The ATNF Director, Professor Ron Ekers, has been awarded a Federation Fellowship, one of Australia’s most prestigious research awards.
Professor Ekers’ research proposal is titled “A clearer view of the evolving universe”. It has two, complementary, research objectives: a basic research program on problems of star formation, and a strategic research program on interference mitigation.
A total of 11 researchers, including Professor Ekers and Professor David Trimm of the CSIROÂ’s Petroleum Resources division, were awarded the Fellowships. Recipients are provided with a salary of $225,000 per year for five years.