Evert Johan Alexander Meurs (born in the Netherlands) is a Dutch astronomer at the University of Amsterdam and a former director of Dunsink Observatory in Dublin, Ireland.
[1] He spearheaded the efforts by Ireland's astronomers to become a member of the European Southern Observatory (ESO).
[2] Meurs got an MSc at The University of Amsterdam in 1976 and a PhD at Leiden University in 1982.
[3] His doctoral thesis was "The Seyfert Galaxy Population: A Radio Survey; Luminosity Function; Related Objects" done under Harry van de Laan.
[4] He has worked at a number of educational and research facilities including: