Joseph Johannus Engelen (born 6 July 1950 in Maasniel), a

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, was Chairman of the

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(NWO) from January 2009 to October 2016.

Career

Jos Engelen studied physics at the

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where he obtained an MSc degree in 1973. After graduation he worked at the same university as a researcher and lecturer, and gained also his

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degree here in 1979. From 1979 to 1985 Engelen worked at

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, the European research centre for particle physics in

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. In 1985, he accepted a position at the Dutch National Institute for Subatomic Physics, Nikhef. He became professor of Experimental Physics at the

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in 1987. At CERN and DESY (Hamburg, Germany) he carried out experiments in the area of the strong interaction, hard photoproduction and dispersion in deep inelastic collisions. He also developed initiatives for research in the field of astroparticle physics. From 2001 to 2003 Engelen was director of Nikhef and in 2004 he became the Chief Scientific Officer of

, a position he held until 2008. His responsibilities included overseeing the construction and commissioning of the new

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(LHC) particle accelerator and the associated experimental set-ups. From 2007 to 2008 Engelen was chair of ASTRON, the NWO research institute for radio astronomy.

References

External links

Profile page Jos Engelen at NWO

Scientific publications of Jos Engelen
on

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