Person
Gaensler, Bryan Malcolm (1973 - )
FAA
- Born
- 4 July 1973
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Astronomer
Summary
Bryan Gaensler is an astronomer internationally recognised for his research in magnetars, supernovae remnants and magnetic fields, and the behaviour of high-energy particles around a fast-moving pulsar. He was Professor of Physics at the University of Sydney from 2006 to 2015 before becoming Director of the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Toronto. Gaensler was appointed the inaugural Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in All-sky Astrophysics in 2011. Other international projects in which Gaensler has been involved include the Square Kilometre Array and the Murchison Widefield Array Consortium. His book Extreme cosmos was published in 2011
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Chronology
- 1995
- Education - BSc (Hons), University of Sydney
- 1998 - 2001
- Career position - Hubble Fellowship, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- 1999
- Education - PhD, University of Sydney
- 1999
- Award - Young Australian of the Year
- 2001 - 2002
- Career position - Clay Fellowship, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- 2002 - 2006
- Career position - Assistant Professor, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- 2005
- Award - Fellow, Astronomical Society of Australia
- 2006
- Award - Newton Lacey Pierce Prize, American Astronomical Society
- 2006 - 2007
- Career position - Associate Professor of Astronomy, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- 2006 - 2007
- Career position - International Project Scientist, Square Kilometre Array
- 2006 - 2011
- Award - ARC Federation Fellow, University of Sydney
- 2006 - 2015
- Career position - Professor of Physics, University of Sydney
- 2007 - 2009
- Career position - Member, Steering Committee, Australia Telescope National Facility
- 2008 - 2014
- Career position - Editor-in-Chief, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia
- 2009 - 2010
- Career position - Member, Board, Anglo-Australia Telescope
- 2009 - 2020
- Career position - Patron, Macarthur Astronomical Society, New South Wales
- 2010 -
- Career position - Chair, Murchison Widefield Array Consortium
- 2010
- Award - Award for Excellence in Physics, Earth Sciences, Chemistry and Astronomy, New South Wales Science and Engineering Awards
- 2011
- Award - Pawsey Medal, Australian Academy of Science
- 2011 - 2014
- Career position - Director, A.R.C. Centre for Excellence for All-sky Astrophysics, University of Sydney
- 2011 - 2015
- Career event - Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow
- 2013 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 2015 -
- Career position - Member, Board of Directors, Square Kilometre Array Organisation
- 2015 -
- Career position - Director, Dunlap Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- 2015 -
- Career position - Professor of Astronomy, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Gaensler, Bryan, Extreme cosmos (Sydney: NewSouth Publishing, 2011), 202 pp. Details
Resources
- 'Bryan Gaensler - Citation at year of election, 2013', Fellows of the Academy, Australian Academy of Science, 2019, https://www.science.org.au/profile/bryan-gaensler. Details
- '1999 Young Australian of the Year', Australian of the Year Awards, National Australia Day Council, https://australianoftheyear.org.au/recipients/dr-bryan-gaensler. Details
See also
- Robson, Alexandra K.; Production Manager and Editor eds, Who's who in Australia 2019 (Southbank, Vic.: AAP Directories, 2018), 1788 pp. Details
Helen Cohn
Created: 16 September 2022