Ekers, Ronald David (1941 - )

Chronology

1963	Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Adelaide
1967	Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the Australian National University in Canberra
1967 - 1970	Researcher at the California Institute of Technology, USA
1970 - 1971	Scientist at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Cambridge, UK
1971 -	Member of the International Astronomical Union
1971 - 1980	Scientist at the Kapteyn Laboratory in Groningen, The Netherlands
1975 - 1980	Member of the Board of Directors of the Netherlands Foundation for Radio Astronomy
1979 - 1980	Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Institute of Millimeter Astronomy in France
1980 - 1987	Director of VLA Operations at Socorro, USA
1980 - 1988	Assistant Director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in New Mexico, USA
1981 - 1988	Adjunct Professor at the University of New Mexico, USA
1988 -	Adjunct Professor at the Australian National University
1988 - 2003	Foundation Director of the Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)
1992 -	Member of the National Committee for Astronomy (Australia)
1993 -	Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)
1993 -	Foreign Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science
2003 -	Federation Fellow at the CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility
2003	Foreign Member of the American Philosophical Society
2003 - 2006	President of the International Astronomical Union
2005	Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)