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
Current Roles
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Principal Research Engineer
ASKAP Commissioning, Fast Radio Bursts, Radio Wave scattering in the interstellar medium
Academic Qualifications
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2002
Bachelor of Electrical Engineering (Honors)
University of New South Wales -
2012
PhD - Astronomy
University of Sydney
Professional Experiences
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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
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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
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2018-2021
Principal Investigator: ARC Discovery Project: "Weighing the universe with Fast Radio Bursts" (DP180100857)
