Curriculum Vitae
I hold an RCUK Individual Merit research award at the UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory Edinburgh (2007-). I study the formation and evolution of galaxies, specialising in observations at far-infrared, submillimetre and radio wavelengths. I currently lead large science projects with ESA's Herschel Space Observatory, NRAO's Expanded Very Large Array (EVLA) in New Mexico, IRAM's PdBI in France and the Giant Metre-wave Radio Telescope (GMRT), near Pune in India.
Career history:
RCUK Individual Merit researcher, 2007-now.
Visiting Professor, 2007-now, University of Edinburgh.
Project Scientist, 2001-now, UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Edinburgh. Responsibilities over the years: new initiatives (generally), GMOS (for Gemini South), KMOS (for ESO/VLT), HRNIRS/PRVS (successful instrument bid for Gemini, until politics intervened), LSD/LST (the UK precursor to CCAT), FIRI (for ESA).
PPARC Advanced Fellow and lecturer, 1998-2001, University College London.
PPARC Advanced Fellow, 1997-98, Institute for Astronomy, University of Edinburgh (based at Joint Astronomy Centre, Hawaii).
Higher Scientific Officer, 1994-97, Royal Observatory Edinburgh. UKIRT support scientist (developed first UKIRT archive).
NRC Postdoctoral Fellow, 1992-94, University of Toronto, Canada and Caltech, USA (with Ernie Seaquist).
University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK. BSc, First Class Joint Honours, Astronomy & Physics, 1988. PhD `A multi-frequency study of symbiotic stars' supervised by Mike Bode and Ian Robson, 1992.
Darwen Vale High School, Lancashire. 10 O' levels, 4 A' levels. Before that, Feniscowles Primary School, for anyone that cares.
Current responsibilities:
- European Southern Observatory, STC, UK member
- ALMA Science Advisory Committee (ASAC)
- ALMA European Science Advisory Committee (ESAC, Chair)
- ALMA (time allocation) Review Panel
- Herschel Time Allocation Committee
- e-MERLIN Legacy Steering Group (Chair)
- NRAO SAGE - Science Advisory Group for EVLA (now renamed PASEO)
- core member of UKIDSS, AEGIS, FIDEL, GOODS-H, H-ATLAS, HerMES, LESS, MESS, LOFAR-UK, S2CLS and SHADES consortia
- leading UDS20, UDS50, GOODS50 surveys with the VLA and GMRT
- leading a multi-configuration CO(1-0) survey of SMGs with the EVLA, and studies of lensed SMGs with IRAM PdBI and Herschel.
- ALMA UK Oversight Committee (Chair)
- STFC Ground-based Review Panel
- RAS Council member
- JCMT Board member
- JCMT Survey Steering Group (Chair)
- JCMT UK Time Allocation Committee and International TAC (Chair)
- PPARC Space Science and Astronomy Committee
- ESA Astronomy Working Group
- Subaru and NRAO VLA referee
- ESA XMM-Newton Time Allocation Committee
- Galaxy evolution, primarily via observations at FIR/submm/radio wavelengths
- masers
- dust production, particularly in SNe
- extra-solar planets
- 330 or so refereed papers, 36 as first author
- Hirsch (ADS) index: 70; Hirsch index/years since award of PhD: 3.6.
Last Modified: 23rd January 2012.
Professor Rob Ivison /
rji [at] roe.ac.uk /
UK Astronomy Technology Centre, Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill, Edinburgh EH9 3HJ
Tel: +44-131-668-8361 / Mobile: +44-7970-778691 / Secretary:
+44-131-668-8295 (vcb [at] roe.ac.uk) / Fax: +44-131-668-8464