Past Member
Kevin Heng
Frank and Peggy Taplin Member; Funding provided by NASA
From
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Kevin Heng's research interest involve the study of planetesimal disks and their detectability, the physics of shocks and dust in the interstellar medium, and supernova remnant 1987A.
Visits
Member
School of Natural Sciences
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Degrees
University of Colorado
Ph.D.
2007
University of Colorado
M.S.
2005
University of Singapore
B.Sc.
2003
Honors
2024
Member of Academia Europae
2023
Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Societ
2018
Chambliss Astronomical Writing Award, American Astronomical Society
2015
NCU-Delta Young Astronomer Lecturership Award
2007
Martin & Beate Block Prize, Aspen Center for Physics
2002
Pre-Graduate Award, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore
Appointments
Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
2022
Chair Professor
Munich Center for Geoastronomy, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
2025
Co-Director
2012
Freelance Writer
University College London
2023
Honorary Professor
University of Warwick
2020–2025
Honorary Professor
SNSF Swiss National Science Foundation
2021–2025
Subpanel President
Center for Space and Habitability
2016–2022
Executive Director
University of Bern
2015–2022
Professor
University of Bern
2013–2015
Assistant Professor
ETH Zurich, Institute for Astronomy
2010–2012
Zwicky Prize Fellow
Institute for Advanced Study
2007–2010
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