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Associate ProfessorKaren Pollard

Associate Professor

School of Physical & Chemical Sciences

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  • Associate Professor
    School of Physical & Chemical Sciences
  • +6433695816 (Work)
  • Julius von Haast - Room 620

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

  • FELLOWSHIP
    European Southern Observatory Visiting Scientist
    5 Dec 2017 - 21 Jan 2018
    ESO Visiting Scientist at ESO, Santiago, Chile
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Scientific Organising Committee of IAU Symposium 347 "Early Science with ELTs" at IAU GA August 2018, Austria
    1 Aug 2016 - 1 Aug 2018
    Member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Scientific Organising Committee of Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA) annual conference (Canberra July 2017)
    1 Jul 2016 - 1 Jul 2017
    Member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Scientific Organising Committee of IAU APRIM Asia Pacific Regional Meeting (Taiwan July 2017)
    1 Jul 2016 - 1 Jul 2017
    Member
  • OFFICE HELD
    Organising Committee Member IAU Commission G4 Pulsating Stars (opens in a new tab)⁠
    1 Aug 2015 - 1 Aug 2018
    International Astronomical Union, International Astronomical Union
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  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Symposium Organising Committee "Mt John 50th Anniversary Symposium"
    1 May 2014 - 1 May 2015
    Member
  • OFFICE HELD
    Chair Professional Astronomer Group of RASNZ, national liaison for IAU, RSNZ representative to IAU
    1 Jan 2014 - 1 Jan 2016
    Chair, Professional Astronomers Group (PAG) of RASNZ (Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand) and, hence, national liaison person for IAU (International Astronomical Union) and Astronomy representative for RSNZ (Royal Society of New Zealand)
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Committee Member of RSNZ Physical Sciences, Mathematical Sciences, Technology and Engineering Vice President’s Advisory Panel
    1 Jan 2014 - 1 Jan 2015
    Member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Member of Scientific Organising Committee of international symposium “Wide-field Variability Surveys: a 21st-century perspective”
    1 Jan 2014 - 1 Jan 2016
    Member
  • OFFICE HELD
    New Zealand National outreach contact for IAU
    1 Jan 2014 - 1 Jan 2018
    International Astronomical Union
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Scientific Organising Committee of international Focus Meeting 17 "Asteroseismology" at IAU General Assembly Hawaii 2015
    1 Jan 2014 - 1 Jan 2015
    Member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Member of IAU Division G Steering committee
    1 Jan 2012 - 1 Jan 2015
    Member
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Member of the Scientific Organising Committee of the international IAU Symposium 301 "Precision Asteroseismology" in Wroclaw, Poland
    1 Jan 2012 - 1 Jan 2013
    Member
  • OFFICE HELD
    President IAU Commission 27 Variable Stars
    1 Jan 2012 - 1 Jan 2015
    President, Commission 27 (Variable Stars) of the International Astronomical Union (2012-2015)
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Member of Organising Committee and of the "Third International Starlight Conference" in Tekapo, New Zealand
    1 Jun 2011 - 1 Jun 2012
    Member
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference
    1 Jan 2010
    Invited Review talk on "Optical Astronomy in New Zealand" at the international conference "Square-Kilometer Array New Zealand 2010", AUT, Auckland, New Zealand, (2010 February)
  • OFFICE HELD
    Vice-President, Commission 27 (Variable Stars)
    1 Aug 2009 - 1 Aug 2012
    Vice-President, Commission 27 (Variable Stars) of the International Astronomical Union (2009-2012)
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Conference
    1 Jan 2009
    Invited Review talk on "The Gamma Doradus stars" at the international conference "Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and Observation", Sante Fe, USA (2009 June)
  • OFFICE HELD
    Vice-President of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
    1 Jan 2008 - 1 Jan 2010
    Vice-President of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (2008-2010)
  • OFFICE HELD
    Committee Member, Commission 27 (Variable Stars) of the International Astronomical Union
    1 Jan 2006
    Committee Member, Commission 27 (Variable Stars) of the International Astronomical Union (2006-present)
  • OFFICE HELD
    President of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
    1 Jan 2006 - 1 Jan 2008
    President of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (2006-2008)
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Scientific Organising Committee of international meeting “Stellar Pulsation and Evolution” in Rome, Italy (2005 June)
    1 Jun 2004 - 1 Jun 2005
    Member
  • OFFICE HELD
    Vice-President of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand
    1 Jan 2004 - 1 Jan 2006
    Vice-President of the Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (2004-2006)
  • EVENT ADMINISTRATION
    Conference
    1 Jan 2003 - 1 Jan 2003
    Chairperson of the Scientific Organising Committee and member of the Local Organising Committee of Colloquium 193 of the International Astronomical Union entitled “Variable stars in the Local Group” in Christchurch, New Zealand. (2003 July)
  • COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP
    Council member, Royal Society Committee on Astronomical Sciences
    1 Jan 2003 - 1 Jan 2011
    Member