SCIENCE AT THE SHINE DOME canberra 7 - 9 may 2008
Symposium: Dangerous Climate Change: Is it inevitable?
Friday, 9 May 2008
Session 3: Institutional challenges to avoid dangerous climate change
Chair: Professor Michael Dopita, FAA
Michael Dopita was born in the Czech Republic and educated in the UK, at Oxford University and the Victoria University of Manchester. He came to Australia for the opening of the Anglo-Australian Observatory, and was offered a post at the Australian National University. He is an expert on galaxy formation and evolution, the physics of the interstellar medium, plasma diagnostics and spectral synthesis, star formation and the feeding and galactic environment of black holes. He is author of over 400 publications, including over 240 publications in refereed journals and has been an invited speaker at over 50 conferences. He is a member of a number of editorial boards, has either served upon or chaired a number of peer review panels, obtained significant research funding, and advises committees for facilities including the Hubble Space Telescope and Dome C in Antarctica. He was an ISI Citation Laureate in 2001, received the Australian Centenary Medal in 2003, was an inaugural Federation Fellow, and is Treasurer of the Australian Academy of Science.
