Population: A Radio Survey; Luminosity Function; Related Objects" done under Harry van de Laan. [4]

He has worked at a number of educational and research facilities including:

1982-1984: Postdoctoral researcher at Max Planck Institute (MPI) in Heidelberg
1984-1987: Postdoctoral researcher at Cambridge
1988, 1989 and 1993: Lectured for two months in each of these years at University of Porto
1987-1989: European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Garching
1989-1992: MPI in Garching
1993: ESO in Garching
1994-2007: Director of Dunsink Observatory [5]
1994-2010: Senior professor at Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies (DIAS)
1995-2012: Adjunct Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin (TCD)
1995-2012: Adjunct professor at Dublin City University (DCU)
2011-present: Full professor at the University of Amsterdam

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References

  1. Prof. dr. E.J.A. (Evert) Meurs University of Amsterdam
  2. Astro-Expo event in Dublin European Southern Observatory
  3. Evert Johan Alexander Meurs AstroGen
  4. Evert Johan Alexander Meurs at the Mathematics Genealogy Project
  5. Directors of Dunsink Observatory DIAS Dunsink Observatory