Joeri van Leeuwen

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Joeri van Leeuwen
Joeri van Leeuwen at Dwingeloo Telescope 2019.png
Born11 January 1975
Waardenburg, Netherlands
Nationality Dutch
Citizenship Dutch
Alma mater Utrecht University
Known for Pulsars, Fast Radio Bursts
AwardsERC Consolidator Grant (2013), Willem de Graaffprijs (2016), NWO Vici grant (2018)
Scientific career
Fields Astronomy, Astrophysics
Institutions ASTRON

Joeri van Leeuwen (born 11 January 1975) is a Dutch astronomer and former rower. He is best known for his work on the extreme environments around neutron stars. In particular, he works on radio-astronomical studies of pulsars and fast radio bursts.

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Academic career

Van Leeuwen obtained his PhD at Utrecht University in 2004, on radio observations of pulsars. He was a post-doctoral fellow at the University of British Columbia with Ingrid Stairs, working on pulsar searches using the Arecibo Telescope. As a Stensen Fellow he next worked at University of California, Berkeley with Donald C. Backer, to build and use the Allen Telescope Array. In 2008 he returned to The Netherlands, as astronomer at ASTRON.Van Leeuwen wrote, produced and presented a number of TV programs for large audiences. These include several astronomy series [1] for Het Klokhuis, the educational show on Dutch national TV [2] [3] .

Research

Van Leeuwen's research focuses on explosions around compact objects, especially those visible with radio telescopes. He discovered the first young neutron star that is so affected by space-time curvature that it has since basically disappeared from sight [4] [5] . He used the Westerbork Synthesis Radio Telescope and Low-Frequency Array to discover that Fast Radio Bursts can be seen at low frequencies, and that their periodicity cannot be explained by simple stellar winds, as was previously thought [6] .

Honors

Van Leeuwen received a number of awards for his research from the Dutch [7] and European [8] Research Councils, and for his outreach from the Netherlands Astronomical Society [9] . Asteroid 12952 Joerivanleeuwen is named after him [10] .

In sports

Van Leeuwen is a former professional rower. He is a two-time world record holder [11] with the Dutch Men's Eight; he participated in three world rowing championships, and won one world-cup medal and multiple national championships.

References

  1. ↑ Het Klokhuis over het heelal hetklokhuis.nl (in Dutch)
  2. ↑ Het heelal (Het Klokhuis), Sterrenkundige Joeri van Leeuwen School TV (in Dutch)
  3. ↑ New Klokhuis with Our Telescopes Premieres Tomorrow astron.nl
  4. ↑ van Leeuwen, Joeri; et al. (2015). "The Binary Companion of Young, Relativistic Pulsar J1906+0746". ApJ . 798 (2): 118. arXiv: 1411.1518 . Bibcode:2015ApJ...798..118V. doi:10.1088/0004-637X/798/2/118.
  5. ↑ Warp in Space-Time Swallows Pulsar space.com. Archived on 1 June 2023.
  6. ↑ Pastor-Marazuela, Inés; Connor, Liam; van Leeuwen, Joeri; et al. (2021). "Chromatic periodic activity down to 120 megahertz in a fast radio burst". Nature . 596 (7873): 505–508. Bibcode:2021Natur.596..505P. doi:10.1038/s41586-021-03724-8. PMID   34433943.
  7. ↑ Astronomer Joeri van Leeuwen receives Vici grant astron.nl
  8. ↑ ERC grant for astronomer Joeri van Leeuwen astron.nl
  9. ↑ Willem de Graaffprijs nl.wikipedia (in Dutch)
  10. ↑ (12952) Joerivanleeuwen = 1997 JE13 = 1102 T-2IAU Minor Planet Center
  11. ↑ Holland Acht II kwalificeert zich met machtsvertoon voor Sydney Trouw
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