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I grew up fascinated by how the world around me worked. My early interests involved a telescope, geology pick and a chemistry set and a childhood aspiration to become an astronaut. This matured into studying physics at RMIT and obtaining a PhD from …
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| Image of the day | Top pick | Top pick nominations | Total submitted | |
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| Deep sky | ||||
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| Extremely wide field | ||||
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| Northern lights | ||||
| Noctilucent clouds | ||||
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| Image of the day | Top pick | Top pick nominations | Total submitted | |
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| Backyard | ||||
| Traveller | ||||
| Own remote observatory | ||||
| Amateur hosting facility | ||||
| Public amaeteur data | ||||
| Professional, scientific grade data | ||||
| Mix of multiple sources | ||||
| Other | ||||
| Unknown |
I grew up fascinated by how the world around me worked. My early interests involved a telescope, geology pick and a chemistry set and a childhood aspiration to become an astronaut. This matured into studying physics at RMIT and obtaining a PhD from the University of Salford in the UK. My research in physics has resulted in publications, as well fellowships and grants from the UK Ministry of Defence (Royal Signals & Radar Establishment, Malvern), the UK Science and Engineering Research Council and the Australian Research Council.
Returning to Australia as an ARC Queen Elizabeth II Fellow, I have subsequently spent more than 20 years as an industry research scientist (Amcor Research & Technology Centre), as well as in corporate strategy, marketing and consulting roles. Most recently in the Research, Innovation and Commercialisation portfolio at the University of Melbourne. Now, since retiring I get to spend more time with my first interest astronomy, particularly solar and planetary.
