Georges Meylan#
| Membership Number: | 5664 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2021 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://lastro.epfl.ch |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2015 Emeritus Professor, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- 2004 - 2015 Professor and Director of the Laboratory of Astrophysics, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
- 1999 - 2012 Visiting Associate in Div. of Physics, Mathematics, Astronomy, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, U.S.A.
- 2000 - 2004 Senior Astronomer, European Space Agency, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, U.S.A.
- 1992 - 2000 Senior Astronomer, European Southern Observatory, Munich, Germany
- 1989 - 1992 Staff Astronomer, European Space Agency, Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, U.S.A.
- 1986 - 1989 Post-doctoral fellow, European Southern Observatory, Munich, Germany
- 1985 - 1986 Post-doctoral fellow, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A.
Fields of Scholarship
- Mapping the distribution of Dark Matter in the universe
- Stellar populations in galactic and extragalactic star clusters
- Determination of cosmological parameters, such as H_0, Omega_m and Omega_Lambda
- Stellar populations and dynamics of quasar host galaxies
- Individual mass, dynamics, and physics of lensing galaxies
- Internal kinematics and dynamics of globular clusters
- Galactic and extragalactic systems of star clusters
- Gravitational lenses, quasars, and clusters of galaxies
- Very high-redshift galaxies, proto-galaxies around high-redshift quasars
Honours and Awards
- 2016 - 2022 Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the International Space Science Institute (ISSI) in Bern, Switzerland
- 2016 - 2024 Member of the Council of the European Astronomical Society (EAS)
- 2008 - 2014 Scientific delegate for Switzerland to the Council of the European Southern Observatory
- 1999 - 2012 Visiting Associate at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), Pasadena, U.S.A.
- 2009 - 2015 Chairman of Panels in the framework of the European Research Council (ERC)
- 2006 - 2014 Chairman of the Swiss Commission for Astronomy (SCFA), Swiss Academy of Sciences
- 2000 - 2003 Presidentof the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Division VII: Galactic System
- 2000 - 2003 President of IAU Commission # 37 Star Clusters and Associations
