A   STAR   WAS   BORN!

Australian Project Scientist to the STARLAB project.
Pawsey Medal of the Australian Academy of Sciences
Octagon Lecturer, Perth, WA
Visiting Astronomer to Cerro Tololo Observatory, La Serena,Chile
Senior Fellow at the Australian National University
Project Scientist to the ENDEAVOUR project
Science Team Leader to the LYMAN project
Visiting Scientist at the Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore, USA
Visiting Professor at the Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA

Inaugural ARC Australian Federation Fellow
Emeritus Professor at the ANU
Acting Treasurer, Australian Academy of Science 2008 June Associate Professor: University of Hawaii
Treasurer, Australian Academy of Science
Distinguished Visiting Professor, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

WIDE-FIELD SPECTROGRAPH (WiFeS).
WiFeS is a double-beam, image-slicing, integral-field spectrograph that records optical spectra over contiguous 25 arcsec x 38 arcsec field of view. This spatial field is divided into twenty-five 1 arcsec wide “slitlets” with 0.5 arcsec sampling along the 38 arcsec lengths.  WiFeS was designed and built at RSAA and installed at the 2.3m telescope in May 2009.

Fellow: Australian Academy of Science
Member: International Astronomical Union,
Fellow: Astronomical Society of Australia,
Fellow: American Astronomical Society,
Member: European-Asian Astronomical Society.

Editor-in-Chief, Springer Journal: Astrophysics & Space Science (2006- )
Series Editor, Springer Volumes: Astronomy & Astrophysics Library (2002-)
Member: Editorial Advisory Board: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (2001-2006)
Member: Advisory Board: The Encyclopedia of Astronomy & Astrophysics (1996 - 2000)
Member: Board of Editors: Astrophysics and Space Science (1994 - 2006)
Member: Board of Editors: Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia (1994-1997)
Member: Board of Editors: Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (1990-1993)

Member: Science Advisory Committee to the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (2010-2012)
Treasurer: Australian Academy of Science (2007-2013)
Council Member, Australian Academy of Sciences (2007-2013).
Member: NASA Science Oversight Committee for the Wide Field Camera 3, (1998 - 2010)
Chair, Galaxy Panel: Spitzer Space Telescope Time Assignment Committee, (2006) & Member (2004)
Member, Galaxies and AGN Panel: Hubble Space Telescope Time Assignment Committee, (2005)
Member Finance Committee of the Australian Academy of Science (2005-)
Council Member, Australian Academy of Sciences (2004-2007)
Member Academy of Science National Committee on Astronomy (2004-2006)
Member, Galaxies and AGN Panel: Spitzer Space Telescope Time Assignment Committee, (2004)
Member: Australian Academy of Sciences Sectional Committee 2, Physics & Astronomy (2001-2005)
Member: Special Nominating Committee, International Astronomical Union (2000 -2003)
President: Division VI, International Astronomical Union (1997-2000)
Chair: IAU Executive Committee Working Group on Antarctic Astronomy (1997-2000)
Member: SCAR Solar -Terrestial & Astrophysical Research Working Group (1994 -1997)
Vice-President: Division VI, International Astronomical Union (1994-1997)
Member of Council: Astronomical Society of Australia (1993 -1996)
Chairman, ISM Panel: Hubble Space Telescope Time Assignment Committee, (1993)
Member-at-Large: Space Telescope Time Assignment Committee, (1992)
Chairman: AAT Time Assignment Committee (1994 - 1995)
Member: AAT Time Assignment Committee (1988 -1989 and 1992 -1994 )
Member: Academy of Science Committee on Space Science (the Cole Committee) (1988)

Member: Visiting Committee of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics (2010- 2012)
Member: ARENA Committee offering Policy advice for Antarctic Astronomy at Dome C
Member: NASA Science Oversight Committee for the Wide Field Camera 3, (1998 - 2010)
Member: Visiting Committee of the Osservatorio Astronomico di Capodimonte (1999 - 2003)
Member: NASA Science Advisory Team to NASA Lyman / FUSE Mission (1988 )
Member, SOC COSPAR Conference: UV Astronomy, Mysore (June 2012)
Member, SOC IAU Symposium 235: Galaxy Evolution across the Hubble Time, Prague (Aug 2006)
Member, SOC SED2004, an International Workshop, Heidelburg, Germany, (Oct 2004)
Chair , SOC & LOC Fourth Stromlo Symposium & IAU Symposium 209 Planetary Nebulae , Canberra (2001)
Member, SOC, IAU Symposium 205: Galaxies and their Constituents at the Highest Angular Resolutions
Member, SOC, IAU JD #11, Results of the FUSE Mission, Manchester (2000)
Member, SOC Nuclei in the Cosmos, Volos, Greece, (1998)
Member, SOC IAU Symposium 193: Massive stars and their Galactic environment, Puerto Vallarta (1998)
Member, SOC IAU Symposium 180: Planetary Nebulae, Groeningen (1996)
Member, SOC First Stromlo Symposium: The Physics of Active Galaxies, (1993)
Member, SOC IAU Symposium 155: Planetary Nebulae, Innsbruck (1992)
Member, SOC 1st. European Conference: Scientific Results of the Hubble Space Telescope, Sardinia (1992)
Member, SOC, 5th. Asian-Pacific IAU Regional Meeting Sydney (1990).

Project Scientist: Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS) (2003-)
Project Leader: Systemic Infrastructure Initiative Program, Upgrade of Siding Spring.(2003-2009) Member: Implementation Committee, World Space Observatory for the UV (2001-2003).
Member: Science Oversight Committee, Wide Field Camera 3, Hubble Space Telescope (1998-2011)
ANU project leader: Automated Antarctic Site-Testing Observatory (1994-1998).
Member: Joint Australian Centre for Astrophysics in the Antarctic (1994-1998).
Project Scientist: Space Shuttle ENDEAVOUR UV photon counting imaging mission (1985-96). Australian Project Scientist & member: Science Working Group, FUSE mission (1984-86).
Australian Project Scientist & member: Science Working Group, STARLAB mission (1982-84).

Member, ANU Research Committee (2001 - 2003)
Member: Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies (1998 - 2001)
Board Member: Centre for Theoretical Physics (1998 -)
Chair of Faculty, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics (2001)
Member, RSAA Promotions Committee (2001 -2003)
Member: Board of the Institute of Advanced Studies Committee on General Policy (2000)
Member, RSAA Visitors Program Committee (1999 - 2002)
Member, RSAA Time Assignment Committee (1998-2001)
Member, RSAA Reappointments Committee (1997 -1999)
Member, RSAA Non-Tenured Appointments Committee (1997 - 1999)
Member, ANUATC Management Committee (1994 - 2000)
Member, MSSSO Colloquium Committee (1994 - 1996)
Member, MSSSO Site Testing Committee (1994 - 1995)
Member of the RSAA Instrument Committee (1992 - 1999)
Member, MSSSO Library Committee (1989 - 1992)
Member, MSSSO Occupational Health and Safety Committee (1987 - 1989)
Member, MSSSO Committee of the Observatories (1988 - 1989 and 1992 - 1994)

2016 - $422,200 ARC Discovery Grant: The Impact of Supermassive Black Holes on their Galaxy Hosts
2013 - $202,000 Saudi KAU grant Resolving the Abundance Discrepancy in HII Regions
2013 - $8,000 Australian Academy of Science: Australia-India Senior Visiting Fellowship
2013 - $343,000 ARC Discovery Grant (3yr) The Impact of Shocks on Galaxy Assembly
2012 - $185,000 ARC LIEF grant Upgrade of the Wide Field Spectrograph (WiFeS) Instrument
2009 - $600,000 ARC Discovery Grant (4yr) The Chemical Evolution of Galaxies
2007 - $370,000 ARC LIEF grant Construction of the blue-arm of Wide-Field Spectrograph
2006 - $440,000 ARC Discovery Grant (3yr.) Interstellar Feedback at the Epoch of Galaxy Formation
2003 - $275,000 ARC Discovery Grant (3yr): Galactic Nuclei
2002 - $5,604,000 Systemic Infrastructure Initiative Grant (3yr): Upgrade of Siding Spring
2002 - $2,000,000 Inaugural ARC Federation Fellowhip (5yr).
2002 - $400,000 ARC Discovery Grant (4yr): Interstellar Physics at the Epoch of Galaxy Formation
1997 - $140,000 Major National Research Facilities Program grant for: The Development of Antarctic Astronomy
1996 - $273,000 DIST International Science and Technology: Space Science with the Hubble Space Telescope
1995 - $171,000 Australian Space Office (DIST) support for the reduction of Endeavour data.
1994 - $30,220 DITAC International Science and Technology for:The International Antarctic Balloon Observatory
1993 - $241,666 DITAC International Science and Technology:Space Science with the Hubble Space Telescope
1992 - $15,750 DITAC International Science and Technology: The Extreme Ultraviolet Explorer Satellite
1989 - $69,634 DITAC International Science and Technology: Space Science with the Hubble Space Telescope
1986 - $64,700 Australian Space Office for support of the Lyman Science Working Group