Dr. Diederik Kruijssen

Academic Record
2017-now: ERC Starting Grant Holder at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, DE
2016-now: DFG Emmy Noether Research Group Leader at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, DE
2015-now: Gliese Fellow & Research Group Leader at the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Zentrum für Astronomie der Universität Heidelberg, DE
2011-2015: MPA Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Max-Planck Institut für Astrophysik, Garching bei München, DE
2012: Visiting scientist at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK
2007-2011: NWO Toptalent PhD Fellow at Utrecht University, NL
2007-2011: Visiting PhD student at Leiden Observatory, NL
2009: Visiting PhD student at the Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, UK

Awards & Distinctions
2020: Akademiepreis, Heidelberg Academy of Sciences
2017: Hengstberger Prize, Hengstberger Foundation & Heidelberg University
2017: Ludwig-Biermann Prize, German Astronomical Society
2017: ERC Starting Grant
2016: DFG Emmy Noether Research Grant
2013: Christiaan Huygens Prize, Dutch Royal Academy of Sciences
2011: Cum Laude PhD in Astrophysics, Utrecht University
2007: NWO Toptalent PhD Fellowship

Memberships
2020–now: Member, Academy Collegiate of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences, DE
2019–now: Visiting Scholar, Institute for Theory and Computation, Harvard University, USA
2018–now: Member, International Astronomical Union
2017–now: Member, Astronomische Gesellschaft, DE
2015–now: Visiting Scientist, Max-Planck Institut für Astronomie, Heidelberg, DE
2015–now: Member, European Astronomical Society
2014–now: Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, UK