Person
Mould, Jeremy Richard (1949 - )
FAA
- Born
- 31 July 1949
Bristol, England - Occupation
- Astronomer
Summary
Jeremy Mould is Director of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson and was a director of the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories (1993-c2001). His main research interests are in stellar populations and observational cosmology and he has (co) authored of 200 publications in the field. Mould has been heavily involved in many scientific bodies and committees and has been involved in several astronomy space missions.
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Chronology
- 1963
- Life event - Migrated to Australia
- 1968 - 1972
- Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc(Hons)), University of Melbourne
- 1971
- Career position - Demonstrator in Physics, University of Melbourne
- 1972 - 1975
- Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Australian National University (ANU) in Canberra
- 1976
- Career position - Junior Research Fellow at Royal Greenwich Observatory, UK
- 1977 - 1978
- Career position - Postdoctoral Research Associate at Kitt Peak National Observatory, USA
- 1978 - 1979
- Career position - Carnegie Fellow at Hale Observatories, USA
- 1979 - 1982
- Career position - Assistant Astronomer at Kitt Peak National Observatory
- 1981
- Award - George Van Biesbroeck Prize (for extraordinary service to astronomy), American Astronomical Society (joint recipient)
- 1981 - 1982
- Career position - Member of the Kitt Peak National Observatory Council
- 1982 - 1988
- Career position - Associate Professor at California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA
- 1984 - 1985
- Career position - Chair of the Hubble Space Telescope Working Group: Stars and Star Clusters
- 1987 - 1990
- Career position - Executive Officer for Astronomy at Caltech
- 1988 - 1994
- Career position - Professor of Astronomy at the Caltech
- 1993 - 2000
- Career position - Director Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories
- 1993 - c. 2001
- Career position - Professor and Director of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University
- 1994 - ?
- Career position - Member of the Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
- 1995 - ?
- Career position - Chair, National Committee for Astronomy, Australian Academy of Science
- 1995 - ?
- Career position - Member of the Australian Telescope National Facility Steering Committee
- 1995 - c. 2001
- Career position - Visiting Associate at Caltech
- 1996 - 1999
- Career position - Member, National Committee for Space Science, Australian Academy of Science
- 1998 -
- Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
- 1999
- Career position - Chair of the Anglo Australian Telescope Board
- 2001 -
- Career position - Director of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, USA
Related entries
Published resources
Books
- Bhathal, Ragbir, Australian Astronomers: Achievements at the Frontiers of Astronomy (Canberra: National Library of Australia, 1996), 243 pp. Details
Resources
- 'Mould, Jeremy Richard (19490731-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1476339. Details
See also
- Bhathal, Ragbir, 'How the US Influenced Mount Stromlo', A&G: News and Reviews in Astronomy & Geophysics, 56 (1) (2015), 1.19-1.21, http://astrogeo.oxfordjournals.org/content/56/1/1.19.abstract?etoc. Details
Rosanne Walker
Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 1 August 2007