个人简历

Richard de Grijs obtained his PhD from the University of Groningen (Netherlands) in 1997, and subsequently held two postdoctoral positions (at the University of Virginia, USA, and the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK), before being appointed to a permanent post at the University of Sheffield (UK) in 2003. He joined the Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University in September 2009 as a full professor, where he actively contributed to the Institute's development (until February 2018). Since March 2018, he has been a Professor of Astrophysics and Associate Dean (Global Engagement) at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia. Richard has been one of the scientific editors of The Astrophysical Journal (2006-2012). He was promoted to deputy Editor of The Astrophysical Journal Letters in September 2012, in which role he served until mid-2018. He is the founding director of the East Asian Regional Office of Astronomy for Development (2012-2016). He also served as the international coordinator for China of the Institute of Physics (UK; 2009-2018). He was awarded the 2012 Selby Award for excellence in science by the Australian Academy of Science, a 2013 Visiting Academy Professorship at Leiden University by the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences, a 2017 Erskine award by the University of Canterbury (Christchurch, New Zealand), and a 2017 Outstanding Undergraduate Instructor Award, nominated by the student body at Peking University.
Current appointments
03/2018 - present Associate Dean (Global Engagement) Faculty of Science and Engineering Macquarie University (Australia)
03/2018 - present Professor of Astrophysics Department of Physics and Astronomy Macquarie University (Australia)
Honorary appointments
12/2016 - present Visiting Professor and Advisory Board Member Department of Astronomy, China West Normal University, Nanchong (Sichuan), China
12/2016 - present Columnist china.org.cn (State Council Information Office)
04/2015 - present Discipline Scientist (Astrophysics) International Space Science Institute--Beijing
07/2011 - present International Scientific Publishing Advisor nternational Journal of MCH and AIDS
12/2010 - present Guest professor Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (China)
09/2002 - present (for life) Prize fellow Hughes Hall (College), University of Cambridge (UK)
Previous appointments
09/2009 - 02/2018 Professor of Astrophysics Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics Peking University (China)
04/2012 - 12/2013 Associate Director Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics Peking University (China)
01/2008 - 02/2010 Reader in Astrophysics
10/2005 - 12/2007 Senior Lecturer in Astrophysics
06/2003 - 09/2005 Lecturer in Astrophysics
Department of Physics & Astronomy
The University of Sheffield (UK)
11/2000 - 05/2003 Research fellow Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge (UK)
11/1997 - 10/2000 Research associate Department of Astronomy, University of Virginia (USA)
Previous honorary appointments
09/2012 - 06/2018 Deputy Editor The Astrophysical Journal Letters
05/2015 - 02/2018 Visiting Professor Qiannan Normal College for Nationalities, Duyun City (Guizhou), China
02/2013 - 01/2014 Visiting Academy Professor Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (held at Leiden University)
08/2012 - 08/2016 Director East Asian node of the Office of Astronomy for Development (International Astronomical Union)
2012 Selby Fellow Australian Academy of Science
11/2006 - 08/2012 Scientific Editor The Astrophysical Journal
04/2011 - 03/2012 Visiting professor (distinguished international scholar) Kyung Hee University (Republic of Korea)
03/2010 - 02/2012 Honorary Reader Department of Physics & Astronomy The University of Sheffield (UK)
09/2005 - 08/2009 Adjunct professor National Astronomical Observatories (Chinese Academy of Sciences), Beijing (China)
Education
1993 - 1997 PhD in Astrophysics University of Groningen (Netherlands)
1988 - 1992 M.Phil. in Physics & Astronomy University of Groningen (Netherlands)