Theo Rasing | |
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Rasing accepting the Spinoza Prize in 2008 | |
Born | (1953-05-26) 26 May 1953 (age 71) Didam, Netherlands |
Citizenship | Netherlands |
Alma mater | Radboud University Nijmegen |
Awards | Spinoza Prize (2008) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics, magneto-optics |
Thesis | Experimental investigation of 4-dimensional super space crystals (1982) |
Doctoral advisors | Prof. A.G.M. Janner, Prof. P. Wyder |
Website | https://www.ru.nl/english/people/rasing-t/ |
Theodorus "Theo" Henricus Maria Rasing (born 26 May 1953) is a Dutch professor of experimental physics at Radboud University Nijmegen. His expertise lies in the field of magneto-optics. He was a winner of the 2008 Spinoza Prize.
Career
Rasing was born on 26 May 1953 in Didam. In 1976 he obtained a cum laude degree in physics from Radboud University Nijmegen. He obtained his doctorate from the same university in 1982. In 1997 he became professor at Radboud University Nijmegen.
In 2008 he was one of four winners of the Dutch Spinoza Prize and received a 1,5 million euro grant. In 2013 Rasing won a 2,5 million euro Advanced Grant by the European Research Council for a research proposal titled 'magnetisation at its fastest'.
Rasing was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010. In the same year he was made a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion. Rasing was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2013.
In February 2015 the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant listed Rasing second on a list of funds obtained by researchers.
References
- ^ "Prof. Th.H.M. (Theo) Rasing". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- "NWO Spinoza Prize 2008". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
- "ERC Advanced Grant for Theo Rasing and Mikhail Katsnelson". FOM. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
- "Theo Rasing". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020.
- "Leeuw voor apenonderzoeker" (in Dutch). Trouw. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
- "Theo Rasing". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017.
- Martijn van Calmthout; Eline Huisman; Sybren Kooistra (21 February 2015). "Het prof. dr. Dagobert Duck-effect". de Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 September 2015.
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Categories:- 1953 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Dutch physicists
- European Research Council grantees
- Experimental physicists
- Knights of the Order of the Netherlands Lion
- Magneticians
- Members of Academia Europaea
- Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Optical physicists
- People from Montferland
- Radboud University Nijmegen alumni
- Academic staff of Radboud University Nijmegen
- Spinoza Prize winners