Biographical entry Ekers, Ronald David (1941 - )

Summary

Ronald David Ekers is a Federation Fellow at the CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation) Australia Telescope National Facility. He is also a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, a Foreign Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science, a Foreign Member of the American Philosophical Society, a Fellow of the Royal Society and President of the International Astronomical Union. Throughout his illustrious career, Ekers has also been involved with a phenomenal number of committees and associations and has held prestigious positions in Europe and in the United States of America.

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1963

Education - Bachelor of Science with Honours (BSc (Hons)) completed at the University of Adelaide

1967

Education - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) completed at the Australian National University in Canberra

1967 - 1970

Career position - Researcher at the California Institute of Technology, USA

1970 - 1971

Career position - Scientist at the Institute of Theoretical Astronomy in Cambridge, UK

1971 -

Career position - Member of the International Astronomical Union

1971 - 1980

Career position - Scientist at the Kapteyn Laboratory in Groningen, The Netherlands

1975 - 1980

Career position - Member of the Board of Directors of the Netherlands Foundation for Radio Astronomy

1979 - 1980

Career position - Member of the Scientific Advisory Committee for the Institute of Millimeter Astronomy in France

1980 - 1987

Career position - Director of VLA Operations at Socorro, USA

1980 - 1988

Career position - Assistant Director of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in New Mexico, USA

1981 - 1988

Career position - Adjunct Professor at the University of New Mexico, USA

1988 -

Career position - Adjunct Professor at the Australian National University

1988 - 2003

Career position - Foundation Director of the Australia Telescope National Facility, CSIRO (Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation)

1992 -

Career position - Member of the National Committee for Astronomy (Australia)

1993 -

Award - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAA)

1993 -

Career position - Foreign Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science

2003 -

Career position - Federation Fellow at the CSIRO Australia Telescope National Facility

2003

Award - Foreign Member of the American Philosophical Society

2003 - 2006

Career position - President of the International Astronomical Union

2005

Award - Fellow of the Royal Society (FRS)

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Published resources

Journal Articles

• Ekers, R. D., 'John Bolton's Variable-baseline Interferometer and the Structure of Radio Galaxies', Australian Journal of Physics, vol. 47, no. 5, 1994, pp. 569-576. Details

Online Resources

• National Library of Australia, 'Ekers, Ron', Trove, National Library of Australia and the Australian National Maritime Museum Darling Harbour, 2009, http://nla.gov.au/nla.party-463960. Details