Yaël Nazé
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| Born | 21 November 1976  Baudour |
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| Occupation | Astrophysicist, university teacher |
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Yaël Nazé (born 1976) is a Belgian astrophysicist who works at the University of Liège. She specializes in massive stars and their interactions with their surroundings.
Early life and education
Yaël Nazé was born in Belgium in 1976.[1] She came from what she described as a poor part of Belgium, where people enjoyed stargazing. At ten she considered meteorology, but by twelve became interested in astronomy.[2]
She received her PhD in March 2004.
Career
Nazé qualified as a permanent National Fund for Scientific Research (FNRS) researcher in 2009.
Her scientific work has been recognised with awards.[3][4]
She devotes part of her leisure time to the popularization of sciences through conferences, animations, exhibitions, and articles, and has written several books that have earned her several awards.[5][3]
In 2018, Nazé analyzed the controversy over a Ph.D. thesis proposed by a student at the University of Sfax, which defended a flat earth as well as a geocentric model of the solar system and young Earth creationism. The dissertation theme had been approved by the committee overseeing environmental studies theses (but not the final, full dissertation) and its summary had been made public and denounced in 2017 by professor Hafedh Ateb, a co-founder of the Tunisian Astronomical Society, on his Facebook page.[6]
Awards
- Prix Jean Teghem (2009)
- Prix Jean-Rostand (2009)
- Prix Roberval (2014)
- Prix Jean-Perrin (2017)
Selected works
- Les couleurs de l'Univers, Belin, 2005 (prix d'astronomie de Haute Maurienne 2006, prix biennal Hainuyer de vulgarisation scientifique 2006)
- L'astronomie au féminin, Vuibert, 2006 et CNRS éditions, 2014 (plume d'or 2006, prix Verdickt-Rijdams 2007)
- Histoire du télescope, la contemplation de l'Univers des premiers instruments aux actuelles machines célestes, Vuibert, 2009
- L'astronomie des anciens, Belin, 2009 (prix Jean-Rostand 2009) - re-edited in 2018 under the name L'astronomie du passé
- Cahier d'exploration du ciel I. Découvrir l'Univers, Réjouisciences, 2009
- Cahier d'exploration du ciel II. Mesurer l'Univers, Réjouisciences, 2012
- La cuisine du cosmos - cahier de (g)astronomie, Réjouisciences, 2012
- Voyager dans l'espace, CNRS éditions, 2013 (prix Roberval, 2014)
- À la recherches d'autres mondes - les exoplanètes, Académie Royale de Belgique - éditions, collection académie en poche, 2013
- Art & Astronomie - Impressions célestes, Omnisciences, 2015
- Astronomie de l'étrange, Belin, 2020
- Enquêtes d'Astronomie, Éditions Hermann, 2021 (with Dominique Proust)
References
- ^ "Nazé Yaël [Curriculum vitae]" (PDF). University of Liege.
- ^ "Yaël Nazé". Hubble Heritage.
- ^ a b "Awards". ulg.ac.be.
- ^ Europlanet honours inspirational outreach role-model Yaël Nazé with Prize for Excellence in Public Engagement with Planetary Science reward Europlanet 2012
- ^ "Outreach activities". ulg.ac.be.
- ^ Nazé, Yaël (2018). "A Doctoral Dissertation on a Geocentric Flat Earth: 'Zetetic' Astronomy at the University Level". Skeptical Inquirer. 42 (3): 12–14.
External links
- Official website, University of Liège
- L'astronomie au féminin ("The feminine side of astronomy". Conference paper by Nazé (5 January 2010), video CERIMES / IAP.
- Yaël Nazé : Voyage dans le système solaire (Conference, Brest, 17 October 2012)