Person
Kilborn, Virginia A.
- Occupation
- Radio astronomer and University Administrator
Summary
Virginia Kilborn is an astrophysicist whose research interests include galaxy formation by studying the neutral hydrogen gas in galaxies. She uses advanced radio telescopes such as the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder. Since 2003 Kilborn has been at Swinburne University of Technology where she helped to establish new and innovative space education programs and has taught in the Swinburne Astronomy online program since 2006. She has taken leadership roles including as Chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Dean of Science. In 2021 she was appointed Swinburne's Chief Scientist, her role being to provide leadership in science within and outside the University, driving scientific relationships and policy with government, industry and schools. Kilborn is an enthusiastic participant in women in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs and in outreach to schools. Her active involvement in the wider astronomical community included a term as President of the Astronomical Society of Australia.
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Chronology
- 1996
- Education - BSc (hons), University of Melbourne
- 2001
- Education - PhD, University of Melbourne
- 2002 - 2003
- Career position - Postdoctoral Research Fellow. Jodrell Bank Observatory, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
- 2003 -
- Award - ARC-CSIRO linkage fellowship, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
- 2011 - 2013
- Career position - Deputy Director, Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology
- 2015 - 2017
- Career position - President, Astronomical Society of Australia
- 2015 - 2018
- Career position - Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Swinburne University of Technology
- 2016 -
- Career position - Member, National Committee for Astronomy, Australian Academy of Science
- 2018 -
- Career position - Professor, Swinburne University of Technology
- 2019 -
- Career position - Board Member, International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR)
- 2019 -
- Career position - Co-Founder and Steering Committee Member, WATTLE Leadership Program (Women ATTraining LEadership)
- April 2019 - June 2021
- Career position - Dean of Science, Swinburne University of Technology
- June 2021
- Career position - Chief Scientist, Swinburne University of Technology
- 2022 -
- Career position - Acting Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research), Swinburne University of Technology
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Published resources
Resources
- Professor Virginia Kilborn, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research) - acting, Swinburne Uinversity of Technology, 2022, https://www.swinburne.edu.au/research/our-research/access-our-research/find-a-researcher-or-supervisor/researcher-profile/?id=vkilborn. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 27 May 2022