Prof. Richard Ellis
• Steele Professor of Astronomy; Director, Caltech Optical Observatories
• Professor of Observational Astrophysics, Institute of Astronomy,
University of Cambridge

Biography:


Education

1968-71 Department of Astronomy
University College London, UK
B.Sc. First Class Honours in Astronomy
Prizes 1970 – Huggins Astronomy Prize
1971 – Faculty of Sciences Silver Medal
(awarded for best first class degree)
1968-71 Department of Astronomy
University College London, UK
B.Sc. First Class Honours in Astronomy
Prizes 1970 – Huggins Astronomy Prize
1971 – Faculty of Sciences Silver Medal
(awarded for best first class degree)



Professional Experience
1974 - 77: Senior Demonstrator in Physics
University of Durham, UK
1977 - 81: Senior Research Assistant
University of Durham, UK
1981 - 83: Lecturer in Astronomy
University of Durham, UK
1983 - 85: Principal Research Associate
Royal Greenwich Observatory, UK
1985 - 93: Professor of Astronomy
University of Durham, UK
1989 - 93: SERC Senior Research Fellow
1993 - 99: Plumian Professor of Astronomy
University of Cambridge, UK
1994 - 99: Professorial Fellow, Magdalene College
University of Cambridge, UK
1994 - 99: Director, Institute of Astronomy
University of Cambridge, UK
1999 - Professor of Astronomy
California Institute of Technology, USA
1999 - Deputy Director, Palomar Observatory
2000 - Professor of Observational Astrophysics
University of Cambridge, UK
2000 - Director, Palomar Observatory

External Appointments
1985: Senior Visiting Fellow
Space Telescope Science Institute, Baltimore
1991: Senior Visiting Fellow
Anglo-Australian Observatory, Sydney Australia
1991: Visiting Professor, Caltech
1992: Visiting Professor, Princeton
1997: Visiting Professor, Caltech
1994 - Associate, Canadian Inst. for Advanced Research
1994 - Visiting Professor, University of Durham, UK

Learned Societies
1974 - Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society
1985 - Member, American Astronomical Society
1985 - Member, Astronomical Society of the Pacific

Distinctions
1995 Fellow of the Royal Society
1998 Fellow of the Institute of Physics
1998 Fellow, University College London