Alexander Tielens
Alexander Godfried Gerardus Maria (Xander) Tielens(born 1953) is an astronomer atLeiden Observatory,Leiden University,in the Netherlands. In 2012 he received the highest distinction in Dutch science, theSpinoza Prize.[1]
Biography
[edit]Tielens has contributed significantly to several fields of astronomy, including interstellar physics and astrochemistry.[2]He is mostly known for his work on large aromatic molecules (PAHs) in space[3]and onphotodissociation regions.[4] He is also the author of a reference textbook on theinterstellar medium.[5]
Tielens is the project scientist of the HIFI instrument on board of theHerschel Space Observatory.He used to be theNASAProject Scientist of theStratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy.
Since 2012 Tielens has been a member of theRoyal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[6]
References
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- ^"NWO Spinoza Prize 2012".Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 11 September 2014. Archived fromthe originalon 29 June 2015.Retrieved30 June2015.
- ^NASA ADS Citation report
- ^Review on PAHs
- ^Hollenbach, D.J.; Tielens, A.G.G.M. (1999)."Photodissociation regions in the interstellar medium of galaxies".Reviews of Modern Physics.71(1): 173–230.Bibcode:1999RvMP...71..173H.doi:10.1103/RevModPhys.71.173.
- ^The Physics and Chemistry of the Interstellar Medium
- ^"Xander Tielens"(in Dutch).Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.Retrieved30 June2015.
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