Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard | |
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Born | Kolding, Denmark | 6 October 1950
Nationality | Danish |
Occupation | Astronomer |
Known for | Asteroseismology, helioseismology |
Website |
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Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard (born 6 October 1950) is a Danish astronomer at Aarhus University in Denmark. He specializes in asteroseismology and helioseismology. He has made significant contributions to both fields, including predicting the oscillation of Sun-like stars in 1983. [1] He is the head of "Rumudvalget" (the committee of space of the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation) [2] and the Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC) supported by the Danish National Research Foundation. He is co-investigator on the Kepler mission [3] and, with Hans Kjeldsen in Aarhus, leads the 500+ researchers in the Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium (KASC). [4] KASC is responsible for the asteroseismology component of the Kepler mission. Christensen-Dalsgaard has published several papers on this subject. [5] He was also previously the president of Commission 27 of the International Astronomical Union. [6]
He has been featured on Danish television and radio several times [7] and has given many free public lectures on astronomy and asteroseismology. [8] [9] [10]
Christensen-Dalsgaard obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1978, under the supervision of Douglas Gough.
In 2022 he was awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics [11] and in 2024 the Crafoord Prize in Astronomy. [12]
Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard | |
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Born | Kolding, Denmark | 6 October 1950
Nationality | Danish |
Occupation | Astronomer |
Known for | Asteroseismology, helioseismology |
Website |
www |
Jørgen Christensen-Dalsgaard (born 6 October 1950) is a Danish astronomer at Aarhus University in Denmark. He specializes in asteroseismology and helioseismology. He has made significant contributions to both fields, including predicting the oscillation of Sun-like stars in 1983. [1] He is the head of "Rumudvalget" (the committee of space of the Danish Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation) [2] and the Stellar Astrophysics Centre (SAC) supported by the Danish National Research Foundation. He is co-investigator on the Kepler mission [3] and, with Hans Kjeldsen in Aarhus, leads the 500+ researchers in the Kepler Asteroseismic Science Consortium (KASC). [4] KASC is responsible for the asteroseismology component of the Kepler mission. Christensen-Dalsgaard has published several papers on this subject. [5] He was also previously the president of Commission 27 of the International Astronomical Union. [6]
He has been featured on Danish television and radio several times [7] and has given many free public lectures on astronomy and asteroseismology. [8] [9] [10]
Christensen-Dalsgaard obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1978, under the supervision of Douglas Gough.
In 2022 he was awarded the Kavli Prize in Astrophysics [11] and in 2024 the Crafoord Prize in Astronomy. [12]