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Dimitri Pourbaix

May 22, 1969 - November 14, 2021

Dimitri Pourbaix was a kind, passionate and enthusiastic person. He was a senior FNRS research associate (Maître de recherches FNRS) at Université libre de Bruxelles. He maintained the 9th Catalogue of Spectroscopic Binary Orbits (SB9) for the former IAU Commission 26. He has been president of the IAU Commission 30 (Radial Velocities). He was passionately involved in the Gaia space mission, particularly in connection to issues related to binary stars. He enjoyed sharing his passion with the public through lectures at ULB and astronomy camps in the Ardennes.

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2021-11-18 15:46:26 wrote:

On behalf of all my colleagues at ESA who had the pleasure of working with Dimitri on the Gaia mission my sincere condolences. We all experienced Dimitri as an honest and passionate person who was a pleasure and fun to work with. He will not be forgotten and live on in our memories. R.I.P.

2021-11-18 15:46:26 wrote: On behalf of all my colleagues at ESA who had the pleasure of working with Dimitri on the Gaia mission my sincere condolences. We all experienced Dimitri as an honest and passionate person who was a pleasure and fun to work with. He will not be forgotten and live on in our memories. R.I.P.

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