Announcement

Winner of 2016 De Zeeuw-Van Dishoeck Graduation Prize for Astronomy Announced

29 November 2016

The prestigious De Zeeuw-Van Dishoeck Graduation Prize for Astronomy is awarded every year to the best Master's thesis on the subject of astronomy by a Dutch student. The prize aims to encourage young talent in the field of astronomy; a certificate and a cash prize of 3000 euros are awarded to the winner.

This year’s prize is awarded to Jakob van den Eijnden of the University of Amsterdam, for his thesis entitled “Probing the short-timescale evolution of quasi-periodic oscillations”.

Named after ESO Director General, Tim De Zeeuw and Ewine van Dishoeck, Professor of Theoretical Astronomy and Professor of Molecular Astrophysics at the University of Leiden, the prize is awarded by the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW).

Links

• KHMW Announcement
• University of Leiden
• University of Amsterdam

Contacts

Peter Grimley
ESO Assistant Public Information Officer
Garching bei München, Germany
Tel: +49 89 3200 6383
Email: pgrimley@partner.eso.org

Marieke Baan
Nederlandse Onderzoekschool voor Astronomie (NOVA)
NOVA Informatie Centrum, Amsterdam
Tel: +31(0) 20 5257480
Cell: +31(0) 6 14322627
Email: H.M.Baan@uva.nl