Ronald Ekers
Ronald David Ekers | |
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| Born | September 18, 1941 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | Australian National University |
| Awards | Flinders Medal |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Astrophysics |
| Institutions | ATNF VLA |
| Notable students | Christophe Kotanyi |
Ronald David Ekers (born September 18, 1941) is an Australian radio astronomer. His fields of specialty include active galactic nuclei, cosmology, and radio astronomical techniques.
He was director of the Very Large Array (VLA) from 1980 until 1987. From 1998 to 2003 he was Foundation Director of CSIRO's Australia Telescope National Facility. He is a past President of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) and a member of the Advisory Board for the Peter Gruber Foundation Cosmology Prize.
He was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, a Foreign Member of the Royal Dutch Academy of Science in 1993, a Foreign Member of the American Philosophical Society in 2003 and a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2005.
Ron Ekers graduated from the University of Adelaide in 1963 and received his PhD in astronomy at the Australian National University in 1967.
Honors and awards
- Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, 1993.
- Centenary Medal (Australia), 2003.
- Flinders Medal (Australian Academy of Sciences), 2005