Paul Murdin#
| Membership Number: | 1567 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | EARTH & COSMIC SCIENCES |
| Elected: | 1994 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
Present and Previous Positions
- since 2002 Senior Fellow, Institute of Astronomy & Senior Member, Wolfson College, Cambridge UK
- 1994-2002 Head of Astronomy, Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council and Director of Science, British National Space Centre, UK
- 1991-1993 Director, Royal Observatory Edinburgh, Scotland
- 1987-1991 Senior Principal Scientific Officer, RGO, UK
- 1981-1987 Head of La Palma Operations Division, Observatorio del Roque de los Muchachos, Canary Islands
- 1978-1981 Principal Scientific Officer, Astrophysics Department, RGO, UK
- 1975-1978 Principal Research Scientist, Anglo Australian Observatory, Sydney, Australia
- 1971-1975 Research fellow etc, Astrophysics Department, Royal Greenwich Observatory (RGO), UK
- 1970 PhD Astronomy, University of Rochester NY
Fields of Scholarship
- Astrophysics
- X-ray sources
- Black holes
- Supernova remnants
Honours and Awards
- Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE), 1988
- Member: Academia Europaea
- Fellow: Institute of Physics
- Fellow: Royal Astronomical Society, Council Member, Treasurer
