Heino Falcke#
Photo: Arie Wapenaar
| Membership Number: | 3689 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2013 |
| Main Country of Residence: | THE NETHERLANDS |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.astro.ru.nl/~falcke |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2012 - present Member National Institute for Subatomic Physics (NIKHEF)
- 2011 - present Guest scientist, Max-Planck-Institut fŸr Radioastronomie
- 2007 - present International Project Scientist LOFAR, ASTRON
- 2007 - present Full professor of radio astronomy and astroparticle physics, Radboud University Nijmegen
- 2011 Department Head, Astrophysics Department, Radboud University Nijmegen
- 2003 - 2007 Senior scientist LOFAR, ASTRON, Dwingeloo (NL) & adjunct professor of high-energy astrophysics, Radboud University Nijmegen
- 2003 Associcate professor (Lehrstuhlvertretung, C3), University of Cologne
- 2001 - 2003 Privatdozent (adjunct lecturer), University of Bonn
- 2000 - 2003 Staff scientist, MPIfR Bonn, VLBI group
- 1999 Visiting professor, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
- 1997 - 1999 DFG stipendiary (ÒHabilitations-Stipendium)Ó, lecturing at University of Bonn
- 1997 - 1997 Postdoctoral researcher, MPIfR Bonn, VLBI group
- 1995 - 1997 Research associate, University of Maryland at College Park & visit. sci. STScI Baltimore
- 1994 - 1995 Postdoctoral Max-Planck stipendiary, MPIfR Bonn, optical interferometry group
- 1992 - 1994 Research assistant, University of Bonn (incl. 6 months parental leave)
Fields of Scholarship
- Astroparticle physics
- Radio astronomy
- Black hole astrophysics
- High-energy astrophysics
Honours and Awards
- 2013 European Research Council Synergy Grant
- 2011 Spinoza award
- 2009 Helmholtz lecturer, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- 2008 European Research Council Advanced Investigator Grant
- 2006 Visiting Miller Professor, UC Berkeley
- 2006 Academy Award, Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften (former Prussian Academy of Science)
- 2000 Ludwig-Biermann-Award for outstanding young scientist, Astronomische Gesellschaft
