Camiel de Loore#
| Sadly, this member passed away. | |
| Membership Number: | 434 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1989 |
| Main Country of Residence: | BELGIUM |
Camiel de Loore passed away in 2019.
Positions Held
- Professor Emeritus in Astrophysics
- 1970 - 1993 Director Astrophysical Institute University of Brussels, Belgium
- 1981 - 1993 Full Professor University of Brussels, Belgium
- 1978 - 1981 Prof Univ Brussels and University of Antwerp Belgium
- 1972 - 1977 Part-time Professor University of Brussels, Belgium
- 1964 - 1970 Lecturer University Brussels, Belgium
Fields of Scholarship
- Models for X-ray binaries
- Astrophysics
- Mass loss and mass transfer in close binary systems
- Computation of evolutionary tracks of single and binary stars
- Models for Algol systems
- UV observations with Ultra Violet Explorer - simultaneous
- Binary X-ray sources - observations at La Silla, Chile, ESO
- Observation of X-ray binaries
Honours and Awards
- Member of the Space Telescope Advisory committee
- Member of ESO Council (European Southern Observatory)
- Member of the Observing Programme Committee ESO
- Member selection committee for Ultraviolet Explorer
- since 1970 Director Astrophysical Institute of the Univ. of Brussels
- Delegate of Belgium - Observing Programme of the European Southern Observatory in Chile
- Delegate of Belgium at the Academia Europea for the part astronomy until 1995
