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22-10-2025
Christiaan Huygens wetenschapsprijs 2025: honourable mention for Dr. Kenzie Nimmo
| Submitter: | Jason Hessels |
| Description: | The Christiaan Huygens wetenschapsprijs honours innovative scientific research and is awarded yearly for outstanding PhD theses. Once every three years it is awarded to doctoral theses in the Space Sciences. This year's winner Martijn Oei (Leiden) won for his thesis "Giant galactic outflows and shocks in the Cosmic Web". There were also two honourable mentions awarded, one to Pavel Mancera Piña (RUG/ASTRON) for his thesis "Dark matter and angular momentum in nearby disc galaxies" and the other to former ASTRON/UvA PhD candidate Kenzie Nimmo for her thesis "Zooming-in on the sources of fast radio transients". In fact, all three awardees did a PhD on radio astronomy! The awards were given out by Gouke Moes (Minister van Onderwijs, Cultuur en Wetenschap) and the prize committee chair Amina Helmi in a festive ceremony at the Oude Kerk in Voorburg. Because Kenzie was not able to travel to the Netherlands, and I was in South Africa for a MeerKAT review, Ziggy Pleunis and Omar Ould-Boukattine were there to accept the trophy and certificate on her behalf, and on behalf of our AstroFlash research group. Gefeliciteerd, Kenzie! |
| Copyright: | ASTRON/Paul Voorham |
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