Karl Glazebrook

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About Karl Glazebrook

Research and leadership in international astronomy. 280+ refereed publications. Director of astronomy research centre with 90+ staff. University Distinguished Professor. Research interests: • Galaxy formation, evolution and star-formation history • Large-scale structure, dark energy and cosmology • Software innovation - creator in 1996 of Perl Data Language • Instrumentation concepts • Machine learning in astronomy AWARDS & HONOURS • Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (elected 2017) • Thomson Reuters Australian Citation Laureate (2012) for research having "the highest impact in their field" – awardee in Astronomy & Astrophysics. • citations and h-index of 96 • Swinburne Vice-Chancellors Research Award (2011) for research excellence • Distinguished Professor, Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Astrophysics & Supercomputing, Melbourne, Australia (2010) • Maria and Eric Muhlmann Award of Astronomical Society of the Pacific (2008) for innovation in astronomical instrumentation • Group achievement award from the Royal Astronomical Society (2008) for the 2dF Galaxy Redshift Survey • ISI Highly Cited Researcher (since 2007, still listed in 2015 update), listing means in top 0.5% of researchers by citation • Asteroid 10099 (1991 VB9) named “Glazebrook” (Minor Planet Circular 41571, in recognition of contributions to astronomy. • Fellow of the Astronomical Society of Australia (awarded 2006). • David and Lucille Packard Foundation a prize U.S. Fellowship for young scientists NON-ACADEMIC OUTPUTS • perl/PGPLOT graphics softwarre • Created the Perl Data Language (1996, pdl.perl.org), which is a general image/spectral processing and data analysis system for science. • 'Nod & shuffle' CCD/telescope observation mode • LDSS++ and 2dF instruments at the Anglo-Australian Telescope