Manchester, Richard Norman (1942 - )

Summary

Richard Norman Manchester has been involved in radio pulsar research at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) for over twenty-five years. He and his co-workers have discovered many of the pulsars known today. Manchester was Leader of the Pulsar - Supernova Remnant Project at CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility. Manchester has received a number of awards for his work on pulsars.

Details

Manchester was awarded the following CSIRO medals:

1993 - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement for the discovery and interpretation of pulsars;

2007 - CSIRO Medal for Lifetime Achievement for a lifetime contribution to the discovery and study of pulsars in the Galaxy with significant leadership, mentoring and inspiration provided to the next generation of astronomers through world-leading pulsar research including the discovery in 2003 of the renowned highly relativistic double-pulsar system (PSR J0737-3039A/B), the first of its kind, and a 'holy grail' of pulsar astronomy that provides unprecedented insights into fundamental physics.

Chronology

1960 - 1964

Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), University of Canterbury, New Zealand

1963

Career position - Senior Scholar, University of Canterbury

1965 - 1967

Education - Studies, University of Newcastle, New South Wales

1967 - 1969

Career position - Member of the American Geophysical Union

1968 -

Career position - Member of the Astronomical Society of Australia

1968 - 1969

Career position - Research Scientist at the Division of Radiophysics at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

1969

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed

1969 - 1971

Career position - Research Associate, US National Radio Astronomy Observatory

1971 - 1973

Career position - Assistant Professor, University of Massachusetts, USA

1973 -

Career position - Member of the International Astronomical Union

1973 - 1974

Career position - Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, USA

1974 - 1976

Career position - Senior Research Scientist at the Division of Radiophysics at CSIRO

1975 - 1981

Career position - Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Massachusetts, USA

1976 - 1980

Career position - Principal Research Scientist at the Division of Radiophysics at CSIRO

1978

Award - Pawsey Medal, Australian Academy of Science

1979 - 1980

Career position - Chairman, Scientific Organizing Committee, International Astronomical Union Symposium No. 95 'Pulsars', Bonn, Germany

1980 - 1987

Career position - Leader of the Astrophysics Group at CSIRO

1981 -

Career position - Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Division of Radiophysics at CSIRO

1981 - 1988

Career position - Honorary Associate, University of Sydney

1982

Award - Pawsey Memorial Lecture, Australian Institute of Physics

1982 - 1987

Career position - Member, Australian Telescope Advisory Committee

1984

Career position - SERC Visiting Fellowship to the University of Manchester, UK

1986 - 1992

Career position - Member, National Committee for Radio Science, Australian Academy of Science

1989 -

Award - Fellow, Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1989 - 2003

Career position - Chief Research Scientist, Australia Telescope National Facility

1991 - 1995

Career position - Member, Steering Committee, Australia Telescope National Facility

1992 - 1993

Career position - Visiting Professor, Princeton University, New Jersey, U.S.A.

1993

Award - CSIRO Medal

1994 - 1997

Career position - Member of Council, Astronomical Society of Australia

1995

Award - Walter Burfitt Prize, Royal Society of New South Wales

1997 -

Award - Honorary Fellow, Royal Society of New Zealand

1997

Award - CSIRO Medal for Research Achievement

1998 - 2001

Career position - Member of Council, Australian Academy of Science

1999 -

Career position - Member of Council, Astronomical Society of Australia

2001 -

Career position - Adjunct Professor, School of Physics, University of Sydney

2001

Award - Centenary Medal for service to Australian society and science in astrophysics

2001 - 2003

Career position - President, Astronomical Society of Australia

2001 - 2003

Career position - Member, National Committee for Astronomy, Australian Academy of Science

2003

Career position - Member, Organising Committee, International Astronomical Union 25th General Assembly, Sydney

2003 - 2005

Career position - Member of Council, Astronomical Society of Australia

2003 - 2008

Award - ARC Federation Fellow

2005 -

Award - Fellow, Astronomical Society of Australia

2005

Career position - Member, International Advisory Committee for FAST Radio Telescope, Beijing, China

2007 -

Award - CSIRO Fellow

2007

Award - CSIRO Medal for Lifetime Achievement

2009 - 2012

Career position - President, Commission 31 Time, International Astronomical Union

2017

Award - Chinese Academy of Sciences President's International Fellowship Initiative Distinguished Scientists Award

2019

Award - Matthew Flinders Medal and Lecture, Australian Academy of Science

Related entries

Published resources

Resources

• 'Manchester, Richard Norman (1942-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1475725. Details

Resource Sections

• Ward, C., 'Richard Norman Manchester', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2011, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/Manchester-Richard-Norman. 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
• Ward, Colin, 'CSIRO Entrepreneurship Award', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2013, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/csiro-entrepreneurship-award/. Details
• Ward, Colin, 'CSIRO Medal for Lifetime Achievement', in CSIROpedia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), 2022, https://csiropedia.csiro.au/csiro-medal-for-lifetime-achievement/. Details