CV | Denis Defrère

Name	Denis Defrère
Label	Professor of Astronomy
Email	denis.defrere@kuleuven.be
Url	https://www.denis-defrere.com
Summary	I am an astronomer and professor at KU Leuven, Belgium, specializing in exoplanets and astrophysics.

2020.10 - Present
Professor of Astronomy

Institute of Astronomy, KU Leuven, Belgium
2016.03 - 2020.09
Research Engineer

PSILab, FNRS, Liège Space Center, University of Liège, Belgium
2012.09 - 2016.02
Research Associate

Steward Observatory, University of Arizona, United States
2010.01 - 2012.08
Postdoctoral Fellow

Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Germany
2005.10 - 2009.12
FRS-FNRS PhD student

STAR Institute, University of Liège, Belgium
2005.02 - 2005.05
ESA Trainee

European Space Agency, Noordwijk, The Netherlands

2020

NASA 2020 Honor Group Achievement Award

Together with the HOSTS and LBTI teams
2019

NASA 2019 Group Achievement Award

Together with the NASA/JPL team
2019

ERC Consolidator grant
2017

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions Seal of Excellence
2016

OPTICON-H2020 Joint Research Network grant
2010.2012

Max Planck Society grant
2005.2009

FRIA Graduate Fellowship

Belgian National Fund for research in Industry and Agriculture
2008.2010

Fizeau Exchange Visitors Program Grant

European Interferometry Initiative
2005

Odissea Award

Award of the Belgian Senate for diploma thesis
2005

J. Genard Award

Astrophysics and Geophysics Department at University of Liège
2005

Pisart grant

Merit-based scholarship at the University of Liège

	French
	Native speaker

	English
	Fluent

	Dutch
	B2 level