New Officer-in-Charge for Narrabri Observatory

At the beginning of January 2002, Dr David McConnell completed his term as Officer-in-Charge (OiC) of the Narrabri Observatory (Australia Telescope Compact Array). See the later ATCA report for more details. Taking over from Dr McConnell is Dr Bob Sault.

Bob completed a Bachelor of Engineering (First Class Honours) and a PhD in image processing at the University of Sydney, before taking a Research Officer position at the University between 1985 and 1986. He was then a Research Scientist in the Astronomy Department at the University of Illinois from 1986 to 1990. From 1990 to 2001 Bob was a Research Scientist with the ATNF, based in Marsfield. He has also had stints as visiting scientist at the Tata Institute for Fundamental Research (GMRT project) and the Netherlands Foundation for Research in Astronomy (twice). Bob assumed OiC duties at the Observatory in January 2002.

Bob's research interests range across varied software, engineering, and astronomical projects, including the MIRIAD software package, phase correction systems for the Compact Array, microwave background experiments, Jupiter science, interference mitigation, and high-frequency calibrators for the Compact Array.

Steven Tingay
(Steven.Tingay@csiro.au)