The ATNF is one of CSIRO’s national facilities, and one of the best facilities in the world for radio astronomy. It is managed by CSIRO’s Space and Astronomy (S&A) research unit.
The facility includes telescopes, observatories, instrumentation, archives and talented staff.
Our ATNF leaders and their roles
The ATNF leadership structure is:
Key roles are:
- ATNF Director, Douglas Bock
Douglas oversees all of CSIRO’s radio astronomy activities and strategy. - Astronomy and Space Science Program Director, Mark Cheung
Mark leads the research and technology development we do to support the ATNF as well as our space program and other CSIRO research endeavours that benefit from Space & Astronomy expertise. - ATNF Program Director, Céline d’Orgeville
Céline holds overall responsibility for the ATNF’s day-to‑day operations and leads the ATNF to develop and manage projects which continue our outstanding record in radio astronomy research and innovation. - Head of Science, George Hobbs
George focuses on science excellence across the ATNF, leads the ATNF Science team, oversees the ATNF education program and students, and supports our user community. - Head of Instrumentation, Stephanie Smith
Stephanie leads the group focused on researching new technologies and developing new instrumentation to improve our telescopes and create the ATNF of the future. - Head of Operations, Daleen Koch
Daleen is responsible for the operational excellence of the ATNF telescopes and leads the ATNF Operations team and sale of telescope time activities. - Head of Software and Scientific Computing, Stephen Ord
Stephen leads our team and portfolio of projects in software and scientific computing and engages with the global astronomy community on our capability in this area. - Chief Engineer, Mark Bowen
Mark focuses on the delivery of our major instrumentation projects and external contracts, and has responsibility for our standards in project management, system engineering and configuration control. - Chief Scientist, Cathryn Trott
Cath leads the direction for our astrophysics research, development of our research capability strategy, and engagement with the global astronomy community. - Chief Technologist, Keith Bannister
Bringing his experience at the intersection of astronomy and engineering, Keith sets the strategy for future ATNF technology development and oversees a portfolio of future-focused technology development projects.
These strategic and collaborative leaders guide our ATNF team and continue the ATNF’s outstanding research, innovation and service to the radio astronomy community.
Read more on our goals for Australian radio astronomy in our vision and vision statement.
