Wim Mook
Willem Gerrit "Wim" Mook (10 July 1932 – 24 January 2016) was a Dutch isotope physicist.
Life and career
[edit]Mook was born on 10 July 1932 in Groningen.[1] He obtained his doctorate at the University of Groningen in 1968, with a dissertation titled: Geochemistry of the stable carbon and oxygen isotopes of natural waters in the Netherlands. He was a lecturer of isotope physics at the same university between 1975 and 1979. Starting the next year he was professor of isotope physics, until his retirement in 1997.[1] From 1986 he also served as professor at the VU University Amsterdam.[1]
Mook was director of the Royal Netherlands Institute of Sea Research (NIOZ) from 1990 to 1996.[2]
In 1985 he became a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.[1][3]
He died on 24 January 2016 in Haren.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Willem Gerrit (Wim) Mook , 1932". University of Groningen. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
- ^ a b Family notices in NRC Handelsblad, 27 January 2016
- ^ "Mook, Prof. dr. W.G. (Wim)". Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
