Hans Kjeldsen inaugurated as Honorary Doctor of Vilnius University
Many years of close collaborations on star oscillations granted Hans Kjeldsen the title of Honorary Doctor in Vilnius last week.
Thursday 10th October, Hans Kjeldsen, was awarded Honorary Doctorate of Vilnius University. This took place at an inauguration ceremony at Vilnius University.
Hans was awarded the honorary doctorate for his research on asteroseismic stellar structures as well as his strong scientific vond with Vilnius University. Since 1999, he has been working closely with researchers at the Institute of Theoretical Physics and Astronomy (ITPA), Faculty of Physics. Together they organised and lectured at the Summer Schools etc.
In the mention of Hans the academic council of Vilnius University points out that Hans Kjeldsen was the first person in the world to discover solar-like oscillations in another star, and it is now widely used in stellar structure studies, and that this method is now being used widely to study the structure of the stars and determine their age.
During the ceremony Hans Kjeldsen mentioned the large role, which ITPA plays for his research activities, and that the cooperation with Vilnius University is not only continuing, but also getting stronger.