Dr James Biggs
Government Astronomer for Western Australia / Director
and
Adjunct Associate Professor at
Curtin University
of Technology, and,
James Cook University
Qualifications
BSc (hons, UWA), PhD (Sydney)
Previous Appointments
• Associate Lecturer, Curtin University of Technology, WA, 1993 - 1994.
• Astronomer (for Hubble Space Telescope), NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, USA, 1990 - 1992.
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Manchester, Jodrell Bank
Radio Observatory, UK, 1987 - 1990.
• Temporary Lecturer, School of Physics, University of Sydney, NSW,
1986.
Current Research Interests
• asteroid, comet and transient source detection, monitoring, imaging and photometry
• Radio pulsars
• Signal processing
• Astronomy education and outreach, public conceptions of astronomy
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Professional Affiliations
• Elected Member of the Astronomical Society of Australia Council, 2000-2003
• Member of the International Astronomical Union from 1997
• Member of the Australian Committee for Astronomy (a committee of the
National Academy of Science), 1997-2003
• Elected Fellow of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 1996
• Member of the American Astronomical Society from 1991
• Elected Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, London, 1988
• Member of the Astronomical Society of Australia from 1980
Publications
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