What is Ed van den Heuvel?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Ed van den Heuvel | image = Ed van den Heuvel.jpg | caption = Ed van den Heuvel, July 2007 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|11|2|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Soest, Netherlands|Soest]], [[Netherlands]] | residence = | nationality = [[Netherlands|Dutch]] | death_date = | death_place = | field = [[Astronomy]] | erdos_number = | work_institution = [[University of Amsterdam]] | alma_mater = [[Utrecht University]] | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = [[compact object]]s, [[gamma ray bursts]] | prizes = [[Spinoza Prize]] (1995), [[Descartes Prize]] (2002) | spouse = | children = | religion = | handedness = | website = [http://www.astro.uva.nl/people/ed-van-den-heuvel/ Website of Ed van den Heuvel] | footnotes = }} '''Edward Peter Jacobus (Ed) van den Heuvel''' (born 2 November 1940) is a [[Dutch people|Dutch]] [[astronomer]] and [[emeritus]] [[professor]] at the [[Astronomical Institute Anton Pannekoek]] of the [[University of Amsterdam]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nnv.nl/NNV/CORE/00/35/D.HTML |title=Nederlandse Natuurkundige Vereniging: Brief Biography of Prof. dr. Ed van den Heuvel (Accessed Jan 2011) |access-date=2015-03-31 |archive-date=2011-07-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724162418/http://www.nnv.nl/NNV/CORE/00/35/D.HTML |url-status=dead }}</ref> ==Early life== Van den Heuvel was born in [[Soest, Netherlands|Soest]], [[The Netherlands]]. He studied [[mathematics]], [[physics]] and [[astronomy]] at the [[Utrecht University]]. ==Career== Van den Heuvel is well known for his work on the formation and evolution of compact astrophysical objects such as [[neutron stars]], [[black holes]], and [[white dwarfs]] in [[binary star|binary systems]], and for his investigation of [[gamma ray bursts]]. During his career he held jobs at (amongst others) the [[University of California]], [[Utrecht University]], [[Institute for Advanced Study]], and the [[Vrije Universiteit Brussel]]. He was elected a member of the [[Academia Europaea]] in 1992