Evert Meurs

Evert Johan Alexander Meurs is a Dutch astronomer at the University of Amsterdam and a former director of Dunsink Observatory in Dublin, Ireland. He spearheaded the efforts by Ireland's astronomers to become a member of the European Southern Observatory.

Education and career

Meurs got an MSc at The University of Amsterdam in 1976 and a PhD at Leiden University in 1982. His doctoral thesis was "The Seyfert Galaxy Population: A Radio Survey; Luminosity Function; Related Objects" done under Harry van de Laan.
He has worked at a number of educational and research facilities including: