Dr Keith Bannister

Principal Research Engineer

https://people.csiro.au/B/K/Keith-Bannister

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Biography

Keith is an engineer with an astronomy problem. His work straddles both in astronomical instrumentation and science topics. On the engineering side he has spent most of his time commissioning ASKAP and, in particular, the high-time resolution modes for FRB searches. He is actively looking at upgrades for ASKAP which will soon result in testing a prototype of novel ‘transparent’ feed legs. In science, his main work has been in the time-variable radio sky, working with variability due to propagation (scintillation, extreme scattering events), radio transients, including gravitational wave, and fast radio bursts.
- Principal Investigator: The Australia Telescope search for Extreme Scattering Events (ATESE)
- Principal Investigator: Commensal Real-time Fast Transients (CRAFT) ASKAP survey team

Professional Areas

Academic Qualifications

2002

Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honors)
University of New South Wales
2012

PhD - Astronomy
University of Sydney

Professional Experiences

1996-2002

Contract software engineering
Self-employed
2002-2007

Communication systems engineer - Aerospace
EADS Astrium UK
2011-2015

Bolton Fellow
CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science

Achievements and Awards

1997-2002

Co-Op Scholarship
University of New South Wales
1997-1999

Co-Op Scholarship Award for Academic Excellence
University of New South Wales
2001-2001

Automation control and instrumentation thesis competition (commendation)
IEAust
2001-2001

Graduate Electrical Engineering Prize
Institute of Electrical Engineers
2013-2013

Charlene Heisler prize – outstanding PhD thesis (commendation)
Astronomical Society of Australia
2017-2017

Louise Webster prize - outstanding research by a early career researcher
Astronomical Society of Australia

Grants

2018-2021

Principal Investigator: ARC Discovery Project: "Weighing the universe with Fast Radio Bursts" (DP180100857)

Publications

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