Dougal Mackey

Curriculum Vitae

Last updated 10 October 2014
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Name:	Dr. Alasdair Dougal Mackey
Position:	ARC Australian Research Fellow
	Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics
	Australian National University
Address:	Mount Stromlo Observatory
	Cotter Road, Weston Creek, ACT 2611, Australia
Email:	dougal.mackey@anu.edu.au
Web:	http://www.mso.anu.edu.au/~dougal

2004 - Ph.D., Institute of Astronomy and Trinity College, University of Cambridge
�� Title: Structural and dynamical evolution of massive stellar clusters
2000 - B.Sc.(Hons), First Class Honours and the University Medal, Australian National University (Astrophysics)
1999 - B.Sc., University of Queensland (Physics)
1999 - B.A., University of Queensland (Mathematics & Mandarin Chinese)

2010-present - ARC Australian Research Fellow, RSAA, Australian National University
2010-present - Stromlo Fellow (non-stipendiary), RSAA, Australian National University
2006-2009 - Marie Curie Excellence PDRA, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
2003-2006 - PPARC Postdoctoral Fellow, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge

Overall: 59 papers published in refereed journals, with a total of 2300+ citations.
�� h-index = 27; m-index = 2.1; seventeen papers with 50+ citations.
As first author: 21 papers published in refereed journals, with a total of 1100+ citations.
�� h-index = 16; m-index = 1.5; ten papers with 50+ citations.
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2012 - Co-investigator on ARC Discovery Project grant DP120101237, awarded $390k (3 years)
�� Title: SkyMapper and the Southern Sky Survey
2010 - Lead investigator of ARC Discovery Project grant DP1093431, awarded $560k (5 years)
�� Title: Galaxy archaeology with globular clusters in the local Universe
2003 - Lead investigator of a PPARC Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded ~�100k (3 years)
�� Title: Structural and dynamical evolution of globular clusters
2000 - External Research Studentship (ERS), Trinity College, University of Cambridge (3 years)

2013 - Lead investigator of Hubble Telescope program GO-13375, allocated 26 orbits
�� Title: Deep photometry of two accreted families of globular clusters in the remote M31 halo
2013 - Lead investigator of Hubble Telescope program GO-13374, allocated 8 orbits
�� Title: Extremely faint, diffuse satellite systems in the M31 halo: exceptional star clusters or tiny dwarf galaxies?
2011 - Lead investigator of Hubble Telescope program GO-12515, allocated 26 orbits
�� Title: Probing the outer limits of a galactic halo - deep imaging of exceptionally remote globular clusters in M31
2010-present - Lead investigator of programs awarded observing time on the Keck Telescopes (2n), Very Large
�� Telescope (2.5n), Gemini Telescopes (74 hours), Magellan Telescopes (3n), CTIO Blanco Telescope (13n)
2005-2009 - Lead investigator of programs awarded observing time on the Gemini Telescopes (56 hours), Very Large
�� Telescope (7n), and Isaac Newton Telescope (11n)

2014 (second-half) - Chair of the Australian Time Assignment Committee (ATAC), which allocates time on the Anglo-Australian
�� Telescope, and Australia's share of time on the Gemini and Magellan telescopes
2012-present - Member of the Australian Time Assignment Committee (ATAC); Deputy Chair from 2013 (second-half)
2012-present - Summer scholar coordinator, RSAA, Australian National University
2012-present - Member of the International Astronomical Union (IAU)
2011-present - Assessor for ARC grant proposals: Discovery Projects, Future Fellowships, and DECRAs
2010-present - Member of the Astronomical Society of Australia (ASA)
2010-2013 - Member of the ANU Time Assignment Committee (ANUTAC), which allocates time on the ANU 2.3m telescope,
�� and ANU's Keck Telescope share
2010-2012 - Member of the Scholarships Committee, RSAA, Australian National University

2013-present - Primary Ph.D. supervisor for Shaheen Iqbal
2013-present - Ph.D. supervisory panel member for Tammy Roderick, Pete Kuzma, Dongwon Kim
2012-2014 - Honours project supervisor for Tim Smallhorn (2013-14), Pete Kuzma (2012)
2008 - Taught the "direct N-body" component (comprising one-third) of the University of Edinburgh and SUPA undergraduate
�� course Computational Astrophysics (four lectures, two assignments, and a 3 week project)
2006-2009 - Supervisor for three MPhys (one-year project) and two Senior Honours (one-semester project) students,
�� Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh
2006 - Invited lecturer at the Cambridge N-body School (two lectures), Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge
2005-2006 - Supervisor for one Part III Astrophysics student (one-year project), University of Cambridge
2005 - Lecturer for Globular clusters and globular cluster systems (8 lectures), a course for first and second year Ph.D.
�� students, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge

2015 - Invited keynote speaker at Satellites and Streams in Santiago, Santiago, Chile, 13-17 April 2015
2014 - Invited colloquium, CAS, Swinburne University of Technology, Melbourne, Australia, 6th November 2014
2014 - Colloquium, RSAA, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, 7th August 2014
2014 - Invited keynote speaker, and panel member for discussion session, at A Critical Look at Globular Cluster Formation
�� Theories: Constraints from Young Massive Clusters, Sexten, Italy, 14-18 July 2014
2014 - Invited talk at Lessons from the Local Group, Seychelles, 18-24 May 2014