Thierry Courvoisier#
| Membership Number: | 4193 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 2016 |
| Main Country of Residence: | SWITZERLAND |
| Homepage(s): | http://thierrycourvoisier.ch |
Present and Previous Positions
- 1999 to present Full professor, University of Geneva
- 1996 - 1997 Professeur remplacant (Substitute Professor), University of Lausanne
- 1992 - 1999 Professeur adjoint, University of Geneva
- 1991 - 1992 Professeur remplacant (Substitute Professor), University of Lausanne
- 1988 - 1992 Maitre d'enseignement et de recherche, University of Geneva
- 1988 four months senior scientist SERC fellowship in Preston, England
- 1984 - 1988 Staff (supernumary ESA staff) at the Space Telescope European Coordinating Facility
- (STECF) at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Garching (D).
- 1981 - 1984 European Space Operations Center (ESOC in Darmstadt, D). Contract staff then EXOSAT
- Duty Scientist
- 1977 - 1980 PhD at the University of Zurich with Prof. N. Straumann
Fields of Scholarship
- Theoretical physics
- High energy astrophysics: physics of accretion onto compact objects
- Observational astrophysics: X-ray astronomy, gamma ray astronomy
- Multi-wavelength astronomy
- Physics of quasars, observations and modeling
- Data analysis in astronomy
- Science and Society, in the frame of academies of sciences
Honours and Awards
- 2003 Membre correspondant de la Société Royale des Sciences de Liège
- 2003 Member of the International Academy of Astronautics
- 2012-2015 President of the Swiss Academy of Sciences
- 2013-2015 President of the Swiss Academies of Art and Sciences
- December 2013 Vice-president of EASAC (European Academies Science Advisory Council)
- October 2015 President elect EASAC
