Prof. Detlef Lohse, Professor of Fluid Physics at the University of Twente, has been appointed Fellow and Foreign Member of the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science. He is now one of only four scientists in The Netherlands who have this honour.
The Royal Society was founded in 1660 and has about 1,700 members worldwide, including dozens of Nobel Prize winners. With the appointment, Lohse follows in the footsteps of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Albert Einstein, Charles Darwin, Isaac Newton, Hendrik Lorentz and recently Ben Feringa, among others.
"I am very grateful to the scientific community for the appreciation of our work", Lohse responds to the recognition. According to him, his appointment is not only a personal honour, but also a recognition of the field in which he is active. "This appointment is also a recognition of fluid dynamics and its relevance to mankind: whether it concerns climate, energy transition, environment, high-tech, health or food production."
Sustainable progress
According to Lohse, the vision of the Royal Society well fits in with his own vision of science. "I've seen many short-term missions come and go in a cycle of a few years. But real, sustainable progress can only be achieved by strengthening the disciplines and their foundations. The Royal Society has been doing this for centuries. Fluid dynamics is a great example of how fundamental research is of great relevance for applications in all kinds of domains."
About Detlef Lohse
Detlef Lohse (1963, Hamburg) has been Professor of Fluid Physics at the University of Twente since 1998. He built up an internationally leading research group that deals with topics ranging from the behavior of a single bubble to large-scale turbulence. His work is characterized by the combination of theory, experiment, and numerical simulations, with applications in climate science, the energy transition, medical technology, inkjet printing, and other high-tech applications, among others. Lohse has previously received prestigious awards such as the Spinoza Prize, the Max Planck Medal and the Balzan Prize.
More information about the Royal Society and its Fellows can be found here.
More information about Prof. Detlef Lohse can be found here.
