Kevin Heng#
| Membership Number: | 6762 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2024 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | https://www.kevinheng.com |
| ORCID: | 0000-0003-1907-5910 |
| Linkedin: | https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevin-heng-8a6628262 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2023 - present Honorary professor, Department of Physics & Astronomy, University College London, U.K.
- 2022 - present Full professor (chair) of theoretical astrophysics, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany
- 2020 - present Honorary professor, Department of Physics (Astrophysics Group), University of Warwick, U.K.
- 2016 - 2022 Executive director, Center for Space & Habitability, University of Bern, Switzerland
- 2015 - 2022 Associate professor of astronomy & planetary science, University of Bern, Switzerland
- 2013 - 2015 Tenure-track assistant professor, University of Bern, Switzerland
- 2010 - 2012 Zwicky Prize Fellow, ETH Zurich, Switzerland
- 2007 - 2010 Member, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, U.S.A.
- 2003 - 2007 M.S. and Ph.D in astrophysics, University of Colorado at Boulder, U.S.A.
Fields of Scholarship
- Planetary science
- Atmospheric radiative transfer
- Astronomy
- Atmospheric dynamics
- Atmospheric chemistry
- Theoretical astrophysics
- Exoplanet science
Honours and Awards
- 2023 Fellow of Royal Astronomical Society
- 2018 - 2023 ERC Consolidator Grant
- 2018 Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award, American Astronomical Society
- 2015 NCU-Delta Young Astronomer Lecturership Award
