Michael Garrett (astronomer)
Michael (Mike) Garrett FRS (born 1964) is a Scottish astronomer. He has been the Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics[1] since September 2016.[2] He was previously the General Director of ASTRON, part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.[3]
Personal life[edit]
He was born in Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland, and brought up in nearby Saltcoats, on the west coast.[citation needed]
Education[edit]
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 by Dennis Walsh.[citation needed]
Career[edit]
Garrett 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.[4] On 1 February 2007 he became the General Director of ASTRON, part of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research.[3][4] He was one of 14 winners of the 2013 IBM Faculty Award.[5] He became the inaugural Sir Bernard Lovell Chair of Astrophysics and the Director of Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics in September 2016.[1][2]
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2024.[6]
References[edit]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "ASTRON-directeur Michael Garret wordt nieuwe directeur Jodrell Bank" (in Dutch). 31 January 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "New Director of the Jodrell Bank Centre for Astrophysics". September 2016. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 10 January 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Board - ASTRON". Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "European VLBI Network Newsletter". January 2007. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ "IBM Narrows Big Data Skills Gap By Partnering With More Than 1,000 Global Universities". IMB. 14 August 2013. Retrieved 5 February 2016.
- ^ "Outstanding scientists elected as Fellows of the Royal Society". Royal Society. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
