Professor Peter Quinn is Executive Director of the International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research (ICRAR) in Perth, Western Australia and was previously the Head of the Data Management and Operations Division at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) in Munich.
Prof. Quinn has authored more than 300 published scientific papers and was awarded the 'Western Australian Scientist of the Year' in 2012. Prof. Quinn is also a Fellow of Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.
At ESO, Prof. Quinn was working towards the creation of the Astrophysical Virtual Observatory, a massive virtual database of astronomical data, designed to allow astrophysicists to carry out research using existing data without using valuable telescope time.
Prior to working at ESO, Prof. Quinn taught astrophysics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) for several years, working alongside Gerald Jay Sussman, and has worked at the NASA Space Telescope Science Institute (STScI) in Baltimore. His scientific interests include the study of dark matter, computational cosmology, galactic formation, and MACHOs.
References
- "Staff: International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research". www.icrar.org. Archived from the original on 16 October 2011.
- ^ "Professor Peter Quinn Staff Profile". The University of Western Australia. Retrieved 1 November 2015.
- "Top SKA astronomer named WA Scientist of the Year". Archived from the original on 5 April 2015. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
- "Top UWA astronomer honoured by election to technology academy: International Centre for Radio Astronomy Research". www.icrar.org. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014.
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