Sjur Refsdal#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 1318 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1993 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
Sjur Refsdal passed away January 29, 2009.
Positions Held
- 1970 - 2001 Professor in astrophysics at the Hamburg Observatory in Germany
- 1970 PhD (Habilitation) at the Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo
- 1967 - 1970 Associate professor at the University of Nebraska
Fields of Scholarship
- Gravitational lensing
- Chang-Refsdal lens
- Astrophysics
Honours and Awards
- 1994 honorary doctorate from the University of Liège
- 2005 the King's Medal of Merit in gold (Kongens fortjenstmedalje)
- Member of the Norwegian Academy of Science
- Member of the Academia Europaea
