Matthew Bailes Explained

Matthew Bailes
Field:Astrophysics
Pulsars
Fast radio bursts
Gravitational waves
Work Institution:Swinburne University of Technology
Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing
Alma Mater:Australian National University (PhD)
Thesis Title:The origin of pulsar velocities
Thesis Url:https://trove.nla.gov.au/work/34505321
Thesis Year:1989
Doctoral Students:
Awards:Australian Laureate Fellowship (2015)
Shaw Prize (2023)

Matthew Bailes is an astrophysicist and Professor at the Centre for Astrophysics and Supercomputing, Swinburne University of Technology and the Director of OzGrav, the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery. In 2015 he won an ARC Laureate Fellowship to work on Fast Radio Bursts.[3] [4] He is one of the most active researchers in pulsars and Fast Radio Bursts in the world. His research interests includes the birth, evolution of binary and millisecond pulsars, gravitational waves detection using an array of millisecond pulsars and radio astronomy data processing system design for Fast Radio Burst discovery. He is now leading his team to re-engineer the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope with a newly designed correlation system for observation of pulsars and Fast Radio Bursts (FRBs).

Education

Bailes was educated at the Australian National University, graduating with a PhD in 1989.[5]

Career and research

Bailes research interests are in astrophysics, pulsars, fast radio bursts and gravitational waves.[6] [7]

Bailes founded the organisation for development of the Virtual Room, an octagonal virtual reality system for displaying the planets, the Sun, the stars, the Milky Way, the galaxies and the universe, etc. He made the 3D film Realising Einstein's Universe. His former doctoral students include Duncan Lorimer.[2]

Bailes is a committee member of the Australia Telescope Steering Committee[8] and on advisory board of Collaboration for Astronomy Signal Processing and Electronics Research (CASPER).

Awards and honours

Bailes was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science (FAAS) in 2022.[9] In 2023, he was awarded the Shaw Prize in Astronomy shared equally with Duncan Lorimer and Maura McLaughlin for their discovery of FRBs.[10] [11] [12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Manisha Pranati Caleb. AstroGen. American Astronomical Society. 2024-06-25.
  2. PhD. Duncan Ross. Lorimer . 1996. Galactic population of millisecond and normal pulsars. manchester.ac.uk. 657642507. University of Manchester.
  3. News: Star professor awarded fellowship . . 25 June 2015 . 21 January 2018 . 12 January 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200112150218/http://www.swinburne.edu.au/news/latest-news/2015/06/star-professor-awarded-fellowship.php . dead .
  4. Web site: Professor Matthew Bailes - Staff Profile. Swinburne University of Technology. 20 March 2015.
  5. PhD. Matthew. Bailes. 1989. 222990340. The origin of pulsar velocities. gov.au. Australian National University.
  6. GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral . 10.1103/PHYSREVLETT.119.161101 . 2017 . Abbott . B. P. . Abbott . R. . Abbott . T. D. . Acernese . F. . Ackley . K. . Adams . C. . Adams . T. . Addesso . P. . Adhikari . R. X. . Adya . V. B. . Affeldt . C. . Afrough . M. . Agarwal . B. . Agathos . M. . Agatsuma . K. . Aggarwal . N. . Aguiar . O. D. . Aiello . L. . Ain . A. . Ajith . P. . Allen . B. . Allen . G. . Allocca . A. . Altin . P. A. . Amato . A. . Ananyeva . A. . Anderson . S. B. . Anderson . W. G. . Angelova . S. V. . Antier . S. . Physical Review Letters . 119 . 16 . 161101 . 29099225 . 1710.05832 . 2017PhRvL.119p1101A . 1 .
  7. 10.3847/2041-8213/AA91C9 . free . Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger* . 2017 . Abbott . B. P. . Abbott . R. . Abbott . T. D. . Acernese . F. . Ackley . K. . Adams . C. . Adams . T. . Addesso . P. . Adhikari . R. X. . Adya . V. B. . Affeldt . C. . Afrough . M. . Agarwal . B. . Agathos . M. . Agatsuma . K. . Aggarwal . N. . Aguiar . O. D. . Aiello . L. . Ain . A. . Ajith . P. . Allen . B. . Allen . G. . Allocca . A. . Altin . P. A. . Amato . A. . Ananyeva . A. . Anderson . S. B. . Anderson . W. G. . Angelova . S. V. . Antier . S. . The Astrophysical Journal Letters . 848 . 2 . L12 . 1710.05833 . 2017ApJ...848L..12A . 1 .
  8. Web site: ATNF Steering Committee . CSIRO . ATNF . April 18, 2018 . October 31, 2018.
  9. Web site: 2022-05-26 . Academy announces 2022 Fellows for outstanding contributions to science . 2022-05-25 . Australian Academy of Science . en.
  10. Web site: Shaw Prize Laureates 2023. shawprize.org.
  11. Web site: Shaw Prize 2023 press release. shawprize.org.
  12. https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast/australian-astronomer-wins-prestigious-science-award/102414224 Australian astronomer wins prestigious science award

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