Theo Rasing

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.[1]

Career

Rasing was born on 26 May 1953 in Didam.[1] 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.[1]

In 2008 he was one of four winners of the Dutch Spinoza Prize and received a 1,5 million euro grant.[2] 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'.[3]

Rasing was elected a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2010.[4] In the same year he was made a Knight of the Order of the Netherlands Lion.[5] Rasing was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 2013.[6]

In February 2015 the Dutch newspaper de Volkskrant listed Rasing second on a list of funds obtained by researchers.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "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.