Dr S.L.D. Bloemen (Steven)

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• 2016 - 2026 BlackGEM -- an array of wide-field optical telescopes, designed to detect optical signals from gravitational wave sources. The prototype telescope, MeerLICHT, was installed in South Africa in 2017. The BlackGEM array is operational since 2023 at the ESO La Silla Observatory, Chile. (PI: Paul Groot) More information
• 2021 - AMT -- Africa Millimeter Telescope, a new radio telescope to be installed in Namibia to expand the Event Horizon Telescope network
• 2020 - 2023 NUX - design study for a near-UV telescope array with a wide field-of-view (PI: Rudy Wijnands, University of Amsterdam).
• 2020 - 2023 ESA NEOs -- feasibility study for the European Space Agency (ESA) into the use of Dutch instruments such as DOT and BlackGEM to find and characterize near-earth objects. (PI: Michiel Rodenhuis, NOVA)

• President of the Board at GoodPlanet Belgium. GoodPlanet is a non-profit organisation active in the educational sector, with a focus on education for sustainable development. This mandate is not remunerated.
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