CURRICULUM VITAE

Matthew Colless - December 2012

PERSONAL DETAILS

Name: Professor Matthew Malcolm Colless FAA FRAS
Date of birth: 25 November 1960
Position: Director, Australian Astronomical Observatory
Address: PO Box 915, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia
Phone: +61 2 9372 4812
Fax: +61 2 9372 4880
Email: colless@aao.gov.au
WWW: http://www.aao.gov.au/people/colless


Name:	Professor Matthew Malcolm Colless FAA FRAS
Date of birth:	25 November 1960
Position:	Director, Australian Astronomical Observatory
Address:	PO Box 915, North Ryde, NSW 1670, Australia
Phone:	+61 2 9372 4812
Fax:	+61 2 9372 4880
Email:	colless@aao.gov.au
WWW:	http://www.aao.gov.au/people/colless

ACADEMIC RECORD

B.Sc. (First Class Honours) 1982, University of Sydney
Ph.D. 1988, Institute of Astronomy and King's College, University of Cambridge

RESEARCH AND TEACHING APPOINTMENTS

Research Assistant, Anglo-Australian Observatory, 1980-1982
Laboratory Demonstrator, School of Physics, University of Sydney, 1982-1983
Lecturer, University of Maryland European Division, 1984-1985
Postdoctoral Research Assistant, Dept of Physics, University of Durham, 1986-1989
Lindemann Trust Postdoctoral Fellow, Kitt Peak National Observatory, 1987
Junior Research Fellow, King's College and Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge, 1989-1992
Research Fellow, Mount Stromlo & Siding Springs Observatories, The Australian National University, 1993-1995
Fellow, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Australian National University, 1995-2001
Senior Fellow, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Australian National University, 2001-2003
Director, Anglo-Australian Observatory, 2004-2010
Adjunct Professor, School of Physics, University of Sydney, 2005-
Director, Australian Astronomical Observatory, 2010-2012
Visiting Professor in the Department of Physics, Durham University, 2010-2013
Director, Research School of Astronomy & Astrophysics, The Australian National University, 2013-

PUBLICATIONS AND CITATIONS

Publications lists [ADS]: All | all citations | refereed | refereed citations | conference & other | preprints
Publication & citation counts [ADS]: 258 published articles with 15761 citations (148 papers in refereed journals with 15118 citations; 110 conference & other publications with 643 citations)
Citation statistics [ADS]: h-index is 64; m-index is 2.5 (# papers with citations: 1 with >1000, 3 with 500-1000, 9 with 300-500, 10 with 200-300, 22 with 100-200, 31 with 50-100)
High impact papers [ADS]: 4 papers in the 1000 most-cited astronomy papers of all time; 15 papers in the 100 most-cited papers from their year of publication
ISI Highly Cited Researcher since 2007, one of the 250 most-cited researchers in Space Sciences in the previous 25 years
See publication and citation metrics chart below for additional information

AWARDS AND HONOURS

Science Foundation for Physics Awards for Excellence, Scholarship 1982, University of Sydney.
Henry Chamberlain Russell Prize in Astronomy 1982, University of Sydney.
Ormsby Hamilton Radio Prize 1984, University of Sydney
Shell Australia Postgraduate Scholarship in Science and Engineering 1983-1986, University of Cambridge.
Lindemann Trust Fellowship 1987, Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, Arizona.
Junior Research Fellowship 1989, King's College, University of Cambridge.
Professor M. K. Vainu Bappu Gold Medal 1994, awarded by the Astronomical Society of India for "exceptional scientific contributions in the field of astronomy and astrophysics".
ISI Citation Laureate 2001, one of the 33 most highly-cited Australian scientists, with 7 high-impact papers in the period 1981-1998.
Finalist, Eureka Prize for Scientific Research, 2001 & 2002.
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, 2004.
ISI Highly Cited Researcher 2007, one of the 250 most-cited researchers in Space Sciences in the past 25 years.
Royal Astronomical Society Group Achievement Award 2007, to the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey Team for "outstanding achievement by a large consortium in any branch of astronomy".
Walter Burfitt Prize of the Royal Society of New South Wales 2007, awarded every three years to "a worker in pure or applied science, resident in Australia or New Zealand, whose papers during the past six years are deemed of the highest scientific merit".
Honorary Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society, 2009, for "an outstanding personal research programme, particularly in galaxy structure and evolution, and large-scale structure [and] in recognition of his leadership role in Australian astronomy".

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Fellow of the Astronomical Society of Australia
Full member of the American Astronomical Society
Member of the International Astronomical Union (Commission 47)
Australian Time Assignment Committee, Anglo-Australian Telescope, 1993-1996
Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 5 Review Panel Galaxies and Clusters, 1994
Principal Investigator and Team Leader, the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey, 1995-2003
Scientific Organizing Committee, Stromlo Workshop, Peculiar Velocities in the Universe, Heron Island, July 1995
Scientific Organizing Committee, ESO Workshop The Early Universe with the VLT, Munich, April 1996
Australian observer, ESO Science and Technical Committee, 1996
Project Scientist and Project Manager for the AUSTRALIS concept study, a fibre spectrograph for ESOs Very Large Telescope, 1996
Staff Representative, Board of Studies, Graduate Program in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Australian National University, 1996-1998
Scientific Organizing Committee, A new vision of an old cluster: untangling Coma, Marseille, June 1997
Scientific Organizing Committee, Joint Discussion on Redshift Surveys in the 21st Century, IAU General Assembly, Kyoto, August 1997
Scientific Organizing Committee, The Young Universe, Osservatorio Astronomico di Roma, October 1997
Scientific Organizing Committee, Looking Deep in Southern Skies, ESO/Australia Workshop, December 1997
Project Scientist, OzPoz fibre positioner, European Southern Observatory Very Large Telescope, 1997-2002
Chair of the Advisory Committee on Instrumentation for the Anglo-Australian Telescope, 1998-2000
Scientific Organizing Committee, Wide Field Surveys for Cosmology, Institut dAstrophysique de Paris Symposium 14, May 1998
Member of the Australian Gemini Science Advisory Committee, 1998-2001
Chair of the 6dF Science Advisory Group, 1998-2005
Chair, Scientific Organizing Committee, Redshift Surveys and Cosmology, Second Coral Sea Cosmology Conference, Dunk Island, August 1999
Chair of the Anglo-Australian Observatory Users Committee, 2000-2001
Member of Editorial Board for Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2000-2001
Chair, National Committee for Astronomy Working Group, Mid-Term Review of the Decadal Plan for Australian Astronomy, 2000-2001
Member, National Committee for Astronomy of the Australian Academy of Science, 2001-2006
Member, Research School of Astronomy and Astrophysics Advisory Board, 2002-2003
Member, NOAO/NSF Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope Working Group, 2002-2008
Chair, Scientific Organizing Committee, ANU Physics Summer School, The New Cosmology, Canberra, February 2003
Chair, National Committee for Astronomy Working Group on Extremely Large Telescopes, 2003-2007
Scientific Organizing Committee and Proceedings Editor, IAU Symposium 216, Maps of the Cosmos, July 2003
Member, Council of the Astronomical Society of Australia, 2003-2006
Scientific Organizing Committee, Multiwavelength Mapping of Galaxy Formation and Evolution, Venice, October 2003
Member, Australian Astronomy Board of Management, 2004-2007
Scientific Organizing Committee, The Distribution of Mass and Light in the Universe, Aspen, January 2004
Member, Australia Telescope National Facility Steering Committee, 2004-present
Member, Australian Centre for Astrobiology Advisory Board, 2004-2007
Harley Wood Lecturer, Astronomical Society of Australia, 2004
Member of the Australian Gemini Steering Committee, 2004-2009
Malcolm McIntosh Memorial Lecture, CSIRO, 2004
Australian Partnership for Advanced Supercomputing, Astronomy Steering Committee, 2005-2009
Member, Decadal Plan for Australian Astronomy 2006-2015, Working Groups 2.1 and 3.2
Invited review, UK National Astronomy Meeting, Birmingham, April 2005
Scientific Organizing Committee, 6dF Galaxy Survey Workshop, April 2005
John Bolton Memorial Lecture, CSIRO, Parkes, July 2005
Invited review, Workshop on Dark Energy, Hawaii, November 2005
Scientific Organizing Committee, Science with Extremely Large Telescopes, Capetown, November 2005
Scientific Organizing Committee, Cosmic Frontiers, Durham, July 2006
Member, Giant Magellan Telescope Board, 2006-present
Chair, National Committee for Astronomy of the Australian Academy of Science, 2006-2009
Chair, International Year of Astronomy, Australian Advisory Group, 2007-2010
Member, Australian Giant Magellan Telescope Advisory Committee, 2007-2009
Scientific Organizing Committee, Science with AO-fed instruments on large telescopes, Dunk Island, April 2008
Member, National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy working group on Frontier Technologies, 2008
Vice-Chair of the Giant Magellan Telescope Board, 2009-present
Invited speaker, Australian Academy of Science Symposium, Evolution of the universe, the planets, life and thought, Canberra, May 2009
Member, LAMOST Science Review Panel, May 2009
Scientific Organizing Committee, IAU Symposium 262, Stellar Populations: Planning for the Next Decade, Rio de Janeiro, August 2009
National Representative, IAU General Assembly XXVII, Rio de Janeiro, August 2009
Member, Science Advisory Board, Astrophysikalisches Institut Potsdam, 2009-present
Vice-President, International Astronomical Union, 2009-2015
Chair, Scientific Organizing Committee, AAO Symposium 2010, Celebrating the AAO: past, present and future, Coonabarabran, June 2010
CoI, FIREBALL concept design proposal, ESO Multi-Object Spectroscopic Instrument/Facility, March 2011
CoI, VXMS concept design proposal, ESO Multi-Object Spectroscopic Instrument/Facility, March 2011
Invited speaker, ESO workshop, Fornax, Virgo, Coma: stellar systems in high density environments, Garching, June 2011
CoI, GHOST concept design study, Gemini High-resolution Optical Spectrograph, October 2011
Scientific Organizing Committee, Cosmic Flow in the Rainforest workshop, Brisbane, March 2012
Program Committee, Ground-based and Airborne Telescopes, SPIE Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation conference, Amsterdam, July 2012
Scientific Organizing Committee, Cosmic Evolution of Groups and Clusters, Special Session, IAU General Assembly, August 2012
PI, MANIFEST prototyping design study, Giant Magellan Telescope, 2012-2014
CoI, GHOST preliminary design study, Gemini High-Resolution Optical Spectrograph, 2012-2013
Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, 2013-2018

REFEREES

Professor Richard S. Ellis
Steele Professor of Astronomy
Department of Astronomy
California Institute of Technology, MS 105-24
Pasadena, CA 91125, U.S.A.
Ph: +1-626-3952598, Fax: +1-626-5689352
Email: rse@astro.caltech.edu
Professor Warrick J. Couch
Director
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
Swinburne University of Technology
Mail #H39, PO Box 218, Hawthorn
Victoria 3122, Australia
Ph: +61-3-9214-4712, Fax: +61-3-9214-8797
Email: wcouch@astro.swin.edu.au

Professor Roger L. Davies
Philip Wetton Professor of Astrophysics
Department of Astrophysics
University of Oxford
Keble Road, Oxford OX1 3RH, U.K.
Ph: +44-1865-273305, Fax: +44-1865-273390
Email: rld@astro.ox.ac.uk
Professor John A. Peacock
Professor of Cosmology
Institute for Astronomy
University of Edinburgh
Royal Observatory, Blackford Hill
Edinburgh EH9 3HJ, U.K.
Ph: +44-131-6688390, Fax: +44-131-6688264
Email: jap@roe.ac.uk