Photo: Leiden University |
Dutch astronomer Ewine van Dishoeck has won the
prestigious Kavli award for astrophysics for her work on the origin of stars
and planets. She will receive the gold medal and €1m prize money from the hands
of King Harald V of Norway on Tuesday.
‘I am still speechless after the phone
call from the Norwegian Academy,’ Van Dishoeck, who became chairman of the
International Astronomical Union in the same week, said. ‘It’s a great honour,
especially for my young co-workers and colleagues worldwide. Thanks to them we
are now in the Champions League of astronomy.’
‘But is not just about pure
science but the fact that we are helping to solve one of human kind’s greatest
puzzles: are we alone in the universe?’ she added.
The Kavli award is awarded
every two years by the Norwegian Academy of Sciences and Letters.
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