Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck is a Dutch astronomer and chemist born on 13 June 1955, Professor of Molecular Astrophysics at Leiden Observatory. She served as President of the International Astronomical Union from 2018 to 2021 and as a co-editor of the Annual Review of Astronomy and Astrophysics from 2012. She is one of the pioneers of astrochemistry, with research aimed at determining the structure of cosmic objects using their molecular spectra, and she received the 2018 Kavli Prize in Astrophysics for her combined contributions to observational, theoretical and laboratory astrochemistry, elucidating the life cycle of interstellar clouds and the formation of stars and planets.
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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account FieldSourced to the subject's own account NationalitySourced to the subject's own account Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own accountPioneering research in astrochemistry determining the structure of cosmic objects through their molecular spectra, and identifying why interstellar carbon monoxide survives ultraviolet radiation in space. 1 BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own account Field
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Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck was born on June 13, 1955, in Leiden, Netherlands.
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Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck (born 13 June 1955) is a Dutch astronomer and chemist.
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She is one of the pioneers of astrochemistry, and her research is aimed at determination of the structure of cosmic objects using their molecular spectra.
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She concluded that carbon monoxide is not vulnerable to all UV light through her trials. It is only susceptible to the wavelengths that it can absorb.
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