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Curriculum Vitae of
David Berghmans

Last update: September 2004

Surname:: BERGHMANS
First name:: David (Francis Henry)
Private address:: Erf de Keizer, 30, B1652 Alsemberg (Belgium); Tel. (02) 380 55 34, GSM: 0477 / 43 33 98
Work address:: Royal Observatory of Belgium; Ringlaan -3- Avenue Circulaire; Tel. ++ 32 (0) 2 373 0 559, Fax. ++ 32 (0) 2 374 98 22,; Email: David.Berghmans@oma.be
Place and date of birth:: Antwerpen (Belgium), 1971/03/08
Nationality:: Belgian
Marital status:: married, father of two sons

Education

PhD in Sciences, Solar Physics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (Belgium), 1997,

dissertation: "Heating of coronal loops by MHD waves driven by photospheric motions",

promotor: Prof. Dr. M. Goossens
Master of Physics, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven (Belgium), 1993
Candidate in Physics, Universiteit Antwerpen, Antwerpen (Belgium), 1991

Employment History

Section leader , section "Solar Atmosphere and Sun-Earth relations", Royal Observatory of Belgium, 2003/12/09-Present

Current duties include: management of ROB SWAP team (3 persons) and ROB STEREO team (4 persons)

Work leader, Royal Observatory of Belgium, 2003/10/01-Present
Prime Research assistant, Royal Observatory of Belgium, 2000/07/01-2003/09/30
Research assistant, Royal Observatory of Belgium, in permanent position of Belgian civil servant, 1998/06/01-2000/06/31
Research assistant, Royal Observatory of Belgium, as SOHO/EIT post-doc on ESA/PRODEX budget, 1997/06/01-1998/05/31
FWO-aspirant (PhD student, supported by the Flemish Fund for Scientific Research), Center for Plasma Astrophysics, K.U.Leuven, 1993/10/01-1997/05/31,

Other scientific experience

Scientific Principal Investigator of the EUV imager 'SWAP' onboard the ESA mission PROBA-2 2003/07/01-Present

Current duties include:

- Specification of scientific requirements

- Scientific support for design (by Centre Spatial de Liège)

- Specification of onboard software

- Development of instrument ground-segment

- Preparation for scientific exploitation

ESA Research Fellow , ESA/ESTEC while being on sabbatical leave from the Royal Observatory of Belgium, contact Dr. B. Foing, 2001/07/01-2002/06/30
EIT science planner in Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA), contact Dr. J. Gurman 1998/05
'Erasmus' Research student in the `Solar Theory Group' in St-Andrews (UK), contactperson Dr. E. Priest 1992/09-1992/12

Languages

receptive productive

Dutch mother tongue mother tongue

English excellent excellent

French very good good

Spanish very good good

Memberships

International Astronomical Union, since 2000/09
Belgian National Comittee for Sun-Earth relations, as associated member
Space Weather Working Team (ESA), since 2000/07
ILWS Europe Team (ESA), chaired by Prof. H. Opgenoorth, since 2003/12