Brief curriculum vitae
Degrees:
Gymnasium β, Thomas à Kempis Lyceum, Zwolle,
The Netherlands (NL) 1960
- 1966
MSc
Astronomy, University of Groningen (RuG), Kapteyn
Institute, NL 1966 - 1973
PhD
Astronmy, University of Groningen, Kapteyn Institute,
NL 1973 - 1977
Academic Track Record :
National
Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, USA, Research Associate 1977
- 1978
University
of Minnesota, Minneapolis, USA, Assistant Professor 1978
- 1982
Netherlands
Foundation for Radio Astronomy, ASTRON, Staff Scientist 1982
- 1988
Kapteyn
Astronomical Institute, RUG, NL, Associate Professor 1988
- 2001
Australia
Telescope National Facility, Epping, Distinguished Visitor
Jan-Aug
2002
Kapteyn
Astronomical Institute, RUG, NL, Full Professor 2001-2019
Kapteyn
Astronomical Institute, RUG, NL, Emeritus Professor 2019-present
Membership
Professional Societies:
Dutch
Astronomical Society (NAC), American Astronomical Society (AAS), International
Astronomical Union (IAU), European Astronomical Society (EAS)
Professional Service,
Committees and Management (restricted to 2000 – present):
National: Director Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (Oct. 2005-Sept
2011), Vice-chair NOVA Board (Oct. 2005-Sept 2011), Vice-chair National
Committee for Astronomy (Oct. 2005 – Sept 2011), Chair of the ASTRON
WSRT/LOFAR Program Committee (2008-2013), Member ASTRON Board (2003-2007, Chair
2005-2007), Chair Kamer Sterrenkunde VSNU
(2003-2005), Member Nederlands Platform voor de Natuurkunde (2003-2005), Member Discipline overleg Natuurwetenschap
en Techniek (2003-2005); Director of Education
(and Deputy Director) Kapteyn Astronomical Institute (2001-2005), Member NWO
SKA Contact Group (2014 - 2020).
International: Member Board Isaac Newton Group
(2003-2007, Chair 2004-2007); Member European SKA Consortium (2006-present,
Chair 2008-2009); Member SKA International Steering Committee (2006-2007),
Member SKA Science Working Group (2002-present); Member of the SKA Funding
Agencies Working Group (on behalf of NWO, 2006-2007); Member at Large Astronet Infrastructure Roadmap Working Group; Member SKADS
(EU FP6 SKA Design Study) Board (2006-2009);
Member PrepSKA (EU FP7 SKA preparatory phase project)
Board (2009-2013); Chair European SKA Consortium (2008-2011, member
since 2012); Member Advisory Board Astrophysics
Research Institute, Liverpool John Moores University
(2010-2019, Chair since 2014-2018)
Grants (restricted to 2000 – present):
NWO, Star
Formation in M33 200 kf
(1998-2001)
NWO/EW The
Search for galaxies with declining rotation curves, 221 kf
(2000-2006)
NWO, Surveying
Cosmic Time, CoI on national grant for ASTRON, 4
Mf (2001)
NWO, OASIS
on the WHT, PI on national grant for La Palma Observatory, 750 kf
(2003)
NWO, The
Lowest Mass Galaxies (CoI, PI Dr. T. Oosterloo), 160 k€ (2002)
NWO Visitor Grants for Prof. Kennicutt, 2034 € (2001)
NWO Visitor Grants for Prof. J.H.
van Gorkom, 8500 € (2003)
EC, Marie Curie International Reintegration
grant CAMERAS, 80 k€ (2005-2006)
NWO, Searching
for the Cosmic Web (CoI, PI Dr. R. Braun), 179 k€
(2005-2009)
NWO, Scalable
analysis and visualization of high-dimensional astronomical data sets
(PI, CoI Prof. J. B.T.M. Roerdink,
Computer Science), 500 k€ (2007-2011)
LOFAR/SNN Visualization
and Pattern Recognition in LOFAR Calibration Data,
240 k€ (2005)
ERC Advanced Grant The HI Story of the Nearby Universe, 2.5 M€ (2013-2018)
Publications
449 publications receiving 15747 citations and 3899 normalised citations; h-index: 67