国际天文学联合会主席、荷兰莱顿大学天体物理学教授艾文·范·迪舒克到访云南大学
Prof. Ewine F. van Dishoeck, President of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), visited SWIFAR
2019年10月17日，国际天文学联合会主席、荷兰莱顿大学天体物理学教授艾文·范·迪舒克（Ewine F. van Dishoeck）到校访问。云南大学党委书记林文勋教授会见了来宾，中国西南天文研究所所长刘晓为教授及范祖辉教授、国际合作与交流处处长杨伟参加了会见，双方就如何加强交流与合作，尤其是在天文学领域的科教合作交换了意见。
座谈中，针对天文学发展态势及双方目前在天文学学科发展、国际合作等方面取得的成绩及遇到的困难进行了交流，探讨了天文学科学研究及高等教育、人才培养的重要意义。双方一致同意将在原有基础上深化交流、扩大合作，利用云南大学科研团队的优势，发挥云南大学中国西南天文研究所团队与国际天文学联合会的合作优势，进一步促进天文学领域的国际合作与交流，取得新的突破。
艾文·范·迪舒克还给我校师生作了一场关于“利用ALMA探测原行星盘”的学术报告，学校师生受益匪浅。报告结束后，师生还就相关问题与范·迪舒克教授进行了深入交流。
延伸阅读：
艾文·范·迪舒克教授除就职于荷兰莱顿大学以外，还是德国马克思-普朗克地外物理研究所的资深荣誉科学家、荷兰皇家科学院院士、美国国家科学院外籍院士、美国艺术与科学院院士，现任国际天文学联合会（IAU）主席。她先后在哈佛大学、普林斯顿大学、加州理工学院任职。曾获得多项科学奖项，包括荷兰科学院奖、阿尔伯特·爱因斯坦世界科学奖、美国国家科学院沃森奖、科维理天体物理奖等。
国际天文学联合会（International Astronomical Union，IAU），于1919年7月在布鲁塞尔成立，是世界各国职业天文学家和天文学术团体联合组成的非政府性学术组织，其宗旨是组织国际学术交流，推动国际协作，促进天文学的发展。云南大学刘晓为教授曾于2012-2018期间连续两届当选担任国际天文学联合会副主席一职。至2018年国际天文学联合会第三十届大会，国际天文学联合会共有83个国家机构会员，分布在95个国家和地区的13500名个人会员。中国天文学会于1935年加入国际天文学联合会。
Prof. Ewine F. van Dishoeck, President of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), from Leiden University visited Yunnan University (YNU) on October, 17, 2019. The YNU Council Chairman, Prof. Wenxun Lin, accompanied by Profs. Xiaowei Liu and Zuhui Fan from SWIFAR, and Dr. Wei Yang, the director of the YNU International Affair Office, met warmly with Prof. van Dishoeck.
The meeting discussed the importance of astronomy research in view of understanding where we are from and where to go, and how to strengthen the exchange and collaboration between YNU and Leiden University, and IAU institutes in general.
Prof. Ewine F. van Dishoeck later presented a colloquium on “Zooming in on protoplanetary disks with ALMA” in the auditorium hall of YNU Astronmoy Building. After a brief overview, she presented the recent studies from her group and collaborators on ALMA observations of protoplanetary disks and the associated analyses. After the talk, she had an extensive and stimulating discussion with the SWIFAR and DoA faculty members and students.
Brief introduction to Ewine F. van Dishoeck:
Ewine F. van Dishoeck is a professor at Leiden University, Netherland, and a senior honorary scientist of the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics. She graduated at Leiden University, and held positions at Harvard, Princeton and Caltech from 1984-1990 before returning to Leiden as an associate professor in 1990. She became full professor in 1995. van Dishoeck has been heavily involved in planning new observational facilities such as Herschel, ALMA and JWST and holds many national and international science policy functions, including President of the International Astronomical Union, scientific director of the Netherlands Research School for Astronomy (NOVA), co-PI of the JWST-MIRI instrument, and (former) ALMA Board member. She has been granted many awards for her multidisciplinary research, including the Dutch Spinoza award and the Dutch Academy Prize, the 2015 Albert Einstein World Award of Science, the 2018 Watson Medal of the US National Academy of Sciences and the 2018 Kavli Prize for Astrophysics. She is a Member of the Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences and the German Leopoldina Academy, Foreign Associate of the US National Academy of Sciences and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and Foreign Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters.
