Richard N. Manchester
Date
of birth: June
5, 1942
Gender:
Male
Place
of Birth: Greymouth, New Zealand
Citizenship: Australia,
New Zealand
Marital
status: Married, 3
children
Education:
Primary
and Secondary School: Waimate, Sth Canterbury, New Zealand,
1947 - 1959
University
undergraduate: University
of Canterbury, New Zealand, 1960 - 1964
University
graduate: University
of Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 1965 - 1968
Degrees
and Awards:
1962 Haydon Prize in
Physics
1963 Senior Scholar of
the University of Canterbury
1964 B.Sc. (First
Class Honours)
University of Canterbury
1964 Internal
Postgraduate Scholarship, University of Canterbury
1969 Ph.D. in Physics,
University of Newcastle
1978 Pawsey Medal, Australian Academy of Science
1982 Pawsey Memorial Lecture, Australian Institute of Physics
1989 Fellow of
Australian Academy of Science
1993 Ellery Lecturer,
Astronomical Society of Australia
1993 CSIRO Medal
1995 Walter Burfitt Prize of the Royal Society of NSW
1997 David Allen
Memorial Lecture, Australian International Space School
1997 Honorary Fellow,
Royal Society of New Zealand
2001 ISI Australian
Citation Laureate
2002 ISI Highly Cited
Researchers, Inaugural Member
2003 Centenary Medal
(Australia)
2007 CSIRO
Fellow
2007 China
TianShan Prize, PeopleÕs Government of XinJiang
2007 CSIRO Medal and
Prize for Lifetime Achievement in Research
2008 Inaugural
Hewish Lecture, Cavendish Laboratory, Cambridge University
Employment:
1968
- 1969 Division
of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Parkes, Research Scientist
1969
- 1971 National
Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Research Associate
1971
- 1974 Physics
Dept, University of Massachusetts, Assistant/Associate Professor
1974
- 1988 Division
of Radiophysics, CSIRO, Epping, Senior/Principal
Research Scientist
1980
- 1987 Leader,
Astrophysics Group, Division of Radiophysics, CSIRO
1984 Visiting
Scientist, Jodrell Bank, University of Manchester,
U.K.
1989
- 2003 Australia
Telescope National Facility, CSIRO, Epping, Chief Research Scientist
1992
- 1993 Physics
Department, Princeton University, Visiting Professor
1992
- 2001 Honorary
Associate, Physics Department, University of Sydney
1997
- 2000 Professorial
Associate, School of Physics, University of Melbourne
1997
- present Guest Professor,
Peking University, Beijing, China
1999
- present Honorary
Professor, Department of Physics, University of Hong Kong
2001
- present Adjunct
Professor, School of Physics, University of Sydney
2002 - present Honorary Professor, National Astronomical
Observatories, Urumqi, China
2003 - 2008 ARC Federation
Fellow, Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO
2008 - present CSIRO Fellow, Australia Telescope National
Facility, CSIRO
Professional
Societies:
1967
- 1969 American
Geophysical Union
1968
- present Astronomical
Society of Australia
1969
- present American
Astronomical Society
1973
- present International
Astronomical Union
1989
- present Fellow,
Australian Academy of Science
Selected
Committee Memberships:
1973 – 1974 Coordinator, Joint
Australia - US Symposium on Pulsar Emission Mechanisms, Stanford University,
1974
1975
- 1981 Member,
Australian Synthesis Telescope Design Study Group
1979 – 1980 Chairman, Scientific
Organizing Committee, International Astronomical Union Symposium No. 95 `Pulsars', Bonn, 1980
1981
- 1983 Member,
National Committee for Astronomy, Australian Academy of Science
1982
- 1987 Member,
Australia Telescope Advisory Committee
1982
- 1988 Chairman,
Australia Telescope Scientific Objectives Committee
1985 – 1986 Member, Scientific
Organizing Committee, International Astronomical Union Symposium No. 125 `The Origin and Evolution of Neutron
Stars', Nanjing, 1986
1986
- 1992 Member,
National Committee for Radio Science, Australian Academy of Science
1989
- 1991 Chairman,
Australia Telescope Users Committee
1991
- 1995 Member,
Australia Telescope Steering Committee
1994
- 1997 Member,
Council of the Astronomical Society of Australia
1995 - 1996 Co-Chair, Scientific
Organizing Committee, International Astronomical Union Colloquium 160,
`Pulsars: Problems and Progress', Sydney, 1996.
1995
- 2003 Chairman,
Senior Staff Rewards and Appointments Committee, ATNF
1998
- 2001 Member,
Council of Australian Academy of Science
1998
- 2001 Marsden
Fund Panel member, Royal Society of New Zealand
1999
- 2001 Vice-President,
Astronomical Society of Australia
2001
- 2003 President,
Astronomical Society of Australia
2001
- 2003 Member, National Committee for
Astronomy, Australian Academy of Science
2001 - present International Advisory Committee, Chinese
Journal of Astronomy & Astrophysics
2002 - 2003 Co-Chair,
Scientific Organising Committee, International Astronomical Union Symposium
218, ÒYoung Neutron Stars and their EnvironmentsÓ, Sydney, 2003.
2002 - 2003 Member, IAU 25th
General Assembly National Organising Committee and Executive
2003 - 2005 Member, Council of
Astronomical Society of Australia
2004 – 2005 Co-Chair, Scientific
Organising Committee, Lake Hanas Pulsar Workshop,
China
2005 Member,
International Advisory Committee for FAST Radio Telescope, Beijing
2006 – present Vice-President, Commission 31
(Time), International Astronomical Union
Contact Details:
Australia Telescope National Facility,
CSIRO
PO Box 76, Epping NSW 1710
Australia
Tel: 61-2-9372-4313
Email: dick.manchester
at csiro.au