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Associate ProfessorMichael Albrow

Associate Professor

School of Physical & Chemical Sciences

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  • Associate Professor
    School of Physical & Chemical Sciences
  • +6433695189 (Work)
  • Julius von Haast - Room 622

SERVICE & LEADERSHIP

  • MEMBERSHIP
    Member, Southern African Large Telescope Board Finance and Audit Committee
    1 Jan 2015
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Board Member, SALT Foundation Pty Ltd.
    1 Jan 2014
    Governorship of a non-profit private company with a $3M annual turnover.
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Member, NASA Study Analysis Group 11: Preparing for the WFIRST Microlensing Survey.
    1 Jan 2013 - 31 Dec 2014
    WFIRST (Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope) is the next major NASA telescope mission, planned for launch within the next decade. Through email and teleconference discussions I participated in writing a 34-page report that was submitted to NASA in July 2014.
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Member of KMTnet collaboration (a US$22m project to deploy a set of 3 1.6-m optical telescopes in Chile, Australia, South Africa for microlensing)
    1 Jan 2011
    Member of KMTnet collaboration (Korean Microlensing Telescope Network, a set of 3 telescopes to be deployed in Chile, Australia, South Africa for microlensing) (2011-present)
  • EDITORIAL
    ISRN Astronomy and Astrophysics
    1 Jan 2010
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Member of the Astronomical Society of Australia
    1 Jan 2005
    Member of the Astronomical Society of Australia (2005-present)
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Member of the Southern African Large Telescope Science Working Group
    1 Jan 2000
    Member of the Southern African Large Telescope Science Working Group (2000-present)
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Founder member of the PLANET collaboration, a consortium of ~ 20 astronomers in 7 countries engaged in gravitational microlensing research
    1 Jan 1997 - 31 Dec 2002
    Founder member of the PLANET collaboration, a consortium of ~ 20 astronomers in 7 countries engaged in gravitational microlensing research.
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (From 1989 Until ongoing)
    1 Jan 1997 - 31 Dec 2002
    Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealand (From 1989 Until ongoing)
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Founder member of the PLANET collaboration, a consortium of ~ 20 astronomers in 7 countries engaged in gravitational microlensing research
    1 Jan 1995
    Founder member of the PLANET collaboration, a consortium of ~ 20 astronomers in 7 countries engaged in gravitational microlensing research (1995-present)
  • MEMBERSHIP
    Member of the International Astronomical Union
    1 Jan 1990
    Member of the International Astronomical Union (1990-present)
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
    Invited speaker at IAU Colloquium 176, The Impact of Large-Scale Surveys on Pulsating Star Research, Budapest, Hungary, 1999
  • EVENT PARTICIPATION
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    Chair, Scientific Organizing Committee, The 16th International Conference on Gravitational Microlensing, 13-17 Feb 2012, Pasadena, California, USA (2011-present)
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