Curriculum Vitae

Last updated 10 October 2014
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Personal Details

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

Academic Qualifications

• 2004 - Ph.D., Institute of Astronomy and Trinity College, University of Cambridge
  á á á á á á á á á á á á á  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)

Professional Appointments

• 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

Publications

• Overall: 59 papers published in refereed journals, with a total of 2300+ citations.
  á á á  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.
  á á á  h-index = 16; m-index = 1.5; ten papers with 50+ citations.
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Awards & Grants

• 2012 - Co-investigator on ARC Discovery Project grant DP120101237, awarded $390k (3 years)
  á á á á á á á á á á á á á  Title: SkyMapper and the Southern Sky Survey
• 2010 - Lead investigator of ARC Discovery Project grant DP1093431, awarded $560k (5 years)
  á á á á á á á á á á á á á  Title: Galaxy archaeology with globular clusters in the local Universe
• 2003 - Lead investigator of a PPARC Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded ~á¸100k (3 years)
  á á á á á á á á á á á á á  Title: Structural and dynamical evolution of globular clusters
• 2000 - External Research Studentship (ERS), Trinity College, University of Cambridge (3 years)

Observing timeá  (as Lead investigator)

• 2013 - Lead investigator of Hubble Telescope program GO-13375, allocated 26 orbits
  á á á á á á á á á á á á á  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
  á á á á á á á á á á á á á  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
  á á á á á á á á á á á á á  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
  á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á  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
  á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á  Telescope (7n), and Isaac Newton Telescope (11n)

Selected Professional Activities

• 2014 (second-half) - Chair of the Australian Time Assignment Committee (ATAC), which allocates time on the Anglo-Australian
  á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á  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,
  á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á  and ANU's Keck Telescope share
• 2010-2012 - Member of the Scholarships Committee, RSAA, Australian National University

Teaching & Supervision

• 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
  á á á á á á á á á á á á á  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,
  á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á á  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.
  á á á á á á á á á á á á á  students, Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge

Recent and upcoming talks

• 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
  á á á á á á á á á á á á á  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