Michael Rowan-Robinson

TBA

Abstract

Professor Rowan-Robinson will speak on a topic of current astronomical interest.

Biography

Michael Rowan-Robinson was Head of the Astrophysics Group at Imperial College in London from 1993 to 2007. From 2007-12 he continued to teach part-time in the Blackett Lab, Imperial. He was President of the Royal Astronomical Society 2006-8. In addition, he chaired the UK Ground-Based Facilities Review in 2009, and was Chair of the European Southern Observatory's Observation Planning Committee in 2011. From 1981 to 1982, he gave public lectures as professor of astronomy at Gresham College.