Tyler Bourke

Background

About Tyler Bourke

Observational astronomer with 25 years of post-PhD experience in research, observatory commissioning and operations, telescope design and construction planning at both system and domain levels, and observatory strategic planning. Strong communicator with dozens of public and professional presentations, including at bluedot (festival of music and science) • Over 200 refereed scientific publications • Member of Scientific Organising Committees for 12 Professional Conferences (including chairing and/or convening)- most recent large event as co-chair "New Eyes on the Universe, SKA & ngVLA Conference” in 2023 (250+ attendees) • Reviewer of Grant Applications for NASA, National Science Foundation (USA) and the Australian Research Council • Reviewer of Scientific Journal Articles for the leading professional astronomy journals • Principal Investigator on successful proposals to use the Hubble, Spitzer, and Herschel Space Telescopes and many ground-based facilities • Principal Investigator on successful grant proposals to NASA and NSF totally over USD1.6M, and co-investigator on many other successful proposals • Research supervisor of 8 students, both undergraduate and graduate students (5 female, 3 male) and two post-docs • SKAO Exceptional Performance Award for contributions to the SKA Construction Proposal