Biography:Matt O'Dowd (astrophysicist)
Matt O'Dowd | |
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| Born | January 5, 1973 |
| Alma mater | University of Melbourne (BSc, PhD) |
| Occupation | Astrophysicist |
Matthew John O'Dowd is an Australian astrophysicist. He is an associate professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the Lehman College of the City University of New York[1][2] and writer and host of PBS Space Time on YouTube.[3] He is a frequent guest on Science Goes to the Movies on CUNY TV and on StarTalk radio with Neil deGrasse Tyson.[4]
Education
University
O’Dowd attended the University of Melbourne, beginning his Bachelor's in Science in 1992 and concluding in 1994 with a major in physics. In 1995, he completed his First Class Honours in physics. In 2003, he completed his Ph.D. in astronomy and astrophysics with his thesis, titled: ‘The Host Galaxies of Radio-loud AGN’.[5]
Career
O'Dowd is an associate professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the City University of New York.[1] He is a staff scientist at the American Museum of Natural History. Since 2015, he has been the writer and host of PBS Space Time, a video series by PBS Digital Studios.[6] O'Dowd is a crew member of Black Rock Observatory, a mobile observatory that debuted at Burning Man in 2012.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Lehman Professor Takes Off as New Host of PBS Digital Astronomy Series – CUNY Newswire" (in en). http://www1.cuny.edu/mu/forum/2015/09/24/lehman-professor-takes-off-as-new-host-of-pbs-digital-astronomy-series/.
- ↑ "Department of Physics and Astronomy - Lehman College" (in en). https://www.lehman.edu/academics/physics-astronomy/faculty.php#dowd.
- ↑ "PBS Space Time" (in en). https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7_gcs09iThXybpVgjHZ_7g.
- ↑ "Cosmic Queries: A Taste of Space, with Matt O'Dowd - StarTalk Radio" (in en-US). StarTalk Radio Show by Neil deGrasse Tyson. https://www.startalkradio.net/show/cosmic-queries-taste-space-matt-odowd/.
- ↑ "Curriculum Vitae" (in en). https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/view/27392872/matthew-john-odowd-school-of-physics-university-of-melbourne.
- ↑ "Matt ODowd". https://www.linkedin.com/in/matt-odowd-275b32b/.
- ↑ "Black Rock Observatory" (in en-US). http://www.blackrockobservatory.com/.
External links
- Matt O'Dowd publications indexed by the Scopus bibliographic database. (Subscription content?)
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