Appointment of ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences

The Holy Father has appointed as ordinary member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences the distinguished Professor Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck, lecturer in molecular astrophysics at the Leiden Observatory, Netherlands.

Curriculum vitae

Professor Ewine Fleur van Dishoeck was born on 13 June 1955 in Leiden, the Netherlands. She graduated in chemistry from the Universiteit Leiden and obtained her PhD at the same university. She is currently professor of molecular astrophysics at the Leiden Observatory. Since 2018 she has been an honorary member of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Chemische Vereniging. Her research concerns the radiative transfer of linear and continuous radiation; interstellar molecules; physical and chemical evolution during star formation and planet formation; submillimetre and mid-infrared astronomy; and basic molecular processes.