Anne De Wit

Anne De Wit is a Belgian physical chemist whose research focuses on pattern formation and spatio-temporal dynamics in nonlinear interactions between chemical reactions and hydrodynamics,[1] including processes in which chemical reactions drive convective fluid flows,[2][3] and the analysis of chemical gardens.[4][5] She is a professor at the Université libre de Bruxelles, director of the university's Nonlinear Physical Chemistry Unit, and co-director of its "Service de Chimie Physique and Biologie Théorique" in the International Solvay Institutes for Physics and Chemistry.[1]

Education

De Wit studied chemistry at the Université libre de Bruxelles, receiving a licenciate in 1989 and a doctorate in 1993. After postdoctoral studies at Stanford University, she returned to the Université libre de Bruxelles and completed a habilitation in 2004.[1]

Recognition

De Wit was named as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 2015, after a nomination from the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, "for pioneering contributions to our understanding of the coupling between chemical reaction, hydrodynamics, and pattern formation driven by coupled reacting-hydrodynamic systems".[6] She was elected to the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium in 2022.[7]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Anne De Wit", Nonlinear Physical Chemistry Unit, Université libre de Bruxelles, retrieved 2025-09-11
  2. ^ Schirber, Michael (29 January 2010), "Chemistry Drives Convection", Physical Review Focus, 25 (4): 3, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.044501, PMID 20366715, retrieved 2025-09-11
  3. ^ Jacoby, Mitch (5 February 2010), "Reaction-driven mixing", Chemical & Engineering News, 88 (6), American Chemical Society
  4. ^ Wilson, R. Mark (January 2015), "Chemical gardens grown in flatland", Physics Today, 68 (1): 14–17, Bibcode:2015PhT....68a..14W, doi:10.1063/pt.3.2641
  5. ^ Stoye, Emma (9 November 2014), "Watching chemical gardens grow", Chemistry World, Royal Society of Chemistry, retrieved 2025-09-11
  6. ^ "Fellows nominated in 2015 by the Division of Fluid Dynamics", APS Fellows archive, American Physical Society, retrieved 2025-09-11
  7. ^ Anne De Wit élue à la Classe des Sciences de l'Académie royale de Belgique, Université libre de Bruxelles, 27 April 2022, retrieved 2025-09-11
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