ATNF has a new Director

A new Director for the Australia Telescope National Facility was announced in April. Professor Brian Boyle, currently the Director of the Anglo-Australian Observatory will take up the position on 11 July 2003. Professor Boyle succeeds Professor Ron Ekers, Director of the ATNF, who has received a Federation Fellowship from the Australian Government to pursue his research interests, and Professor Ray Norris, who has been Acting ATNF Director for much of the last two years.

Professor Brian Boyle

Professor Boyle completed his PhD at the University of Durham in the UK. He held positions at the University of Edinburgh, the Anglo-Australian Observatory and the University of Cambridge before being appointed AAO Director in 1996. Professor Boyle has published more than 200 papers in astronomy. Last month he received a Centenary Medal from the Commonwealth Government for his contribution to the field.

"I look forward to the ATNF continuing to play a central role in the development and scientific exploitation of the major radio astronomy facilities of the future," says Professor Boyle.

"I am extremely pleased to welcome Professor Boyle to CSIRO," said CSIRO Chief Executive Dr Geoff Garrett, who announced the appointment, "I'm sure that under his guidance the ATNF will continue from strength to strength."

Lakshmi Saripalli and Helen Sim
(Lakshmi.Saripalli@csiro. au)
(Helen.Sim@csiro.au)