Ronald van der Linden#
| Membership Number: | 2580 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2008 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.observatory.be |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2005 Director General, Royal Observatory of Belgium
- 2002-2005 Senior researcher (workleader), Solar Physics, Royal Observatory of Belgium; from 1 October 2004 also acting head of department
- 2000-2002 Research Assistant, Solar Physics, Royal Observatory of Belgium
- 1996-2000 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Centre for Plasma Astrophysics, KULeuven, Belgium
- 1994-1996 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, JET Joint Undertaking, Abingdon, UK
- 1991-1994 Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Dept.of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of St. Andrews, Scotland
- 1991 PhD Sciences, category Astrophysics, KULeuven, Belgium
- 1987-1991 Research Fellow, Astronomical Institute, KULeuven, Belgium
Fields of Scholarship
- Solar physics
- Magnetohydrodynamics
- Magnetic instabilities
- Coronal heating
- Solar activity
- Space weather
