Michael Garrett (astronomer)

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Professor Michael (Mike) Garrett (born 1964) was the General Director of ASTRON, part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research,[1] and is now the Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.[2]

Personal life

He was born in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland, and brought up in nearby Saltcoats, on the west coast.

Education

He went to St. Mary's (1969–1976) and St. Andrew's RC schools (1976–1982). He graduated with first-class honours at the University of Glasgow (1982–1986). He studied for his PhD at Jodrell Bank Observatory, University of Manchester (1986–1990), supervised Dr. Dennis Walsh.

Career

He started work at the Joint Institute for VLBI in Europe (JIVE) in 1996, working on support for the European VLBI Network. He became the director of JIVE in 2003, and over the course of his four year tenure the number of employees at the institute doubled from 20 to 40.[3] On 1 February 2007 he became the General Director of ASTRON, part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.[1][3] He was one of 14 winners of the 2013 IBM Faculty Award.[4] In 2016 he became the inaugural Sir Bernard Lovell Chair of Astrophysics and the Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Board - ASTRON". Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  2. 1 2 "ASTRON-directeur Michael Garret wordt nieuwe directeur Jodrell Bank" (in Dutch). 31 January 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  3. 1 2 "European VLBI Network Newsletter". January 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
  4. ↑ "IBM Narrows Big Data Skills Gap By Partnering With More Than 1,000 Global Universities". IMB. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
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