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Manchester, Richard Norman (1942 - )

 
Physicist
Born: 5 June 1942  Greymouth, New Zealand
Richard Norman Manchester has been involved in radio pulsar research at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) for over twenty-five years. He and his co-workers have discovered many of the pulsars known today. Manchester is currently Leader of the Pulsar - Supernova Remnant Project at CSIRO’s Australia Telescope National Facility.

Career Highlights
URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.atnf.csiro.au/people/Dick.Manchester/

Chronology
1960 - 1964Bachelor of Science (BSc) completed at the University of Canterbury, New Zealand
1963Senior Scholar at the University of Canterbury
1965 - 1967Studies at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales
1967 - 1969Member of the American Geophysical Union
1968 - Member of the Astronomical Society of Australia
1968 - 1969Research Scientist at the Division of Radiophysics at CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1969Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed
1969 - 1971Research Associate at the US National Radio Astronomy Observatory
1971 - 1973Assistant Professor at the University of Massachusetts, USA
1973 - Member of the International Astronomical Union
1973 - 1974Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts, USA
1974 - 1976Senior Research Scientist at the Division of Radiophysics at CSIRO
1975 - 1981Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts, USA
1976 - 1980Principal Research Scientist at the Division of Radiophysics at CSIRO
1978Pawsey Medal received from the Australian Academy of Science
1980 - 1987Leader of the Astrophysics Group at CSIRO
1981 - Senior Principal Research Scientist at the Division of Radiophysics at CSIRO
1981 - Honorary Associate at the University of Sydney
1984SERC Visiting Fellowship to the University of Manchester, UK
1993CSIRO Medal received
1995Walter Burfitt Prize received from the Royal Society of New South Wales

 

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