Lieke van Son

I am an astronomer with main research interests in gravitational-wave progenitors, binary evolution, and massive stellar evolution theory. I use large grids of simulations to learn something about the elusive life of massive stars.

Starting August 2025, I am an assistant Professor in the Astronomy department of Radboud University, Nijmegen - the Netherlands. Before this, I was a Research Fellow at the CCA of the Flatiron Institute and a Lyman Spitzer, Jr. fellow at Princeton University. I completed my Ph.D. at the Center for Astrophysics, Harvard in May 2023, and obtained my bachelors and master's degree from Leiden University.

Veni Grant Awarded! I have been awarded a Veni grant by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). Read more at Radboud University news.

I am starting a new Gravitational-Wave and Binary Population Puzzle group in Radboud University, Nijmegen from August 2025
Join the group! See the opportunities page for more information.

2027 New Horizons Lecturer in Physics: I am honored to have been selected to give the 2027 New Horizons Solvay Lectures in Physics.