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Mould, Jeremy Richard (1949 - )

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Astronomer
Born: 31 July 1949  Bristol, England
Jeremy Richard Mould is Director of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson and was a director of the Mount Stromlo and Siding Spring Observatories (1993-c2001). His main research interests are in stellar populations and observational cosmology and he has (co-) authored of 200 publications in the field. Mould has been heavily involved in many scientific bodies and committees and has been involved in several astronomy space missions.

Career Highlights
URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.noao.edu/outreach/press/mould.html

Chronology
1963Migrated to Australia
1968 - 1972Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Melbourne
1971Demonstrator in Physics at the University of Melbourne
1972 - 1975Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the Australian Naional University (ANU) in Canberra
1976Junior Research Fellow at Royal Greenwich Observatory, UK
1977 - 1978Postdoctoral Research Associate at Kitt Peak National Observatory, USA
1978 - 1979Carnegie Fellow at Hale Observatories, USA
1979 - 1982Assistant Astronomer at Kitt Peak National Observatory
1981George Van Biesbroeck Prize (for extraordinary service to astronomy) received from the American Astronomical Society (joint recipient)
1981 - 1982Member of the Kitt Peak National Observatory Council
1982 - 1988Associate Professor at California Institute of Technology (Caltech), USA
1984 - 1985Chair of the Hubble Space Telescope Working Group: Stars and Star Clusters
1987 - 1990Executive Officer for Astronomy at Caltech
1988 - 1994Professor of Astronomy at the Caltech
1993 - 2000Director of Mount Stromlo (Australian National Territory) and Siding Spring (New South Wales) Observatories
1993 - c. 2001Professor and Director of the Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Australian National University
1994 - ?Member of the Anglo-Australian Telescope Board
1995 - ?Chair of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee for Astronomy
1995 - ?Member of the Australian Academy of Science National Committee on Space Research
1995 - ?Member of the Australian Telescope National Facility Steering Committee
1995 - c. 2001Visiting Associate at Caltech
1996 - 1999Member of the National Committee for Space Science
1998 - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1999Chair of the Anglo Australian Telescope Board
2001 - Director of the National Optical Astronomy Observatory in Tucson, USA

 

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