Ralph Wijers - Curriculum Vitae#
Education and employment:
- 1987 MSc, Astronomy with Theoretical Physics, cum laude, Leiden University
- 1991 PhD, Physics and Astronomy, University of Amsterdam
- 1991 - 1994 Research Associate, Princeton University
- 1994 - 1997 Research Associate, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge Univ. (UK)
- 1997 - 1998 Senior Research Associate, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge Univ.
- 1998 - 2002 Assistant Professor, Stonybrook University, USA
- 2002 - 2007 Adjunct Professor, Stonybrook University
- 2002 Professor of High-energy Astrophysics, University of Amsterdam
- 2011 Director, Anton Pannekoek Institute for Astronomy, University of Amsterdam
- 2017 Adjunct Professor, George Washington University, Washington DC, USA
Important memberships of research organizations and committees:
- 2002 - 2011 Chair, Astrophysics Division, Netherlands Physical Society
- 2002 - 2006 PI, EU Research Training Network ‘Gamma-ray Bursts’
- 2003 - 2009 Member, LOFAR Astronomy Research Committee
- 2003 co-PI, LOFAR Transients Key Project
- 2005 - 2015 Board Member, SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research
- 2007 - 2010 Chair, LOFAR Astronomy Research Committee
- 2008 Member, Science Advisory Council, ASTRON Netherlands Institute for Radio Astronomy
- 2010 - 2015 Chair, Astronet European Radio Telescope Review Committee
- 2011 Chair, Netherlands Committee for Astronomy (national coordinating body for research and education in astronomy).
- 2011 Board Member, NOVA Netherlands Research School for Astronomy
- 2013 - 2016 Member, TWINS Council (Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences advisory council on natural sciences)
Learned Societies:
- Nederlandse Astronomenclub (since 1985),
- Vereniging tot bevordering van Natuur- Genees- en Heelkunde, Amsterdam (since 1990)
- American Astronomical Society (since 1992)
- Royal Astronomical Society (since 1995)
- Nederlandse Natuurkundige Vereniging (Netherlands Physical Soc.) (since 2002)
- International Astronomical Union (since 2003)
Editorships:
- 2006 Editor, Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
- 2000 - 2009 Editor, New Astronomy Reviews
- 2009 Coordinating Editor, New Astronomy Reviews
