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Theo Rasing
Rasing accepting the Spinoza Prize in 2008
Born (1953-05-26) 26 May 1953 (age 71)
Didam, Netherlands
CitizenshipNetherlands
Alma materRadboud University Nijmegen
AwardsSpinoza Prize (2008)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics, magneto-optics
Thesis Experimental investigation of 4-dimensional super space crystals  (1982)
Doctoral advisorsProf. A.G.M. Janner, Prof. P. Wyder
Websitehttps://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

  1. ^ "Prof. Th.H.M. (Theo) Rasing". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  2. "NWO Spinoza Prize 2008". Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research. 27 August 2014. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
  3. "ERC Advanced Grant for Theo Rasing and Mikhail Katsnelson". FOM. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 20 September 2015.
  4. "Theo Rasing". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020.
  5. "Leeuw voor apenonderzoeker" (in Dutch). Trouw. 29 April 2010. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
  6. "Theo Rasing". Academia Europaea. Archived from the original on 23 October 2017.
  7. 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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