# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/michiel-van-der-klis
# Generated: 2026-08-14T14:29:32.647Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/michiel-van-der-klis"
name: "Michiel van der Klis"
slug: "michiel-van-der-klis"
description: "Michiel Baldur Maximiliaan van der Klis is a Dutch astronomer best known for his work on extreme 'pairings' of stars called X-ray binaries, more particularly his explanation of the occurrence of quasi-periodic oscillations (QPOs) in these systems and his co-discovery of the first millisecond X-ray pulsar. In the 1980s he gained worldwide fame with his investigation of QPOs. His revolutionary discoveries have had an enormous impact in his field of research; in effect, they have made it what it is today. Van der Klis pioneered special mathematical analysis techniques that are now regarded as the “gold standard” within his discipline."
tagline: "Dutch astronomer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Michiel_van_der_Klis.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Scientists"
  slug: "scientists"
profileType:
  name: "Scientist"
  slug: "scientist"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631"
birthDate: "1953-06-09"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.06
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.003384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     30
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
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sources:
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    title: "Michiel van der Klis"
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  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_van_der_Klis"
    title: "Michiel van der Klis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_van_der_Klis"
    title: "Michiel van der Klis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michiel_van_der_Klis"
    title: "Michiel van der Klis"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%B1%B3%E5%B8%8C%E5%B0%94%C2%B7%E8%8C%83%E5%BE%B7%E5%85%8B%E5%88%A9%E6%96%AF"
    title: "米希尔·范德克利斯"
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  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2045601"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump