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Andrew Melatos

  • Professor, Chief Investigator
  • The University of Melbourne


I am currently a Professor in the School of Physics at the University of Melbourne, Australia.

1997-2000 Miller Fellow (Astronomy), University of California at Berkeley, USA
1995-1997 Research Fellow (Theoretical Astrophysics), California Institute of Technology, USA
1992-1995 PhD, University of Sydney, Australia
1988-1991 BSc (University Medal), University of Sydney, Australia

In 2004-07, I served on the National Committee for Astronomy of the Australian Academy of Science, which authored the 2005 Decadal Review of Australian Astronomy.

I have also served as Chair of the International Steering Committee of the Texas Symposium Series (2006-08) and as a member of the Australia Telescope Time Assignment Committee (2002-04), Gemini Telescope Science Advisory Committee (2005-07), and LIGO Scientific Collaboration Council (2014-present).

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