The ATNF Steering Committee

The Australia Telescope Steering Committee (ATSC) provides advice to the ATNF Director on the scientific and technical operations of the ATNF. Committee members are appointed by the Minister for Tertiary Education, Skills, Science and Research.

The ATSC includes three Australian astronomers, three overseas experts and two representatives from the broader community. In addition, there are three ex-officio members (not appointed by the Minister).

Current membership of the ATSC is listed below.

Chairman

Prof Rachel Webster, University of Melbourne

Members

Ex-officio

Dr Matthew Colless, Director, Australian Astronomical Observatory

Dr Dave Williams, Group Executive, CSIRO Information Sciences Group, CSIRO

Dr Michael Bruenig, Director, CSIRO ICT Centre, CSIRO ICT Centre

Astronomers

Prof Steven Tingay, Curtin University

Prof Rachel Webster, University of Melbourne

Prof Brian Schmidt, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, ANU

International Advisers

Dr Di Li,Chinese Academy of Sciences , China

Prof Raffaella Morganti, ASTRON , the Netherlands

Prof Jacqueline Hewitt Department of Physics MIT, USA

Broader Community

Mr Noel Wainwright, Lockheed Martin

Mr Jim Noble, Department of Defence (retired)