Ron Ekers
CSIRO Fellow

He graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1963 and gained his PhD in astronomy at the Australian National University in 1967. His professional career has taken him to the California Institute of Technology, the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Cambridge, UK, the Kapteyn Laboratory in Groningen, The Netherlands, and the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, New Mexico USA. He was director of the VLA, the major national radio telescope in the USA, from 1980 until 1987.

He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, a Foreign Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science in 1993, a Foreign Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2003 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2005. He is past President of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and a member of the Advisory Board for the Peter Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize.

Ron's research interests include extragalactic astronomy, especially cosmology, galactic nuclei and radio astronomical techniques. His Federation Fellowship project addresses fundamental issues in star formation in the early universe and instrumental techniques including detection of high energy particles.

CV:	Short version
Recent papers:
Selected Talks:	Animated demonstration of an array Distinguished Lecture Series - Achievements and challenges for Australian Science Future Radio Observations of the High Redshift Universe Error recognition in Aperture Synthesis Images Histrory of the Development of Aperture Synthesis Cosmic Rays, Star Formation and Starburst Galaxies Lunatic: Detecting UHE neutrinos using Lunar Cerenkov Emission at Radio Wavelengths Paths to Discovery Radio Frequency Interference Mitigation SKA talks SKA - WEC2004, Shanghai - 5 Nov 2004 SKA - 9th Asia-Pacific Regional IAU, Bali 20 GHz survey Time
Research Projects: International:	IAU - President (2003-2006) - Planet definition SKA - ISSC - Operations WG
	Surveys - 20GHz all sky survey - AT20G - Low Brightness sources High redshift universe - High z CO - High z RG's - steep spectra radio galaxies Epoch of Re-ionization - Global detection experiments - CoRE FIR/Radio/CO correlations Cluster S-Z Magnetic fields - Investigating the role of magnetic fields in starformation - Zeeman mm lines - Depolarization canals in the ISM - Depolarization silhouettes in extra galactic radio sources Secondary electrons - Detecting secondary electrons produced when cosmic rays interact with molecular clouds. Lunar Cerenkov UHE neutrino experiments - LUNASKA ARC project - ATCA radio detection experiment - Parkes radio detection experiment The nature of scientific discoveries
Technical Research Projects:	Radio Frequency Interference - RFI mitigation technology - Radio quiet zones Indirect imaging techniques - Mosaicing - Polarization processing - Focal plane arrays
Current graduate students:	Mahony, Elizabeth Uni of Sydney Bray, Justin Uni of Adelaide Bonavera, Laura SISSA/ISAS, Italy Chhetri, Rajan Uni of NSW
Past PhD students:	Student & Thesis titles

Contact Details

PO Box 76
Epping NSW 1710
Australia

Phone: +61-2-9372-4600
Fax: +61-2-9372-4450
e-mail: Ron.Ekers@csiro.au

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Last Modified: 7 July, 2011