• date of birth: 13/10/1941
• Master in Science: 1963, Vrije Universiteit Brussel
• Ph.D, Astrophysiscs: 1970, Rijksuniversiteit Utrecht

Office addresses:
 

• Astrophysical Institute, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium
• e-mail: wvanrens@vub.ac.be
• phone: 32-2-6293497

• Runaways- Spectroscopy - hydrodynamics - population (number + spectral) synthesis
• Physics applied to long distance running

Special
 

• Co-author of the monograph "The Brightest Binaries" , D. Vanbeveren, W. van Rensbergen and C. De Loore, Kluwer: Dordrecht.
• Co-author of the extended review on the evolution of 'Massive Stars', D. Vanbeveren, C. De Loore and W. van Rensbergen, 1998, Astron. Astrophys. Review 9, 63-152, 1998.
• Co-author of the extended review on 'The WR and O-type star population predicted by massive star evolutionary synthesis', D. Vanbeveren, E. De Donder, J. Van Bever, W. van Rensbergen, C. De Loore, New Astronomy 3, 443-492, 1998.
• Organizer of the exhibition:"Science and Astronomy" held in several places in Belgium.
• Co-author with K. Jansen of the "power point presentation" at the total solar eclipse of 11.08.1999 at Coucy le Château.
• Author of the "power point presentation" about "Cosmology" at the Vlaamse Wetenschapsweek.
• As a former Belgian track champion (400 m) and a 2:38 performer on Marathon as a veteran, I am asked extensively as an athletics trainer by the younger generation. For the Flemish Track and Field Ligue, I am one of the classical teachers for trainers courses.
• Contribution to the 56th "Nederlandse Astronomen Conferentie" at Dalfsen 16/18.05.2001 about the evolution of UV-spectra of stellar aggregates with time.
• Powerpoint presentationabout the history of physics.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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